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                                                    苏正隆

问:“骂人不带脏字”翻译成He curses people without spewing profanities可以吗?
苏正隆答:He was cursing/cussing/swearing或者He was using foul lnguage,就是骂人、说话，因此curses people without spewing profanities似乎不逻辑。
有作者营在一篇文章中说他避免出口，用dam、crap,Shoot等来代营damn、shit等犯意味严重的字眼，这文章的标题是"Profanity Wthout Uing Curse Words;，用来表示“骂人不带字”倒挺贴切。
也可以用scoding someone without using foul language或getting on someone without using foul language, scolding someone和美语getting on someone都是“骂人”，getting on someone是把人家骂个不停 (to criticize someone repeatedly) ，却自称只是"说了他一顿”，跟中文的说法有异曲同工之妙。