中文原文：

各行各業的人在關于汽車使用的辯論中發表了他們的觀點。

錯誤譯文：

People from all works of life expressed their ideas in the debate about the use of cars.

正確譯文：

People from all trades and professions expressed their ideas in the debate about the use of cars.

翻譯加油站：

英語中根本沒有all works of life這樣的搭配。“各行各業的人”的正確譯法是people from all walks of life或 people from all trades and professions。將all walks of life誤說成是all works of life，原因可能有二：一是發音不準，將walks 誤讀成works，從而記憶失真。二是望文生義，以為“各行各業的人”意味著“生活中從事各種工作的人”，自造all works of life的錯誤說法。例如：

1. 本汽車俱樂部的成員來自許多不同的行業。
1) Members of this car club are from many different walks of life.
2) Members of our car club come from many different trades and professions.

2. 與“各行各業的人”意思相關的“普通百姓”， 一般可以譯為ordinary people 或 common people。例如：
政府官員，無論職位多高，在法律面前應該與普通百姓一律平等。
1) No matter how high their ranks might be, governmental officials should be on an equal footing with common people in front of the law.
2) Even if a governmental official has a very high position, he should be equal with ordinary people before the law.

3. “普通百姓” 還可以譯為：a man in/on the street，或 an ordinary man or woman in/on the street。例如：
作為一名普通百姓，他好像只是渴望得到一輛汽車。
As a man in/on the street, he seems only to yearn for a car.

4. 物價的上漲將會影響普通百姓的利益。
The rise of the prices will affect the interests of the ordinary man or woman in/on the street.
英語的短語Tom, Dick and Harry，意思為 ordinary people，用來泛指“普通百姓”，與漢語的“張三、李四和王五”具有異曲同工之妙。例如：

5. 這位高官想要跟普通百姓那樣下小館、泡吧或逛商場。
This high official wants to eat in a small restaurant, hang about in a bar, or do window-shopping just like every Tom, Dick and Harry.