成語10: 慢慢接受

come to terms with.

例句:

She's never really come to terms with her son's death. 

It's very hard coming to terms with the fact that you'll never have children.

成語(9)：竭盡全力

竭盡全力的英文是go to great lengths to+ infinitive.

例句:

Some ​people go to ​great ​lengths to make ​their ​homes ​attractive.

He'll go to any ​lengths to get what he ​wants.

10大中文成語英譯10:

成語(8):錦上添花

the icing on the cake

link: http://www.woodwardenglish.com/icing-on-the-cake-idiom-meaning

成語(7):冰封山尺,非一之寒

It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three feet deep.

成語(6): 盡顯潛能

充份發揮潛能的英文是:

develop one's potential to the full

成語(5)：行行出狀元

今日我們先重溫之前介紹過的5個成語英譯:

1. 身體力行

practice what one preaches

2. 同心協力

make concerted efforts to

3. 設身處地

put yourself into someone's shoes

4. 不進則退

to stand still is to fall behind

今日想講「行竹出狀元」的英譯. 

2014年特首施政報告有此一段:

Last week, I attended a celebratory gathering at the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute to congratulate two teams of Hong Kong chefs who brought glory home by winning two international western culinary competitions held in Switzerland and Korea.  Nearly all 25 chefs of the winning teams were past students of the Vocational Training Council (VTC).  Their outstanding achievements in the international competitions confirm the Chinese proverb that “every trade has its masters”.  

最後那句中文是:「他們在國際賽取得佳績，說明行行出狀元」.

trade即是行業, masters即大師、專家. 行行出狀元, 每個行業也有其專家(every trade has its masters). 

成語(4)：不進則退

2013年施政報告開頭有一句:

「這成功故事，無論如何困難，我們必須寫下去。在高度競爭的國際環境中，停滯就是落後，落後就被淘汰。」

停滯就是落後, 就像成語「不進則退」, 英文施政報告譯做:

To stand still is to fall behind. 

成語(3):設身處地

Put yourself into somebody's shoes, 即設身處地，從別人的角度設想。

成語(2):同心協力

同心協力的英文是什麼?

可以簡單的寫"work together to", 或者用"join forces"，但通常都用"make concerted efforts to"。

也可以是make a concerted effort to, 例如：

We made a concerted effort to solve the problem.

成語(1)：身體力行

除了google translate, 我也喜歡用Linguee這翻譯網頁。例如，打入「身體力行」，佢會俾好多例子人地點譯，並附上出處，例如政府的網頁。另外，佢也會顯示這中文成語的英語習語是：

practice what one preaches 

詞語：根深蒂固的

deeply rooted, deeply entrenched, deep seated

劍橋字典有例子。