译论家擅于用喻,把复杂抽象的理论诉诸简洁形象的表达,三言两语道破天机,这在中国翻译史中不乏其例。古人道安说:“……诸出为秦言,便约不烦者,皆葡萄酒之被水也。”鸠摩罗什称:“……改梵为秦,失其藻蔚,虽得大意,殊隔文体,有似嚼饭与人……”宋·释道朗说:“随意增损,杂以世语,缘使违失本正,如乳之投水。”今人郭沫若将翻译比作“媒婆”、傅雷视翻译如“临画”等等,无一不是将抽象的翻译思想诉诸具体形象的翻译比喻,揶揄而深刻。但他们大多都只就翻译 Translation theorists are good at using metaphor, resorting to complex and abstract theories to the expression of succinct image, revealing a few words in a few words, which has many examples in Chinese translation history. Ancients said: “... ... all for the Qin language, they are about not bothering, are all the water is also the wine.” “Kumarajiva said:” ... ... change the Vatican to Qin, lost its algae Wei, Despite the effect, separated from the style, there are like chewing rice and people ... ... “Song Shioluo Long said:” Free to loss, miscellaneous world, the reason to lose the positive, such as the water of milk. “” Today, Guo Moruo translates the translation as a “matchmaker”, Fu Lei as the translation of “Pro” and so on, all of which abstract the translation of the idea of ​​resorting to the specific image of the translation metaphor, coveted and profound. But most of them only translate