句子：欺世盜名的人早晚會(huì)栽跟頭。

誤譯：Those who try to win popularity by deception will fall down sooner or later。

正譯：Those who try to win popularity by deception will make a fool of themselves sooner or later。

解釋：這句話的“栽跟頭”不是“摔倒”的意思，而是“出丑”。to fall down 的字面意義是“摔倒”，而其比喻意義是 to be not true or not good enough，即“不夠好”，都沒有“出丑”的含義。

“跟頭”的第一個(gè)意思是“身體向下彎曲而翻轉(zhuǎn)的動(dòng)作”，亦作“筋斗”。可以譯為 somersault?！胺^”，英語(yǔ)可以譯為 to do/make/turn/perform a somersault, to somersault。例如：

1. 孫悟空一個(gè)筋斗十萬八千里。Starting with a somersault, the Monkey King could cover as far as one hundred and eight thousand li。

“跟頭”的第二個(gè)意思是“失去平衡而摔倒的動(dòng)作”。英語(yǔ)可以譯為fall?！霸愿^”或“摔跟頭”。英語(yǔ)可以譯為to have a fall, to fall down, to go head over heels。例如：

2. 她在結(jié)冰的道路上摔了一個(gè)大跟頭，結(jié)果摔斷了胳膊。She had a bad fall on the icy road and broke her arm。

“跟頭”的第三個(gè)意思是比喻“遭遇挫折，犯錯(cuò)誤，失敗或出丑”。表示這個(gè)意義的“栽跟頭”或“摔跟頭”，英語(yǔ)可以譯為to make a mistake, to meet with a setback, to suffer a setback, to make a fool of oneself, to come to a failure。例如：

3. 如果你這么胡來，早晚是要栽跟頭的。If you keep on acting recklessly like this, you’ll suffer a setback sooner or later。