中文原文：

他每天服用补药给身体充电。

错误译文：

Every day he takes tonics to charge his body with electricity.

正确译文：

Every day he takes tonics to tone up his body.

翻译加油站：

这里的“给身体充电”是个比喻说法，指“补充体力和精力”。而to charge one’s body with electricity 是物理学上的意义，指“使人体带电”。

“充电”的第一个意思是“将电能输入蓄电池，使其重新获得放电能力”。英语译为to charge, to recharge。例如，手机电池需要充电了。The battery of the mobile phone has to be recharged.这种剃须刀可以充电供旅行时使用。The shaver can be charged up and used when travelling.

“充电”的第二个意思是“通过休息、娱乐等方式补充体力和精力”。英语可以译为 to tone up one’s body。例如：在假期里，我休息得很好，给身体充了电。During the vacation, I had a good rest that toned up my body.

“充电”的第三个意思是“通过再学习，补充新知识，增长能力”。英语可以译为 to tone up one’s mind, to retrain oneself through a refresher course, to bring sb up to date in technology, to renew one’s knowledge,to update one’s knowledge 等。例如：近年来，他通过进修课程来充电。In recent years, he has enriched himself through refresher courses.

地方政府定期举办高新技术讲座，为各级领导充电。The local government regularly holds lectures on high and new technologies to bring administrators of various levels up to date in technology