Bonus translation exercise -- translate the following piece of news into English
君子喻於義，小人喻於利。
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posted by wonderwan @ 6:59 PM
Saturday, April 28, 2007
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Justice and humanity are knowed by wise men, but the villains only know the benefits.
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E4D 蔡宛容 Grace Cai 1092300185
君子喻於義，小人喻於利。
The perfect gentleman thinks and acts in terms of what is right while the shyster is motivated only by profit.
Alice Lin S4B 1092303093
Justice and humanity are knowed by wise men, but the villains only know the benefits.
Before translating this maxim (analect of Confucian), we have to understand it first, though it is in our "mother's tongue":
君子明白的是義,小人明白的是利.
君子了解義，行事也以義為標準。小人了解利，所以行事易追逐利益。
Then, we should find appropriate translation for each "key words or phrases":
君子
君子”（gentleman）一詞，在古代漢語中，有兩種用法：“1. 貴族，做官的人。《孟子• 滕文公上》：‘無 ~ ~莫治野人，無野人莫養君子。’2. 道德高尚的人。
(其實，中文的君子比gentleman的含義更寬廣，要求更嚴格。 君子之行，靜以修身，儉以養德，非澹泊無以明志，非寧靜無以致遠（三國·諸葛亮） 天行健，君子以自強不息。地勢坤，君子以厚德載物。 君子坦蕩盪,小人長戚戚 君子量不極，胸吞百川流（唐·孟郊）)
小人
丁往道教授的《孔子語錄一百則》的英譯中均以“the gentleman、the small man”來指代“君子、小人”
(譯為villain並不恰當)
喻 understand; know
義 humanity and rightousness
利 interest and profit
Reference translaiton:
"The gentleman knows what is right, while the small man knows what is profitable."
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