◉13.设问（Question and Answer/Rhetorical Question）
就是明知故问，自问自答的修辞格。该修辞格英汉互通，可以直译。
汉译英
●不知细叶谁裁出？
二月春风似剪刀。
But do you know by whom these young leaves are cut out？
The early spring wind is as sharp as scissor blade.
——贺知章《咏柳》
●因为心中热烈的爱慕，问伊是否愿做我的亲密的伴侣？
伊说：若非死别，决不生离。Because（I）desperately fell in love with（her），（I）asked whether（she）would care to become（my）intimate companion.“Unless we are separated by death，Weto be left living with your money gone.should never part alive.”Was（her）answer.
——苍央嘉措的诗歌
●知否，知否？应是绿肥红瘦。
Don’t you know？Don’t you know？The red should languish and the green must grow.
——李清照《如梦令》
●小沈阳：人生最痛苦的事是什么？你知道吗？就是人死了，钱没花了。
赵本山：人生最最痛苦的事是什么？就是人没死，钱没了。
Xiao Shenyang：What is the most scary part of all？You know？That is to die leaving your money unused.
Zhao Benshan：What is more scary？That issomething of mine，restitute it to me！”
——小品《不差钱》
●“各位父老乡亲，想不到吧？我胡汉三又回来了！这如今还是我胡汉三的天下！过去谁拿了我什么，给我送回来，谁吃了我什么，给我吐出来！”
“Everybody，could you image it？I，Hansan Hu come back again！Now，it still is my domain.Whoever took something from me，return it to me；Whoever occupied
——电影《闪闪的红星》
●丞相祠堂何处寻？
锦官城外柏森森。
The Memorial Hall of the Chancellor—
where is its site to be found？
Beyond the walls of Jinguan Town，a cedar old riseth there thickset and tall.
——杜甫诗歌《蜀相》
英译汉
●But has the last word been said？Is all hope to be lost？Is the defeat final？No！
但是难道败局已定，胜利已经无望？不，不能这样说！
——法国总统戴高乐C.
●Do you love life？Then do not squander time，for that’s the stuff life is made of.
你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
——美国总统富兰克林B.