習主席語錄
Quotations from Chairman She

以訛譯訛類：

通商寬衣.
Promote trade by dropping our pants.^[1]

三隻手合力.
Pocket-picking needs collaboration.

中國不以追求貿易逆差為目標。
Pursuing trade deficit is not the goal for China.

信達雅類：

打鐵還需自身硬。
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.^[2]

因為我那時候，扛兩百斤麥子，十里山路不換肩的。
Once upon a time, I was able to carry a 200 pound sack of wheat and walk on a mountain road non-stop for 10 miles.

有些吃飽了沒事幹的外國人，對我們的事情指手畫腳。
Certain meddling foreigners make me sick.

治大國如烹小鮮。
Governing a big country is like cooking a delicate seafood dish.

基礎不牢，地動山搖.
It will be an earth-shattering fiasco if you cross the redline.

別看你今天鬧得歡，小心今後拉清單。
What goes around comes around.

——————The End —————

Have a great weekend!

[1] “drop pants”,  脫褲子。美國媒體當年描述克林頓在辦公室密會盧文斯基小姐時的用詞。

[2] "打鐵還需自身硬"的各種譯法：
  現場中國譯員翻譯為：To be turned into iron, the metal itself must be strong。
  英國《每日電訊報》的翻譯是：“To forge iron, you need a strong hammer”，
  CNN以及《紐約時報》的翻譯是“To forge iron, one must be strong”，
 《China Daily》的翻譯是：To address these problems, we must first of all conduct 

  of ourselves honorably.