古语和俗语一直是高级口译资格考试中翻译部分的特色和难点。2010年的考题中再一次出现大量的古语。如：“孔子曰：‘七十而从心而欲，不逾矩。’”，“海空任鱼跃，天高任鸟飞。” 同时包括一些四字词语都是来自于一些古语，如：“世事洞明”来自于“世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章。”

中国文化博大精深，古语俗语成为高级口译翻译部分的一大难点，也凸显了作为一个好的翻译，不仅对于英语要有深入的了解，对于汉语也要有深厚的功底。

子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心欲，不逾矩。 ”

At fifteen I aspired to become a learned man; By the age of thirty I had established myself; After I reached forty, nothing bewildered me any more; At fifty I began to understand the mandate of heaven; At sixty my ears became receptive to all remarks; Once I was seventy I was able to follow my heart’s desire freely without overstepping the bounds.

海空任鱼跃，天高任鸟飞。

直译：The wide sea allows the fish to leap about and vast sky the birds to fly

意译：The field of activity is vast with brilliant prospects where much can be accomplished.

世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章。

A grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge; an understanding of worldly wisdom is true learning.

其中“世事洞明”可以译为“the grasp / command / insight of mundane affairs”。