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[转载] 十二式翻译绝招

[转载] 十二式翻译绝招

作者:larryathena   来源:中国在线翻译网2 ]5 X/ [4 _3 z6 A& i4 D
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(一) 同义反译法 % u/ H* k$ x5 A$ |: i% f- g) s
例子: ( [; K6 d% J3 e5 ]8 }' l
1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
, ^; J( I3 T$ L( p酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)   U- D$ L8 W$ r' r
2. I'll be here for good this time. 7 K+ u- x& C& W2 b) T
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
8 f! y" f7 _3 ~+ |3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
0 p4 R- Q. K* k4 W: M我不在家的时候,请别让炉子灭了。(不译:「我外出时,请让炉子继续烧着」) , a1 h* f$ O+ ]
4. "Wait, he is serious."
2 t1 U/ \8 k' J' d「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) 9 ~& D' n) |3 |% f) P. e$ M' s
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
2 h  H6 j; s* }「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」)
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  M2 {9 |1 W* `/ b% _5 X) Y(二) 删减解释词 ) b5 v2 P0 L5 r0 F) N. s4 G8 ^! F, D
例子:   D* T2 |9 k. b) T
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of ; u$ m5 \! D' n' ~$ g
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
* I- s  {& k7 {3 W: a3 lparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
7 `8 k' N4 b5 l! ~到南方去的人看见那些黑白混血的女郎,准定会注意到她们十之八九都赋有那种独特的优雅风度、那种柔和的声调和文静的举止。
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(三) 短句拆译 2 ]% L4 q9 j" Q; Z9 _; t
例子: 2 l6 \/ K% K7 d: \, N/ A
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." 9 s8 U$ Q. t/ E2 C% W
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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(四) 译词推陈出新 # |! e- X3 r5 l+ F0 D
例子:
( j8 q3 l$ H3 M" E( ]1 a2 yWhen he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with 3 S, M% [/ I( {
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a 6 b4 V/ Y3 a$ s2 A4 ?/ D% Z# g7 t: H
lower.
- k. S4 U- I0 U2 d% @8 k原译:当他可以大胆行动的时候,他发现自己除了一个情人所具有的那种普通的害怕之外,心里还充满怀疑、顾虑和踌躇。
. O; _: G6 H3 S8 C. J, v& h  j改译:等到他不妨放胆去追求的时候,他却迟疑不定,顾虑重重。至于一般堕入情网的人那种种常有的提心吊胆的心理,那就更是难免的了。
- q, T# N" I* Q原词 原译 改译 9 E) P& ]7 x7 k5 z) `. K% i: }! `

" V1 A# Q4 s9 F9 Hwhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 0 F8 C7 O! h5 X6 F# \0 g
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 / w* O- X. C9 ]+ l" b
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理
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$ l& s5 @$ l; ?: _in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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5 q5 K- g  i8 c0 Z2 a( I. E- G(五) 解释性添词 ( Q3 M1 [8 Y) G6 H! Y& t& V
例子:
* N: ]2 U/ n# i"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
7 u% \' k4 k, ~% ]$ _& s8 g% [done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I " }0 o" t/ I; Z& U& F* M: t! j$ _/ w
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
9 [& h3 Q9 s; @and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. ! x& N/ `! d" E& b1 e- ]
「乔治,我真替你害臊﹗乔治,想不到你会干出这种事情来﹗俗话说得好:『滚着的碌碡不长苔,流浪的汉子不攒财。』我早晓得你就是这么一个流浪汉﹗可真没有想到你连贝格纳特和孩子们靠它过活的那一点点财也骗走,」贝格纳特太太说道。
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(六) 词无定译 2 u% M& ?0 N1 i& y( [( z, G- q
例子: ! l% r! h% Y5 [  T0 C) y
It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
' u) @- V1 X9 Ucivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
/ c4 K4 S' t/ E0 i& b  ~/ j, g' Z! e; Ahe carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
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我们根本不必追问政府是否根据刑法或民法对范德比尔特提出起诉。范德比尔特不仅逍遥法外,而且在两年后又以极其凶狠的手段对政府进行弓一次巨大的诈骗。3 G, w7 l) }% F4 D
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(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk. 7 \/ Z9 D  n0 E* y, L
原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
; Q1 }$ Z! f& {$ \& d( c改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。
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(八) 删削"When"字
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6 L7 D8 ]- ~" j2 h: o5 ?7 C/ r& w7 a1. When he saw me, he was startled.
: p1 C9 w! Y: e- b他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
9 [; K2 E; j" {3 d0 g3 Q  ?2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the % ~( k. z* c6 S
head, and knocking on them round?" + c' ^+ Q, R' d
「你那些女黑奴哭得那么伤心,你还拿鞭子没头没脑的抽,把她们打得死去活来,那有甚么用呢?」(不译:当你那些女黑奴哭得那么伤心的时候,你还拿鞭子......) & @) \9 D9 P, _( T9 Y- _! n

# J) K- X$ e+ i, K% X(九) 感叹词的不同译法 6 e$ h# p/ l) I7 F9 T
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1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want - ~2 `: g- n2 G  b- |& |
them!"
! ?; I4 }) O. e6 _: o9 r"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
; P+ Y" X# E9 D) a. b: ~「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 9 W  f$ O( r2 G4 F
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 ) d* r# `, ?) o
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 8 d+ T7 c) S1 c2 j, A4 h
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 6 L3 Z! y% Y2 Z" T: B/ o" F9 Q
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") 5 l% v$ X% w% b( c
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to / I0 z" }9 S9 f0 ~" {
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, 4 E. K& Q' ?% Q' I) M
jocularly; ... 1 k1 y' x& g8 ^* x4 l- p6 r8 Y
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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8 k: S2 [5 Z2 l' i; r(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) , x1 A% q% w8 q  a: o- ^# l% ^
「得,干这行当儿的人能有多少良心,我也有多少良心--瞧,我的良心就这么一丁点儿,够拿出来起誓就得,」奴隶贩子开着玩笑说;......
5 C7 O0 V7 X) y' v  W「那好,哈利,这桩买卖你打算怎么个做法?」谢尔比先生在一阵令人发窘的沉默之后问道。 8 ~( X( n! r7 F5 m. n

, j1 s3 N- S- u- `0 L0 w(十) 顺拆法
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" [0 X; P$ R0 F4 @0 n1 bHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue 1 g! Q, W. z$ n* X6 I5 s
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
; o1 o4 r+ b9 Jsocial and demographic factors.
- o7 j& `$ ^' @, t( ~原译:他的代表团同意执行主任关于该基金会应继续为更好地了解经济、社会和人口的相互关系而努力的意见。
! T+ z$ `; x$ D7 b- |改译:他的代表团同意执行主任的意见,/认为该基金会应继续努力,/ 以求更好地了解经济、社会和人口这三方面的相互关系。
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(十一) 倒拆法 1 L- r, P. I- J& u- Q+ O
例子: . h% \" @5 O4 Q) g+ O
To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
6 L6 N- e$ T: ~5 _, i# E* H' [7 afor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
: I( a0 M, c3 \2 ]4 Vsupposed conditon.
. G, l/ N& b- W/ B; R要是一个英国女人看到他真像他自己所假定的那么烂醉,/ 她就会对他又恼怒,又厌恶,/ 而挪拉对他却又同情又宽容,/ 他在这中间看出了一点神圣的质量。
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" t) V( `1 E7 X+ u; ^# `8 M- N, J/ Y(十二) 抽词拆句法 + S# x; [" s; V5 q
例子: $ O4 M: u& L% O) X
All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
, {9 G4 e3 e9 A" ^" j2 q1 w7 reye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of 9 B& m4 Z) U* \! Q, j9 `
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.   e' M( k/ A& E, e) I+ ~
从边境到北京,一路上沿铁路线极目纵观,但见农村到处是茁壮的庄稼,彷佛铺上一块绿地毯,这说明丰收在望了。

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