幽默,挑战翻译,既挑战译者之语感,又挑战译者之双语修养。对于同一则幽默,有人读后会意一笑;有人则毫无感觉。这就是语感的作用。笔者访美时,在去科罗拉多州的大峡谷途中,见高速公路上一块安全警示牌:Better late than the late. Humorous, challenging translation, not only challenges the translator’s sense of language, but also challenges the translator’s bilingual accomplishment. For the same piece of humor, someone laughs after reading it; someone has no feeling. This is the role of language sense. When I visited the United States, on the way to the Grand Canyon in Colorado, I saw a safety warning sign on the expressway: Better late than the late.