同学们，与温总理动辄引经据典相比，李总理的记者会大白话多，但其实要用英语翻译出汉语原文的韵味来也不容易，因为李总理特别喜欢“打比方”。

比如说下面这几个句子的现场翻译，有直译，比如“壮士断腕”；也有意译，比如“天大的事”，也有半直译半意译，如“打断骨头连着筋”：

——（政府削权）我们要有壮士断腕的决心： We should have the determination to cut the wrist like brave warriors.

——腐败和我们政府的信誉应该说水火不容： Corruption is incompatible to reputation of the government, like fire to water.

——（两岸同胞）打断骨头还连着筋： Bones may be broken, but they are not split, because we are compatriots.

——（两岸关系）使其花团锦簇，我想花好总有月圆时： So that it will be full of flowers. When flowers are in full blossom, there will be a time for the moon to be full again.

——至于食品安全，那可以说是天大的事： Food safety is of utmost importance.

——（查处）假冒伪劣和黑心食品： punish the heartless producers of substandard and fake food.

——绿水青山贫穷落后不行，但殷实富裕环境恶化也不行： It is no good to be poor in a beautiful environment, nor is it good to be well-off and live with environmental degradation.

这么多比喻中，最难翻译的应该是（改革贵在行动）喊破嗓子不如甩开膀子，翻译很巧妙地借用了英语“ Talking the talk is not as good as walking the walk.”的习惯说法，很自然，外国人一下子就能听懂，应该是本次记者招待会上最出彩的翻译之一！