道听途说

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

一个目击者胜过十个道听途说者。

Let me give an example. I do not know any foreign language, but have picked up the example "I have heard on the roads", given recently by cultural scholar Mr. Pei Yu, author of "Sister Lin Dai Yu in Shakespeare's Eyes." Mr. Pei said, Foreign (non-Chinese) translators are sincere and have high work ethics. However, due to conflicts and estrangements between Chinese and Western cultures, All English, German, and Russian translations of A Dream of the Red Mansions are far from satisfactory. Take translation of Sister Lin Dai Yu's name as an example.

我先说一个吧，我不懂任何外文，只能&道听途说&，想起来不久前的一个新闻，《莎士比亚眼里的林黛玉》作者、文化学者裴钰说，国外翻译者态度都是真诚的，不过，由于中西文化的冲突和隔阂，无论英译本、德译本，还是俄译本，都有很多不如意。

Above all, quotation marks should not be used for ideas that you'd like to disown, things in the air so to speak, Nor should they be put in place around clich s; if you want to use a clich you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to job it off on anon.

尤其重要的是，那些你自己都不愿承认的想法，或者说道听途说的东西，是不应当放到引号里面的。

This brought fixed cost, but it also is meant at the same time use a source to won't make you singlehanded assume a problem.

这带来了一定的成本，但它同时也意味着使用开源不会让你独力承担问题。

He gained a small fortune in real estate.

他在房地产上发了一笔小财。