英译汉，并非单纯的琢磨英语新闻、杂志或者英语翻译的书本里的单词句型，反而更着重于中文刊物辞藻的考究，回归中文语言特征，才是对英语翻译起到最好的能力提升。

现代翻译学认为，译文与原文在意义上应动态对应，不要形式对等。因此，从原文的深层意义出发，英语句中的单词、短语、习语，甚至整句，都可译成相应的汉语四字词组。英译汉的技巧中，非常重要的一点技巧便是四字词组的频繁应用。例如：

The girls arrayed themselves in their finest clothes.

这些姑娘打扮得花枝招展。

I have no idea about them.

我对此无从下手。

The truth comes out.

真相大白。

The two theories vary，but they are compossible.

这两种理论虽然各有千秋，但它们是并行不悼的。

Misery loves company。

同病相怜。

I congratulate myself on my narrow escape。

我庆幸自己死里逃生。

All things conspired to make him happy。

事事巧合使他心满意足。

She is richly endowed by nature。

她有极高夭分，得天独厚。

She exulted to find that she had succeeded.

他为自己大功告成而狂喜。

He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.

他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了。

You can't come round with such yarns.

你别想用这套花言巧语来哄骗我。

It has no counterpart in the world.

举世无双。

The storm clouds gathered darkly.

乌云密布。

The data is not enough to be convincing.

资料不足，尚难令人信服。

He was daunted by the amount of work still to be done.

还有那么多工作要做，弄得他灰心丧气。

He was silent in default by any excuse.

他无可推诿，哑口无言。

There is no denying the fact.

事实无可否认。

Her eyes became dimmed with tears.

她泪眼膜陇。

Defeat after defeat filled us with despair.

接二连三的失败，使我们深感绝望。

His speech was dreary.

他的演讲枯燥乏味。

The state was in disruption.

这个国家处于分崩离析之中。

Unfortunately, the outlook for America's potential growth rate was darkening long before the financial crisis hit.

不幸的是，在经济危机来临之前，美国的潜在增长率前景黯淡。