翻译就像一个女人。她漂亮就会不忠诚;她忠诚就肯定不会漂亮。

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 翻译 fān
  1. to translate
  2. to interpret
  3. translator
  4. interpreter
  5. translation
  6. interpretation

classifiers: , ,

2 就像 jiùxiàng to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though
=3 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=4 女人 rén woman
=4 女人 ren wife
5 she
6 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful
7 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=8 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=8 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
9 不忠 zhōng unfaithful; disloyal
10 chéng
  1. (bound form) sincere; authentic
  2. (literary) really; truly
11 she
12 忠诚 zhōngchéng
  1. devoted
  2. loyal
  3. fidelity
  4. loyalty
13 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
14 肯定 kěndìng
  1. to be certain; to be positive
  2. assuredly; definitely
  3. to give recognition; to affirm
  4. affirmative (answer)
15 不会 huì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all
16 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful