英译中技巧“四六八”指的是将英文翻译成对应汉语中四字，六或八词的一个翻译规则或技巧。

下边就英译中技巧“四六八”之“四”，我们来看个例子：

Imagine you have two candidates for a job. Their CVs are equally good, and they both give good interview. You cannot help noticing, though, that one is pug-ugly and the other is handsome. Are you swayed by their appearance?

假设有两人应聘同一职位,简历显示两人同样优秀,面试表现也不相上下,这时你禁不住将注意力转向两人外形:一个其貌不扬,一个英俊潇洒，那你会以貌取人吗?

将英文翻译成对应的四字中文，首先可以呈现出句式的形式美，其次也可使行文更加流畅，具有更好的可读性，大家在平时可多多思考如何实现中英的互换翻译。

注：CV（ curriculum vitae的缩写形式），简历