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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
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0 N/ |) |. K* ]7 ]$ `: S  m(一) 同义反译法
9 M+ v0 k0 _; q8 J& q% n例子:
: G  e3 I- x* G- x, ~* I% V. k6 x1. Only three customers remained in the bar. : i: f9 M/ n9 x! W& Z' U
酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
# o7 e: T9 r6 b6 z) t& A2. I'll be here for good this time.
& x, \9 O9 x8 j& D5 p9 |9 @) e这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) 2 k: l* I: U; Z8 G- @& }
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
) w# e: r4 S) T2 [  v: j2 b" R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」) 4 Q* a7 O0 e' ?' X
4. "Wait, he is serious." $ o8 }# I7 S% T% |" @$ G
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) 9 ~- L$ k! X# N+ s  G/ x% s2 a
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
4 N* _) c6 d# |9 C! e「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) - j4 |/ F) b0 x
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(二) 删减解释词
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of & F7 ^5 i8 ~4 T
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a 8 D1 |  ^( ^- N( f+ _# l
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
. A& t0 ~# V1 _2 ~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。  P$ m: q8 Y6 x# s3 `; Z& Q$ `% Y& x

7 |) I: a$ D7 I. B1 C) R; Q(三) 短句拆译 ( s5 Y9 Q0 z- \& [2 D1 x
例子:
" E& u$ a0 y- U: O" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
: f. e. T- K, g4 F「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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(四) 译词推陈出新 + J; G* B! L( y4 u5 k
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
0 g+ ]4 \- }6 X, y1 p# J1 ndoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
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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。
" K$ K' V& i2 b6 g! |8 G6 X$ A! ]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。 ; \7 h! `' M& C9 {+ m
原词 原译 改译
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# U2 H& \1 C& A) Pwhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候 + y6 m* N) r2 |4 x6 o+ J# P3 s: s5 |) M. n

; A7 b) V- f5 Fact with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 6 X; e+ o6 g! Q7 v/ h  R
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 : h0 B$ y  h; y, I2 w
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了+ d3 @3 B8 v0 V5 e/ Z0 U/ W
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(五) 解释性添词
3 {. |6 T) [# N. Y例子:
2 M1 ?8 y" r: e- k9 V"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have / L4 b6 p2 V5 g
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I ) B  s4 m( C+ w
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
5 O& {: K5 e9 r% f- ?: L/ {% a3 p8 Iand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. $ w7 s; _3 W3 K3 K! [% s  c
「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 4 L2 N* F2 M. h- h3 M
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It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or $ h7 J0 k. W) ]$ T8 e4 Z
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, 3 E2 j$ D( K# [9 j7 u  f
he 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。
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4 h, G; z. s8 c$ w' N# |6 I(七) 精炼译词 - f( P; f  h+ k
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A new dignity crept into his walk.
& K: {3 Q9 j* t* W原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 ) v* j+ b7 G- j# t/ w
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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1. When he saw me, he was startled.
$ {2 v# P5 V' _7 B! M. u他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 3 X1 Z. }& @. A* K
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the * l/ A* `5 a- w# K
head, and knocking on them round?" & y! O- }8 a$ O8 j# Q
「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......)
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" J9 n6 k6 o3 C# I(九) 感叹词的不同译法 . M9 x) l* m' u. }6 o. X
例子:
0 G( q+ S" O) W' Z4 a9 A, L1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want 2 v! [9 D  S; g* O5 @
them!" 7 v/ s. I. I' k+ M! g  Z/ G
"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
: w: D4 R3 A0 O/ T* i「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 ! F+ u! ]% _2 l) S, e+ n7 H3 e, ~
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 - }9 F0 T" \  E: [4 }1 |4 j) X* b# _
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" ' q. \/ z; B& `
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 # p! d0 A" f0 l3 b  l
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") & S& e7 P5 T7 L3 t
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to ' ?. [0 Q# [7 ^7 P$ Q+ V  U/ Y
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, 2 O8 I& |* H, D8 ^5 H7 s3 {# }6 w4 U
jocularly; ...
# S3 y9 t( g3 Z3 u. p+ b7 c, J"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」)
8 E# z( S: X8 d) L# B「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;......
8 E0 ?) G: q- d% z" u' j- A「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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(十) 顺拆法
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His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue 8 C" w$ |; f% w- _
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
0 R: {( |% h. s1 ^. Usocial and demographic factors.
5 Y9 q. O% M. g) @: u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。
0 H  s% c9 i) j1 ?# f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 $ Y7 ~0 d8 v/ ^! J- k0 B$ M" M
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
: _# t3 p1 y' U; zfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his 1 M2 t+ j7 N, l" {. k
supposed conditon.
5 [5 j0 o6 y: z2 o( {$ O3 @. p3 J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。 7 G. ]. h6 R; Y
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(十二) 抽词拆句法
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All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
, {2 ?/ w- L# Z, l: @eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
  b3 H$ u' b6 C) f3 dgrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
1 G2 w) d1 D' _+ V. z/ Z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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