英语中的有些数词在汉译时可以等值翻译。但是，也有不少数词在汉译中不能等值翻译，或者完全不用译出来。这种翻译处理方法是为了使汉译句子能符合汉语的表达习惯。以下分别举例说明。

（1 ）等值翻译
a drop in the ocean 沧海一粟
within a stone's throw 一箭之遥
ki11 two birds with one stone 一箭双雕
A fall into the pit², a gain in your wit¹. ．吃一堑，长一智。

（2 ）不等值翻译
at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
on second thoughts 再三考虑
by ones and twos 三三两两地，零零落落地
Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
--Can you come down a little? --Sorry, it's one price for all.
你能便宜一点卖吗？对不起，不还价。
He had one over the eight after be drank only half bottle of the wine.他才喝了半瓶酒就醉得七歪八倒了。

（3 ）不必译出
One man's meat is another man's poison³. 人各有所好。
I'll love you three score and ten. 我会一辈子爱你的。
Ten to one he has forgotten it ．他很可能已经忘了。
His mark in math is second to none in the class.
他的数学成绩在班上是名列前茅的。
She is a second Lei Feng. 她是雷锋式的人物。
I always believe my sixth sense. 我总相信我的直觉。
He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat.
每次我们闲聊他几乎都谈及你。
The parson official1y pronounced that they became one. 牧师正式宣告他们成婚。
I used to study in France in the year one. 我早年曾在法国学习。