中文原文：

垃圾短信使手机用户叫苦不迭。

错误译文：

Rubbish short messages have made the mobile phone users complain incessantly.

正确译文：

Junk short messages have made the mobile phone users complain incessantly.

翻译加油站：

rubbish 指“扔掉的废弃物”。而junk指“无用的东西”。“垃圾短信”是“无用的信息”，应译为junk short messages。

“垃圾”的第一个意思是指“扔掉的废弃物”。英语可以译为garbage, rubbish, trash。例如：由于这家工厂长时间向河里倾倒垃圾，这条河已被严重污染。As the factory had dumped rubbish into the river for a long time, the river has been seriously polluted她收集起这些落叶，放进垃圾袋里。She collected these fallen leaves and put them into the garbage bag

“垃圾”的第二个意思是指“失去价值的事物”。英语可以译为junk。例如：这个股民梦想在垃圾股市场上发一笔财。The stock investor dreamed of making a fortune on the junk stock market

“垃圾”的第三个意思是指“有不良作用的事物”。英语可以译为junk。例如：垃圾食品含有许多脂肪、盐和糖，但是没有什么营养素。Junk food has lots of fat, salt and sugar, but few nutrients你必须避免下载垃圾电子邮件。You must avoid downloading junk email.

“垃圾”的第四个意思是指“腐朽没落的事物。例如：你不要把已经抛弃的历史垃圾重新捡拾回来。You mustn’t collect back the dumped historical rubbish.我们应该把这种过时的理念扔进历史垃圾堆。We should dump this obsolete concept to the historical rubbish-heap精神垃圾能毒害孩子们的纯洁心灵。Spiritual rubbish can poison the children’s pure minds