翻译中的引申是指为适应译文表意或行文的需要，对原文词义的延伸或扩展。词义的引申主要表现在，某些时候要从具体引向抽象，从局部引向概括，从“实” 引向“虚”等等；有些吋候则刚刚相反。请看下列例句：
(7) There were times when emigration bottleneck was extremely rigid and nobody was allowed to leave the country out of his personal preference. 移民限制曾经极为严格，不许任何人出于个人喜好而迁居他国。
(8) He is a valuable acquisition to the team. 他是该队不可多得的新成员，
(9) Seesawing between partly good and faintly ominous, the news for the next four weeks was never distinct. 在那以后的四个星期内，消息时而部分有所好转，时而又有点不妙，两种情况不断的交替出现，一直没有明朗化。

4. 词的文体色彩
翻译时注意词语的文体色彩姓指选词要符合原文的语体，符合说话人的身份。 请看下列例句：
(10) 直起身又看一看豆，自己摇头说：“不多不多!多乎哉？不多也。”Straightening up to look at the peas again, he would shake his head and reiterate, “Not many. I do assure you. Not many, nay, not many at all." (杨宪益、戴乃迭译）
(11) "爸爸，妈妈，你们也买钱罐存钱吧。你们没钱用了，罐子就会把肚肚里的钱掏出来給你们的。” "Daddy, Mummy, please buy a piggie for yourselves. When you have no more money, the piggie will open its tummy and give you money. ”
(这是一个小孩子说的话,翻译时也相应采取了儿语，例如piggie是pig，指小猪钱罐，tummy是stomach。另外，“没钱用了”没有翻译成“run out of money” 或叫"lack money"等，而是处理成简单地语言，这样就能反映出小孩的天真有趣了。