在这种场合，一个称职的译员必须准确、流利地将这些引语译成目标语。这就要求译员掌握一定数量的名家名言、经典诗句，尤其是中国古代思想家流传下来的一些名言佳句。对于不少译员来说，这是一道难以逾越但又必须逾越的难关。有着五千年文明史的中国，历经沧海巨变，文化底蕴深厚，儒道墨法争鸣，阴阳纵横齐放，哲人智者如云，传世绝句如林，信手枯来，为我所用。因此，译员平时需要加强学习，做一 个有心人，注意收集古今名人的经典名言，以不断充实自己的语料库。 以下摘录了一部分广为流传的经典佳句配以英译文，按字母排序：

安危相易，祸福相生，缓急相争，聚散相成。Safety and danger alternate with each other. Misfortune and fortune generate each other. Slowness and promptness follow each other. Gathering and scattering complement each other.

饱而知人之饥，温而知人之寒，逸而知人之劳。When full, remember someone else is suffering hunger； when warm, remember someone else is suffering cold； when in ease, remember someone else is suffering fatigue.

彼求之而后得，为之而后成，积之而后高，尽之而后圣。故圣人也 者，人之所积也。Man seeks before gains，toils before succeeds, accumulates before increases, and exhausts his efforts before he becomes a sage. Thus, a sage grows out of accumulation.

博学之，审问之，慎思之，明辨之，笃行之。Learn extensively， inquire thoroughly, ponder prudently, discriminate clearly, and practice diligently.

不登髙山，不知天之高也；不临深渊，不知地之厚也。One can never be aware of the height of the sky or the depth of the earth, if he does not climb up a high mountain or look down into a deep abyss.

不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之。学 至于行之而止矣。It is better to hear something than not to hear it；still better to see it than to hear it； still better to know it than to see it; still better to practice it than to know it. Learning will not stop until it is put into practice.

不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are as empty as floating clouds to me.

不之则冋，不能则学，虽能必让，然后为德。It makes a moral man to ask for what he doesn't know, to learn what he can't do, and to restrain himself from what he is capable of.

诚既勇兮又以武，终刚强兮不可凌。Brave and courageous you are the most. Till your death you stick to your post.

大道之行也，天下为公。A public spirit will rule all under the heaven when the great Way prevails.

大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。The endless river flows eastward； with its huge waves, gone are all those gallant heroes of bygone years.

大成若缺，其用大弊;大盈若冲，其用不穷。大直若屈，大巧若拙，大辩若讷。What is most perfect seems to have something missing ； yet its use is unimpaired. What is most full seems empty； yet its use will never fail. What is most straight appears crooked； what is most skilled appears clumsy； and what is most eloquent appears incoherent.