英语六级翻译技巧解析：诚实守信

　　参考译文：

　　Honesty is to be sincere and upright,and match one's words with his/her action.Being trustworthy is to keep one's word and not to be false and deceitful.Confucius taught his disciples to be honest.In study,if you know a thing,say you know it;if you don't,say you don't.He thought it was the correct attitude towards study.In ancient times,the doors of Chinese shops had on it an inscription“genuine goods at a fair price for all customers.”This shows that since old times China has advocated the ethics of fair trade,honesty towards customers,no deception and no falsification.In modern China,the virtue of being honest and trustworthy has been carried forward.It is to be single-minded and responsible at work and in learning,and it is to be honest to friends and one should practice what he/she says.

　　词句点拨

　　1.言行一致:即“言论和行动相统一”，故译为match one's words with his/her action。

　　2.知之为知之，不知为不知:可译为if you know a thing,say you know it;if you don't,say you don't。

　　3.货真价实，童叟无欺:可译为非谓语短语形式genuine goods at a fair price for all customers,显得简洁。

　　4.公平交易:可译为fair trade。