雾里看花，谜境重重
English translation: misty and full of riddles; hazy and shrouded in mystery; like viewing flowers in a shroud of mist, what appear are but hazy ...
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misty and full of riddles Explanation: Let's get it clear and simple. :-) |
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puzzling Explanation: 简单一点最好 |
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so mazy as if delicate flowers were seen in a fog Explanation: My attempt, not romantic. http://www.answers.com/fog?cat=biz-fin in a fog 困惑的, 像在霧中的 |
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| 里看花，谜境重重 hazy, shrouded in mystery Explanation: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma (Churchill on Soviet Union) |
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Like viewing flowers in a shroud d of mist, what appear are but hazy visions, one after another Explanation: I think the rendition of this type of phrases largely depends on what kind of document they come from. If it is a literary document, a rendition that is too simple is not appropriate. I prefer to render such phrases by adding something like "as the Chinese says" to the actual proverb. That way the different cultural context will not appear too strange for non-Chinese readers while the original literary form can be preserved. :-) |
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