“青梅竹马”用英文怎么翻译？

回答一：

看到「青梅竹马」和「英文」两个关键词，第一反应就是阿甘的那句：
Jenny and I was like peas and carrots.
不知道能不能这么翻译？

回答二：

是不是 childhood sweethearts？

首先，将「青梅竹马」（例：他们俩是青梅竹马）直译成（green plums and a bamboo horse）应是欠妥的，若只译出表面上的事物而忽略了内在的涵义，这是直译时常见的错误。

其次，如果用长句或一段话来描述「青梅竹马」，当然多么诗意的版本都有，难就难在用较为准确、对应的词汇来解释它。

回答三：

如果是说从小一起长大的意思，那就是”we grew up together”。如果是说小时候小恋爱的那个意思，那就是”puppy love”。很不幸，两者都没有“青梅竹马”的那个意境……

WIKIPEDIA词义解释： Puppy love (also known as a crush or calf love even “kitten love”) is an informal term for feelings of love or infatuation felt by young people during childhood and adolescence…The term is often used in a derogatory fashion, describing emotions which are shallow and transient in comparison to other forms of love such asromantic love.

Urban Dictionary用法举例： “It was just puppy love between Greg and I when we were 9.”

还有highschool sweetheart/college sweetheart: 指代高中恋人或大学恋人

回答四：

查《辞海 语词分册》，青梅竹马的解释是：

李白《长干行》：“郎骑竹马来，绕床弄青梅。”后常以形容小儿女天真无邪、亲昵嬉戏之状。

查林语堂的《当代汉英词典》,青梅竹马的英文释义是：

the games of childhood, hence, the period when a boy and a girl grew up together.

请注意：没提什么love、sweetheart的事儿。
我的理解是：“青梅竹马”不一定与暧昧爱意有关。那样译的话，是把这词儿的外延给整小了。

回答五：

They are childhood sweethearts. 记得是在一部电影里看到的

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