“红拂夜奔不复还”是整个中国史上我最喜欢的意象，因此我把它放进了instagram的简介中。然而今天我向好奇的外国同学解释它的时候，却出现了很大的loss in translation（翻译中的磨损）。

今天我大致是这么解释的：
“Hongfu was originally a maid in a enclosed courtyard. After meeting Lijing, who would later become a famous general, she recognized his extraordinary character and decided to leave her old life behind. One night, she fled and went to him—and never returned.
I love this story because of its sense of decisiveness, recklessness, romance, and freedom. There is something deeply moving about the idea of leaving everything behind for a person, a possibility, or a new life, and never looking back.”

解释我为什么喜欢这个意象的那段还好，但是复述故事的英文讲得不够雅。我翻译不出“美人巨眼识英雄”的内涵，只能说“she recognized his extraordinary character”；我也翻译不出“红拂夜奔”中的“奔”的精髓，只能说run，说fled；更别提红拂的名字，那么鲜艳，像火焰一样燃烧跃动，翻译后成了无意义的一串字符……

（其实不只是红拂夜奔，许多我的中国性，我的Chineseness，都因为各种各样的原因磨损在了我将它表达给外国人、给外国环境之前。这导致我虽然可以和外国人做superficial friends，但难以深入关系）

大家对于翻译这个意象有什么建议和想法吗？