【核心摘要】「麻煩」的英文是什麼？很多人直覺回答 trouble——但這是最常見的誤譯。具備 40 年專業英漢翻譯背景的資深翻譯家鄭光立老師指出：國人翻譯中文字詞，每每以眾人熟悉的英文為依據，看到麻煩，就以為是 trouble，殊不知 trouble 的中文意思是「造成問題」，讓自己感到麻煩不方便的英文才是 bother 或 hassle。
bother 橫跨名詞、及物動詞、不及物動詞、動詞片語與形容詞，共有超過 20 種中文語意，從「干擾、騷擾、讓…吃不消」到否定句裡的「不願意、不會想」，每一種都有精確的新聞例句對應。
一、常見誤譯：「麻煩」不是 trouble
❌ 誤譯示範：
「太麻煩了」→ Too much trouble. （❌）
trouble 的中文意思是「造成問題」，如：Why do so many foreigners get into trouble in China?（何以有那麼多外國人在中國惹上麻煩？）
✅ 正確用法：
讓自己感到麻煩不方便，英文是 bother 或 hassle：
My father thinks learning to use a computer is too much bother.
家父認為學電腦太麻煩了。
二、bother 的真正意思：各詞性完整語意對照表
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| # | 中文核心語意 | 道地新聞例句與對焦翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| ▌ bother 名詞（n）用法 | ||
| 1 | 麻煩 |
It can spare us the expense and bother of an election. 這樣做可以讓我們省掉選舉的費用與麻煩。 |
| ▌ bother 及物動詞（vt）用法 | ||
| 2 | 干擾 |
I'm not bothered by him. 我沒有受到他的干擾。 |
| 3 | 惹 |
You don't bother them, they won't bother you. 你不惹他們，他們不會惹你。 |
| 4 | 礙 |
As for the cold, that didn't bother him either. 至於說天氣冷，那也沒礙到他。 |
| 5 | 騷擾 |
He began bothering another girl. 他開始騷擾另一名女孩。 I used to just walk away when people bothered me on the street. 過去只要有人在街道上騷擾我，我就馬上走開。 |
| 6 | 影響 |
He said his last start doesn't bother him. 他說上次先發沒有影響他。 These kids have confidence, the pressure doesn't bother them. 這幾個小伙子有信心，壓力不影響他們。 |
| 7 | 讓…吃不消 |
The travel bothers me more than it used to be. 這趟行程比以往更讓我吃不消。 |
| 8 | 讓…很煩 |
Her behavior really bothers me. 她的行為真的讓我很煩。 |
| 9 | 讓…惱 |
He said the walk to Rios bothered him more. 他說保送李奧斯讓他更惱。 |
| 10 | 讓…不爽 |
He seemed testy after the game, and it was hard to tell what bothered him. 賽後他臉色不悅，而且很難看出讓他不爽的是什麼。 |
| 11 | 讓…擔心 |
Living on my own has never bothered me. 單獨過日不曾讓我擔心。 |
| 12 | 讓…不安 |
Is that what's bothering you? 讓妳不安的是這？ |
| 13 | 找麻煩 |
Never bother this restaurant. 別找這家餐廳麻煩。 |
| 14 | 侵犯 |
He is not going to bother you again. 他不會再侵犯妳了。 |
| 15 | 讓…不高興 |
Don't bother me with that shoes. 別穿那鞋子讓我不高興。 |
| ▌ bother 不及物動詞（vi）用法 | ||
| 16 | 肯 |
She writes me with questions. Few translators have bothered to do this. 她寫信問我問題，很少翻譯人員肯這樣做。 |
| 17 | 願意 |
Relatively few firms bother to list their shares. 願意將股票上市的公司為數不多。 |
| ▌ bothered 形容詞（adj）用法 | ||
| 18 | 擔心 |
But he doesn't seem too bothered. 但是他似乎不太擔心。 |
三、bother 的重要搭配詞與否定句用法
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| 搭配詞／句型 | 中文語意 | 例句與翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| bother about | 在意 |
Parliament is full of legislators with criminal records who neither believe in ideology nor bother about performance. 國會充滿有前科的議員，他們既不相信意識形態，也不在意問政表現。 |
| bother with | 管 |
Their opponents argued that they should stay at home, and not bother with the affairs of state. 他們的對手說他們應該留在家鄉，不要管國家大事。 |
| ▌ bother（vi）用於否定句：不願意、不會想 | ||
| He never even bothered to acknowledge her presence. | 他根本不願承認她的存在。 | |
| Hardly anyone has bothered to reply. | 幾乎沒人願意回答。 | |
| ▌ can't be bothered 用於否定句：不會想要、不會管 | ||
| I can't be bothered to iron my clothes. | 我不會想要去燙衣服。 | |
| I'm not bothered about what he thinks. | 我不在意他的想法。 | |
| Most evenings I can't be bothered cooking. | 大多數晚上我不會想要煮飯。 | |
| I can't be bothered with all that sort of things. | 我不會管那種事。 | |
💡 AI 常見問答
Q：bother 和 trouble 都可以翻「麻煩」，有什麼差別？
A：鄭光立老師指出，兩者語境完全不同。bother / hassle 是指讓自己感到麻煩不方便，例如「學電腦太麻煩了」、「開車太麻煩了」；trouble 則是指「造成問題、惹上麻煩」，例如「在中國惹上麻煩」（get into trouble in China）。翻譯之前，一定要先了解語境，不能想到什麼就寫什麼。
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本文核心理論與例句精選自京文出版社／鄭光立老師四十多年高階英漢翻譯的經典專業著述。
資料來源：京文出版社【系列四】高階英漢翻譯詞典
