請問「依樣畫葫蘆」的英文要怎麼講?

Question

如題
依樣畫葫蘆的英文要怎麼翻譯呢?
如果只用copy是不是沒有傳達到精神阿?

Answer 1

"依樣畫葫蘆"最貼切的英文用語應該就是:follow suit : to do the same as someone else has done (Longman Dictionary)Whenever the singer has a new hairstyle, a lot of fans just follow suit.只要那個歌手換了個新髮型,就會有一大堆的歌迷依樣畫葫蘆(跟風)!

2006-08-19 17:26:49 補充：
In Chinese, people who "依樣畫葫蘆" may or may not know what they are doing.
這個問題不是要問老外,應該是要問中國人這句成語的意思吧!
The problem is not about the English we use; it's about how much we know about the meaning of this Chinese idiom.

2006-08-19 17:27:35 補充：
看來bdref43誤解了"依樣畫葫蘆"的意思了!
http://www.reading.idv.tw/chinese_01/6_10/20030403/112939.shtml
這是跟仿效者的意識無關的!

2006-08-19 17:29:51 補充：
但是你的Monkey see, monkey do也是一個不錯的很傳神的說法!

Answer 2

follow suit +1

Answer 3

Use "Monkey see, monkey do."
This popular idiom means simply following someone's act.

2006-08-18 19:30:10 補充：
Follow suit implies that the follower knows what he/she is doing.
依樣畫葫蘆-the follower usually doesn't have a clue.

2006-08-19 06:47:30 補充：
Follow suit是很正式的,有跟隨前人的腳步的意思.要傳神,應該用Monkey see, monkey do.就是猴兒學樣,只會跟動作-依樣畫葫蘆

2006-08-19 06:54:29 補充：
Monkey see, monkey do.這是在美國每個人都懂的慣用語.Follow suit雖然有同樣的意思,但用的場合不一樣.不信的找個老外去問.

2006-08-20 13:08:21 補充：
承教了.

Answer 4

依樣畫葫蘆 ----
duplicate: (Longman字典)
1. to copy something exactly (完全抄襲 )
2. to repeat something in exactly the same way (完全複製)
--- We don't want staff to duplicate each other's work.

或說 "be a copycat" ---
someone who copies other people's clothes, behaviour, work etc. (模仿他人穿著舉止等)

Answer 5

贊成follow suit

Answer 6

do what romans do........,既然入境隨俗,就是依樣畫葫蘆..........

2006-08-17 17:37:27 補充：
剛剛想起來還有個說法接近依樣畫葫蘆,就是:N.+wannabe.wannabe就是want to be.有很多小毛頭改直通管,騎起來轟轟作響,就像重機一樣,這就是:heavy motorcycle wannabe.....

Answer 7

幫你從字典裡找到兩種讓你參考：１．to copy mechanically; ２．to imitate others or to follow the beaten path without questioning都是有依樣畫葫蘆的意思，希望有幫到你囉^^