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标题: [转载] 十二式翻译绝招 [打印本页]

作者: Localizer    时间: 2008-7-16 14:27     标题: 十二式翻译绝招

作者:larryathena   来源:中国在线翻译网
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  m4 {( {' D/ v6 b/ n6 f. @% @  z(一) 同义反译法 : W' P6 |5 Q1 x% m/ \* v: I) ]. m
例子:
* c9 }$ f" u- _0 [1. Only three customers remained in the bar. / }  x3 M1 ?2 L: R0 p: o9 [( y
酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
2 W) s$ V2 E) h4 Q3 n+ S2. I'll be here for good this time.
5 Y; u, T  a& o6 |/ y这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) " z7 X- Q8 D6 n; h, A/ R
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
! ?  n. }5 \& q) O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」) 2 K" {8 o/ i/ P+ c' }3 O- z% f& |8 k
4. "Wait, he is serious."
. k  @  Z7 g$ g. a% [1 u9 Z% e0 R! z「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
2 h5 V1 S/ x0 S7 ~5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
; }& [- i/ U$ I! W「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) ; D) N* E# T5 O! o% G

9 u; n9 F+ w4 C. N5 [9 |(二) 删减解释词 # I/ U+ |1 A6 m' r
例子:
) K. }9 E. S6 N5 L& uThe traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
: ?8 S, A4 S; crefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
% ]# u: O* [1 k% S- Z: ~/ @particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. / l" [6 @6 e; h  R, c$ o
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。: d5 S5 O5 R# r

# Z# I2 o0 H0 r$ a6 c- z(三) 短句拆译
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" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
. _5 a( l, |& N% i「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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& z# k# H! J" b; q7 X(四) 译词推陈出新 # w# w" f* ]  n& Y0 h
例子:
( U9 ~5 U5 ]# q6 _7 O- [" GWhen he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
/ v/ X4 q5 W6 V( G* ]( I' J& tdoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
7 E5 @5 D" [8 e2 q/ L( j/ \lower.   ^3 U% D) Y1 Y; U2 @
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' g9 K7 y4 E5 Y% X1 ~2 s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。 8 z2 r# \( @- Z7 J
原词 原译 改译
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 % Y! O. ]1 g! V# D/ B+ a9 \
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 ; `8 i2 F- ~( @  r; `; [& O

$ J- c+ L8 N& e" @- v% ba lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 9 C/ X: D: B  b

/ W2 ^2 R8 x& x) m0 pordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 / p4 a  U" Y) Q
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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7 h8 q5 D7 h5 p(五) 解释性添词
6 C* G) U9 O! Q" x$ Y7 }  R例子: 5 o" N; F- b' y  F
"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
4 w3 }; j% H' r! t5 Hdone it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
: Z. X% K' O$ r, b9 {( E8 S7 C# tnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
7 M! L9 i# r$ |2 b! O- D) ^% l& y+ oand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.
/ N0 h  W5 e; C' K$ m「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
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) [1 c8 u* O. \/ s! f& NIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or - E3 q9 H5 x, k, Y- J
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, " r0 \1 n* s& U% N' g
he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous 4 h7 W( r* [) F7 j
conditions. 0 v! k! c1 [3 X7 j: ]
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。
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6 a, w) ?- R. y9 ?(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk. 6 f! P! @; o( ^& P2 Y( |" @
原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 : l3 q$ C/ o1 w* _/ b/ i6 O
改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 ) m4 i1 ^- F( I+ }9 i- Q

! A/ j5 H/ v/ |3 L" c6 Y(八) 删削"When"字
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1. When he saw me, he was startled. 7 \7 k( Y  X% N
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
+ |& Z7 j5 W/ g& G2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
' w* R9 z. E/ Xhead, and knocking on them round?"
/ D' ~! x* |" v8 P8 g3 v0 e「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......) # w2 c% s: f3 s9 t, H/ ~

3 u5 W* V2 P/ Q5 \/ B& ~(九) 感叹词的不同译法
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1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want
% T4 F: y. o& O) {4 F, S8 Nthem!"
9 U0 H* Q! W: I0 G) _- f9 d"Why, Eva, your room is full now." # J# U; ?: L9 z8 v/ l8 E6 B
「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 * [, g$ S& `% w' K
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
; v" t. {0 w" T% P2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" % S7 u5 y; o6 A; v" o# L% }
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
" G$ |( G9 W- ~$ z8 A! ~3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") ; l7 A% S" E$ E
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
* l; W, I1 h& H! Y/ T( Z7 c* E& R' Akeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
% I% h' Y4 K! ujocularly; ...
+ Z+ v5 M0 g. g! O1 @"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
" K' \8 p: |$ C; Dinterval of silence.
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* h  r2 g3 D  C/ a0 T2 `! M4 C「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;......
$ B2 t; Z' q8 d9 L" i; N「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。
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+ q7 [" n8 q$ O0 W5 g, {3 k1 d' k(十) 顺拆法 2 A: T+ }& N7 B; m4 b2 b. I! q
例子:
6 u0 u4 ^& U! I1 [- o) fHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
) Y+ d1 p$ |$ M+ c( U7 o2 _working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
3 `" ^3 V+ O5 T! [social and demographic factors. 8 V7 z2 H4 l, }% n6 v  ^6 e
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。
8 z- V' x1 d$ O: M7 y2 n4 _% U0 K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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( _. O4 p% S4 q  N+ L(十一) 倒拆法
# i* N# Y$ a& g3 e例子:
* @! {! t7 R, |0 B  o+ TTo him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
- K0 U; c  ~6 a1 y4 Z0 Dfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his ( e: x, G$ Z: u' I$ W2 }" {6 e
supposed conditon. 0 a% a! I; k  {1 @- 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。 ! z+ O! _6 p: x) j' t7 E
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(十二) 抽词拆句法   u. K  {5 Y. S1 U
例子:
* m5 X! @/ L  bAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
' a4 ]+ p9 P5 r# Keye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
- e6 i: J: e8 ?; t& @( s& a* e/ Ggrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. 0 R2 x6 p6 z7 h/ k" E2 l8 d
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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