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> Translated by Xiao and Chen: “她能看到每一样东西是幸运的, ”菲咧开嘴笑道。
Translated by Zeng:“她有东西好看可真算幸运了，”菲苦笑着说道。
This sentence appears after Fee brought Meggie a toy. The word “anything” does have the meaning of “每一样东西”, while here it refers to the present Fee brought for Meggie. So it’s more faithful to the original work to translate the word “anything” into a general word “东西”. The word “grimly” here means “板着脸”, while Xiao and Chen translated it into“咧开嘴笑道”which is the opposite of the author’s meaning.
E. g. 4 “All I had when I got here were a face and a figure and a better brain than women are supposed to have...”
Translated by Xiao and Chen:“一张脸，一个人体和一个比其他女人高明的脑袋……”
Translated by Zeng: “一张脸、一个身子和一个比人们认为女人应该有的更聪明的头脑……”
The word “figure” here is used in a informal case—Mary’s dialog with Ralph, so it is proper to be translate into “身子” rather than “人体”. The phrase “人体” is a formal word usually used in written form. Besides, Xiao and Chen leave out a part of the sentence—are supposed to have. The omitting part has rather than a simple comparative degree but a rich connotation: at that time in that society women are supposed not to have a better brain by people. It suggests that women at that time in that society are seen to have no intelligence and be shallow-headed, like a Chinese proverb says “女子无才便是德”. Zeng Hu expresses the author’s meaning fully, and the translation conveys the author’s connotative meaning. Except their mistake on the lexical level, translators Xiao and Chen also make a mistake on the syntactical level.

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