英语口语：“The end of the day”不是“一天到头”，怎么翻译呢？

“The end of the day”不是“一天到头”，你知道应该怎么翻译呢？英语口语有的时候挺有意思的，往往你表面看到的内容，而实际意思偏偏不是那样，例如：“rain cats and dogs”，不是“下猫下狗”的意思，而是“倾盆大雨”。西贝君和大家一起来看看这句话如何翻译比较好。

在电影《悲惨世界》(Les Miserables) 原声带 (OST, original soundtracks) 有一首与本文标题同名的歌曲，被译为《长日将尽》。 除了这项字面意思外，也就是“工作时间结束时，一个工作天结束时，最终，到头来 (finally, in the end)”，“at the end of the day ”还有比喻的意思，那就是，“总之，整体而言”或者“综合考虑以后”“all things considered”。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

我们来看几个例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

• At the end of the day, it’s my responsibility to solve this problem.
• 到头来，解决这问题仍是我的责任
• We interviewed many applicants for the job, but at the end of the day, we didn’t think any of them could handle it.
• 我们面试了许多求职者，但最终我们认为他们无一可以胜任这项工作。

注意：这句中“at the end of the day” ，翻译成“综合考虑以后”也可以。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

• At the end of the day, what matters is that you’re safe.
• 总之，要紧的是你平安无事
• At the end of the day you will have to decide whether you want to marry Sarah or not.
• 总而言之，你必须决定要不要跟莎拉结婚
• At the end of the day the new CEO is no better than the previous one.
• 从各方面来看，这位新执行长并不比前任强

与此相关的英语短语还有“by the end of the day” 和 “at the end of the day ”的字面意思非常相近，但仍然要注意区分，我们来看几个例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

• We have to do all these things by the end of the day.
• 我们必须在下班前做所有这些事情
• Will this task be completed by the end of the day?
• 这项任务可以在工作时间内完成吗？

在《老友记》里面，还有这么一段对白：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

At the end of the day, you’ve got to speak up for yourself.文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

Mindy:Yeah... I'm pretty sure I'm still gonna marry him.文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

Rachel: What are you talking about?! Mindy, the guy is the devil ! He's Satan in a smock!文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

Mindy:Look, I know he's not perfect, but the truth is, at the end of the day, I still really wanna be Mrs. Dr. Barry Farber, D.D.S.文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

Rachel: Oh God.文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-the-end-of-the-day.html

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