汉译英难点——形形色色的人

1. 一根筋：one track-minded.

Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
别跟他较劲了。他一根筋，你还不知道？

2. 出众的人：a lulu

Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
要说漂亮，我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。

3. 两面派：two-faced

I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.
我知道怎样对付两面派，而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。（注：run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好，不得罪任何一方的做法。）

4. 傻大个儿：a lummox

It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。

5. 收破烂儿的人：a rag man

Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
那些收破烂儿的人走街串户，有时也能挣不少钱。

6. 乡巴佬：a hayseed

She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬，不管他多有钱。

7. 不三不四的人：riff-raffs

There are always riff-raffs hanging around in Lao Zhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
老张的家里总来些不三不四的人，可想而知老张不是什么好东西。

8. 受气包儿：doormat

She’s born doormat, afraid of going against anything.
她天生就是个受气包儿，什么事都不敢说个不字。

9. 面无表情的人：a deadpan

You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。

10. 扫帚星：a jinx

She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
有人说那个女人是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。