[转载]两幅“不可译”汉语对联的英译

两幅“不可译”汉语对联的英译：

此木为柴山山出，

因火成烟夕夕多。

英译一：

The wood is wooden and mounts the mountains;

The flame is flammable when darkness darkens.

— Tr. 张智中

英译二：

The wood is wooden and mounts the mountains;

The flame is flammable after the afternoon.

— Tr. 张智中

英译三：

The wood is wooden and mounts the mountains;

The flame is flammable when fall the nightfalls.

— Tr. 张智中

冻雨洒窗，东两点，西三点。

切瓜分客，横七刀，竖八刀。

英译：

The falling raindrops fall against the window: two drops here, three drops there.

The sweet melon is cut to sweeten the guest: seven cuts hither, eight cuts thither.

— Tr. 张智中