请教一个英文表达

ycnang

想和大家切磋一下如何表达以及推辞别人的好意

比如朋友送礼物，但是不想让对方破费。中文我们会说“别破费了，你的好意我心领了”，那么用英文如何很好的表达这个意思？
或者，朋友送你一件礼物，一般都是说thank you, or that's lovely等等，但是如何表达 让您破费了？

芒果飘香

It's the thought that counts

bhyqs

Thank you. It's so kind of you. You didn't have to.

七彩魔头

I really appreciate it, but you shouldn't. (but, no thanks.)

如果已经收到礼物了，Thank you, but you shouldn't have.

txyz

老外收到礼物都会说："you shouldn't have done that“。表示客气“你不该这样客气/破费”，但是还是开心收下礼物的。

芒果飘香

表达感谢的客套话有很多。要想准确传达出楼主要表达的意思，这句话很合适。

看来有必要科普一下，这个句子不是我自己造的，而是老外自己非常常用的原话。我听过这句话的其中一个场景是男孩子在女朋友生日的时候送了一枝玫瑰，感觉挺不好意思，女朋友赶紧安慰他，说了这句话'It's the thought that counts' 。 男孩子feels better 。

'It's the thought that counts' is usually used of gift-giving. It doesn't matter how little a gift costs; what is important is the feeling or thoughtfulness that the giver is expressing.

floodp

芒果举的例子似乎和楼主需要表达的并不相同啊。

芒果飘香

我觉得很合适呀，直译过来就是“心意是最重要的（言下之意、；不必花钱买贵重的礼物）”

gnefoaix

学习了，顺便混分。

再把you shouldn't have done that亲手打一遍，自己记得清楚点，顺便浪费点足迹服务器存贮空间。

芒果飘香

你想要严丝合缝的吻合是不可能的，汉语的不同方言之间习惯表达法都做不到，更何况汉语英语两种不同语系之间。能找到两者间对的上号的常用表达法就很不错了。除非自己翻译自创，但是这样问题有来了，对方不是听的云里雾里，就是根本没听出你想要委婉表达的言外之意。

pinkdreamer

我还听过
Really, it is not necessary.
也不知道算不算正宗的英语。

floraz

pinkdreamer 发表于 2012-10-3 22:55
我还听过
Really, it is not necessary.
也不知道算不算正宗的英语。

刚要说这个

可以的

Grange

一般就说"you shouldn't have". - "done that"省去

lesli1109

It's very nice of you/I appreciate it, but you do not have to (if you haven't received the gift yet)

It's very nice of you, but you did not have to (if you received the gift already)