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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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(一) 同义反译法
$ r2 h- A- m/ n; U例子: 2 c. k- n% N1 h3 _/ F. N9 n, r
1. Only three customers remained in the bar. ) d, l: z. C; i* y" e3 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」)
! w# x* }1 g" E8 f2. I'll be here for good this time.
8 q+ X1 T# G0 \3 g这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) ' Z! p8 o- W4 l+ G
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out. $ i! K6 B6 u/ t; x7 ?7 g
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」) & H, Y6 n( G. z. f. ]$ R3 ]3 {
4. "Wait, he is serious." : r( }7 K. Z; E7 q  a  H/ h
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) : P4 E- C8 \+ R: @* |4 b5 C/ g
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
: C$ ]7 [! {4 k- }. s- K0 \「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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1 h9 A& v. L$ n0 x(二) 删减解释词
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 5 @9 o& Y. r* u" p
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
- R* J+ T+ `! ?" L6 R3 ^. yparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. 6 H3 Z& A- p2 R0 Z7 P- c& O' w9 Z
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 3 V, h# V5 z* x7 F: X* o3 G
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" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
' T; K- T& ~, n6 J. [$ S% z6 i「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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/ X+ G% Q2 Q8 K' v. [. W+ o/ I(四) 译词推陈出新 6 E) H- k2 s7 g8 t: \
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
% I( b/ X" V) y, d& S. @7 Udoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a 4 y5 f- i4 L* S9 c
lower.
# \! [/ @- b0 N/ O8 m1 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。 & q) u% j9 f* ^  d
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。 . m/ q  l1 r5 F( b
原词 原译 改译
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when 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 7 H  B2 A9 ?# ?; ^/ D! {: Z5 W
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人
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' F* Z, J, R- ]8 Wordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 . L6 v% g; G2 F% o# N

7 g. s0 f# n3 N. l- O1 _' T0 ?in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了* @2 j+ t1 r! A9 s

& ^4 _2 V" [9 }' F3 n% m* [(五) 解释性添词
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"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have * g# f) D. v+ \
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
/ {) ]  x9 J3 B" v* |8 _) Unever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
" d7 ~2 |! }; L. o6 eand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.
% c$ ^6 a) j9 S, m7 q9 T2 v1 Y「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。 ) z3 I9 v& C, v+ A8 o
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(六) 词无定译 , i& x  b/ T+ k
例子:
1 l' i8 g+ M1 b# t" u/ P+ S9 BIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or + q5 s2 s9 ^& B- O0 h+ M$ k8 @: Y$ ]
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
8 F! ^0 c! b9 `% k" S9 O9 u; E; Ehe 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。( C8 l& V8 E3 U6 y2 J" N
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(七) 精炼译词 * y+ [" E0 z4 ^2 A, K) t  z6 M
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A new dignity crept into his walk. 3 a0 L; Y. v; G& I
原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
( o% V! x& P5 _5 ^9 N  }: ]* B改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 9 }1 L( e+ h. {: q! f, R

9 [7 [* m' w4 M(八) 删削"When"字
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9 c% c/ m$ M0 g/ x7 Y! |3 {1. When he saw me, he was startled.
. R9 D; q0 i; G- M5 ]" U6 ?- R他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
( }' s8 ?6 `  U  I8 _* a6 G3 u2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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, l3 A% x1 x( x+ x「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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(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
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"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
/ \$ Y2 I  u2 N7 q2 @& c「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
" k# L- E) n5 [, |6 V「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
$ D' T' j3 h1 i6 {7 `2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" , V; H! u* }: O; u6 d$ h3 r4 O* x
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 - }0 Z' t5 k% y) G
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
. q3 Z6 S" e+ D0 u"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
: `5 ?  K. H7 g8 i8 L& skeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
2 T. z3 z( p  s% h8 b- [jocularly; ...
  ^$ w# w3 H: w8 ?# l+ p"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。」) ; x2 Z3 E, F# s
「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 V- |! {( I" r5 O- ]
「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。 / Q6 A) w+ F/ B' u9 W7 [- P1 [

9 \7 a% A1 _: \) a+ u" e3 u(十) 顺拆法
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7 V, z* Q  Y$ k  }( THis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue " l3 P9 `7 T  \1 ?
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
5 G% S8 p9 G- i1 rsocial and demographic factors.
" ]" `" C+ }6 K. ~# l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。
+ l$ v# C1 J. v" H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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; S; n' `. D5 d5 J" N(十一) 倒拆法 : x& i. z) P2 e
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / 4 a3 A3 O9 t. N+ L/ E! G3 u8 \. }
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
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( U6 j( F  ?5 j" x8 n9 I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。 ; S; D) x& D8 z+ n1 a8 H

6 V$ D) d" K, G1 I2 F* ~(十二) 抽词拆句法 0 m1 D3 @8 g' I/ u
例子:
2 \* m' f" O. o8 O% [" B" R0 X# AAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
9 z7 `2 y" t$ m' v! p1 feye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of   ^# K# |5 F* v; Q  x
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. 2 y, j6 n2 h% @) V" K
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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