漢譯英的關鍵是正確懂得漢語原文跟利用地道英語表達。「你猜」在英語中是典範的祈使句,譯文必須省去主語「你」。翻譯謂語動詞「猜」可能利用動詞guess。全句的譯文為Guess!或許Just guess! 有關guess的具體用法: guess at an answer 猜答案。
guess right/wrong 猜對或許錯。
Can you guess her age/guess how old she is? I'd guess that she's about 30/guess her to be about 30. 你能猜出她的年紀嗎?
我估計她大年夜概30歲。
She guessed the answer straight away. 她立刻就估中了答案。
I knew by her smile that she had guessed what I was thinking. 我從她的淺笑曉得她猜着了我在想什麼。