文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

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有案可稽

the record warrants that...

有把握

be certain of/with confidence

有百害而無一利

have everything to lose and nothing to gain

有百利而無一害

gain everything and lose nothing

有備無患

Preparedness prevents calamity./Where there is precaution there will be no danger.

有步驟地

in a planned way/methodically

有唱有和

echo each other

有的放矢

shoot the arrow at the target

有反必肅，有錯必糾

Counter-revolutionaries must be suppressed whenever they are found; mistakes must be corrected whenever they are discovered.

有計劃、按比例地發(fā)展

develop proportionately in a planned way

有拉有打

try to win over and at the same time struggle against

有來歷的

there is a background for

有來有往

reciprocity

有利必有害

Advantage must be accompanied with disadvantage.

有利可圖

reap (make) some profit/there is profit to be derived

有利于國計民生

beneficial to national welfare and the people's livelihood

有理，有利，有節(jié)

with good reason, with advantage and with restraint

有兩下子

He's really something./He really knows a thing or two.

有了眉目

be under way/A clue has been known.

有了政權(quán)就有了一切，沒有政權(quán)就喪失一切

To have political power is to have all, to lose it is to lose all.

“有奶便是娘”

He'll lick the hand of anyone who throws him a few crumbs./Whoever suckles me is my mother.

有破有立

overthrow certain things and establish others

“有其父，必有其子”

Like father, like son.

有色眼鏡

colored spectacles

有事和群眾商量

consult the masses whenever problems arise

有恃無恐

feel reassured and emboldened/have something secure to rely on

有所發(fā)現(xiàn)，有所發(fā)明，有所創(chuàng)造，有所前進

go on discovering, inventing, creating and advancing

有條不紊

in perfect order

“有限主權(quán)論”

the theory of "limited sovereignty"

有壓迫就有反抗

Oppression beget resistance.

有眼不識泰山

have eyes but fail to see Mount Tai

有意無意地

wittingly or unwittingly

有則改之，無則加勉

Correct mistakes if you have committed them and guard against them if you have not.

有朝一日

some day

有指揮，有組織，有計劃，有目的

under direction, in an organized way, according to plan and with a set purpose

有志者事竟成

Where is a will, there is a way.

有職有權(quán)

entrusted with the responsibility and authority that should go with one's post

有準備，有步驟

in a well-prepared and step-by-step way

有過之而無不及

go farther than

有決心，有辦法

have the will and the way

有領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、有步驟地

well-guided and systematic

有社會主義覺悟的有文化的勞動者

well-educated worker imbued with socialist consciousness

有原則、有條件的讓步

principled and conditional concessions

又臭又長

smelly and long-winded/fetid, wordy hodge-podge/the article with offensive smell and prolixity

又打又拉

use the stick and the carrot

又何其毒也！

How poisonous!

又紅又專

both politically conscious and professionally competent/red and expert

又聯(lián)合又斗爭的政策

the policy of both unity and struggle

又難又不難

It is at once difficult and not difficult.

又團結(jié)，又斗爭，通過斗爭達到團結(jié)

unity, struggle, unity through struggle

又想當婊子，又想立牌坊

They want to be prostitutes, yet they insist on having a monument erected to their chastity.

又壓又拉

use both the stick and the carrot

“又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草”

You can't make a horse work without feeding it.

又有集中又有民主，又有紀律又有自由，又有統(tǒng)一意志又有個人心情舒暢、生動活潑的政治局面

a political situation in which there are both centralism and democracy, both discipline and freedom, both unity of will and personal ease of mind and liveliness

右派分子

Rightist

右傾機會主義

Right opportunism

右傾機會主義分子

Right opportunist

幼稚病

infantile disorder

余孽

left-over evils

余糧戶或自給戶

peasant households having grain reserve or becoming self-sufficient

魚目混珠

pass fish eyes for pearls/mix the genuine with the fictitious

魚水般的密切聯(lián)系

close relations like those of fish to water

愚弄

dupe/fool

愚公移山，改造中國

transform China in the spirit of the Foolish Old Man who removed the mountains

愚民政策

obscurantist policy

與人民為敵

set oneself against the people

與人為善的批評

criticism aimed at helping those criticized

與群眾同甘共苦共呼吸

share weal and woe with the people

與天斗、與地斗、與階級敵人斗

Fight the heavens, fight the earth, fight the class enemy!

與天奮斗，其樂無窮！與地奮斗，其樂無窮！與人奮斗，其樂無窮！

What joy it is to struggle with heavens! What joy it is to struggle with earth! What joy it is to struggle with man!

羽毛豐滿

become full-fledged

雨后春筍

to mushroom/spring up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain

語重心長

in all earnestness

欲蓋彌彰

The more one tries to hide, the more one is exposed.

“欲加之罪，何患無辭”

"Give a dog a bad name and hang him."

欲擒故縱

let the enemy off in order to catch him

欲速則不達

Haste does not bring success./Haste brings no success.

御用的

serve as someone's tool

御用報刊

controlled press

御用文人

scribblers in their pay/hack writers

預(yù)謀的

premeditated/pre-arranged

預(yù)言家

prophet

愈來愈不得人心

increasingly unpopular

冤案

unjust case

冤有頭，債有主

Every wrong has its cause, every debt has its debtor.

原封不動的翻版

exact replica/exact reproduction

原形畢露

reveal one's real nature

原則性的錯誤

errors of principle

原則性立場

principled stand

援引經(jīng)典

cite the classics

援越抗美

assist Viet Nam in resisting U.S. aggression

遠見卓識的革命闖將

far-sighted revolutionary path breakers

遠水不解近渴

Distant waters cannot quench thirst.

遠在天邊，近在眼前

be far away on the horizon and yet right under your eyes

怨聲載道

Voices of discontent are heard everywhere.

愿意坦白

want to come clean

越是表演得充分的反動派，垮得就越徹底

The more a reactionary performs, the more thorough his collapse.

越是艱險越向前

The harder things get, the more determined we are to fight.

越來越深入人心

penetrate deeper and deeper into the hearts and minds of the people

越怕，就越有鬼

The more they are afraid, the more they are haunted by ghosts.

越學心里越亮堂

The more I study the cleaner my mind.

越“養(yǎng)”越“修”

The more the "cultivated" themselves, the more revisionist they became.

越走越遠

going farther down

運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外

contrive strategic plans in the headquarters, win victory in a battle a thousand li away

運籌學

operation research

運動的重點

the main target of this movement

“運動就是一切，目的是沒有的”

"The movement is everything, the aim is nothing."

醖釀討論

deliberation and discussion

蘊藏了一種極大的社會主義的積極性

a potentially inexhaustible enthusiasm for socialism

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