”室雅何須大，花香不在多”要怎麼翻譯成英文？

Question

如題
請問"室雅何須大，花香不在多"該如何翻譯成英文呢?
因為需要繳交學校作業
希望知道的人可以幫我解答

Answer 1

Room needs not to be large, fragrance needs not be much.

Answer 2

譯文Large size rooms may not be elegant. 室雅何需大Small number flowers can be fragrant. 花香不在多說明翻譯這兩句中文的意思不難，難的是把中文原文的「大」對「多」（數量形容詞）與「雅」對「香」（狀態形容詞）的工整對丈韻味也翻譯出來。我努力把這兩點做到了。我的英文翻譯的兩句話，一開始就各自出現" Large" 和 "Small" 這個相反的量詞。在兩句最後一個字，我設法讓這 "elegant" 與 "fragrant" 這兩個字押了 -ant 這個韻。碰巧的是，這兩句英文的長度也一樣。

Answer 3

The room Ya isn't necessary big, fragrance of flower not at many

Answer 4

An elegant room defies any judgement of spaciousness.

The appeal of fragrance belies volume but its uniquess.

2006-11-29 22:22:41 補充：
Kevin,

Actually, I think the original meaning carries well with "uniqueness". It is not really a numbers game. It is the "special"..."uniqueness" that the Chinese phrase connotes, at least in my own interpretation.

Thanks for the chance of discussion.

2006-11-29 22:26:59 補充：
Just realized that there is a typo in the original sentence.

The appeal of fragrance belies volume but its uniqueness.

The work "uniquess" is wrong.

Please accept my apology.

Answer 5

看您中意哪一句.A room doesn't have to be large to be elegant, and flowers don't have to be legion to be fragrant.An elegant room is not necessarily large, and fragrant flowers are not necessarily legion.What counts for a room is not its size but elegance, and what counts for flowers is not their numbers but fragrance.

2006-11-29 20:34:05 補充：
Nice work, T40.
I humbly wonder if you consider "solitariness" more preferable than "uniqueness" to convey the expression for numbers rather than styles?

2006-11-30 00:13:21 補充：
Well, that's inspiring.
Glad to have discussed with you.