征求英譯“欲把西湖比西子，淡妝濃抹總相宜”，

在我的博文「東坡啊！東坡！」提到了林語堂翻譯的蘇東坡詩文集中，林先生的譯文是

I like to compare the West Lake to ‘Miss West’,

Pretty in a gay dress, and pretty in simple again

博主 diaozhi 的譯文是

The West Lake, how you are just like Miss 

Well made-up or in plain, always the best!

於是，我想到來美語壇征求不同版本的譯文，應該也挺好玩的

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• The West Lake shining like a beauty -方外居士- ♂ (586 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 13:32:40

• with always compatible makeup, light or heavy! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 13:32:56

• Nice rhyme:) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 13:44:58

• Good one. ：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 13:58:54

• 好久不見，歡迎來美壇玩。西施翻譯成Miss West，很有趣。：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 13:45:08

• I would like to compare the West Lake to ‘Miss West’, -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:05:33

• a true beauty in light or heavy makeup, which suits her well -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:07:13

• Good to use “true beauty”! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:58:00

• 覺得西子應該譯成Xishi或者Beauty Xishi -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:39:34

• 我覺得 “欲把” 二字應當譯出來。帶出兩個 Xi 更好。 -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:53:24

• I'd compare Xi Lake to Beauty Xishi fair, -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:54:01

• Subtle or heavy makeup, always a perfect pair. -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 14:54:36

• Should use Lake Xi? -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 15:07:42

• I don't quite know. I go either way. -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 15:15:45

• 老外不好理解Xi -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/28/2023 postreply 07:49:26

• 這是整首的林版翻譯 -碼農學寫字- ♀ (619 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 17:12:51

• 我對這個翻譯的主要問題是，它第四句的gray dress原文在哪裏？“淡妝濃抹”是指麵部化妝吧？ -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 17:26:29

• 我也挺驚訝，為什麽是gay dress? -碼農學寫字- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 17:32:34

• How Lake West is like XiShi, beautiful in plain or color! -仁可- ♀ (93 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 17:51:28

• Good point! 一語破的。這個見解好。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/27/2023 postreply 18:25:31