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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$ s. \2 g2 Z5 d, N0 u; ?$ y
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(一) 同义反译法 % A, L6 m( T; p" w5 ?
例子: 5 E  K$ ]$ q1 p! O- x# R4 c; e: Q7 V
1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
! a+ E( |& k% T酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」) 8 |/ c5 V& J0 Y" B# y
2. I'll be here for good this time.
2 b, W1 b4 d% v+ b9 k4 d* |这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) 0 P0 A. A" d0 C
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
6 B" l$ o: ]% f3 A; S! F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」) ' b% @, ~4 N( A* ?9 b
4. "Wait, he is serious."
: w) z/ l% I+ _# X4 `3 o8 R「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) ! B6 W9 ^, J# c1 @
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" ) \1 t: \2 h! K, |: }+ |) D4 T; d
「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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(二) 删减解释词 ; ]5 j, A1 r5 F; }8 Y" o1 n8 ~/ G
例子: ) e( A3 @9 a+ F+ @
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
6 v) H8 Y6 n! T  Grefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
7 z, T* T7 R) u' Hparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. 9 c. U* L- E- w+ Q$ A
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。# Q8 X+ {( y1 A" B. y7 O6 `. d

1 o8 t+ h$ X/ s0 H+ O8 H4 o(三) 短句拆译
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) O8 ?# p# ]* T& [+ e8 `" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
  a2 P0 e, c, s5 @  d「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 9 ^; q( I+ Y% T) P2 ^

+ Q8 f1 O7 F% r' ^(四) 译词推陈出新 " r; F# v- x5 P% ], ~1 k
例子:
1 f7 m% G& b' o0 Y3 ^2 tWhen he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with % B6 D1 ]( {8 M6 r* k- G
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a 2 d# T# ~; @. ^  k6 `; F
lower. / d( b% {3 K2 v: m  x$ H* ^
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。
9 f, I  g: f6 l( 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。
: j  Q& y* Z) [' \6 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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# f! V8 u* `' |act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求
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% }) K+ l9 Y/ `a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 : ?& n4 u" m, {/ F# O" c
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 : K; B( {- i1 ?5 Z  p% ^

8 D. e+ G5 L# }" J7 g" `in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了. k, ^# ^% t$ h! h: b" M
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(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
, r( V  S9 b; W4 D  \done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I   T" S. x  m/ m
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet ! u$ Z4 T4 x5 x
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. $ P; F! j0 }( a! M! x2 L
「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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It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or & P* M1 P# _. j( B, @2 K4 k* Q
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, 6 Q& Y2 ~" B4 q- y; z: R( W
he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous + n! o8 ]0 O  T  W% d4 @* r, c
conditions. 1 Z8 Y$ n$ C$ l1 L( C
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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$ O$ n1 B- {. V4 d1 V- n(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk.
" R3 v1 }3 ]/ M9 y2 M# r4 O原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 : E& H1 Y& @* ?5 J
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. * ^. \" G7 x% b4 r% U6 \1 ]
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 5 j; ?" q( _; i9 i( Q& o
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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「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......)   p- S& |9 Y, A8 V
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(九) 感叹词的不同译法 5 u0 Y# |( B* s2 ?1 {
例子:
2 m' Z8 u* b$ e1 Q* f1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want 1 K( E1 b$ B8 K: a. P7 K
them!" ) @( i1 A' k5 X; T
"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
& N- Z( Z) M9 S& k0 [「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 8 I8 g, |" A- E2 T. w: x1 u- y
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
& G3 W6 m. ?- o5 ^2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
7 E0 Z5 J; ~# i1 Z3 L「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 ; l) n% X+ }: S) w" \2 n4 H+ h
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
- }. Q" E* x1 c"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to 2 u' O  @6 s+ b1 R+ k
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
% e3 ?/ Y0 D/ wjocularly; ... : C( Q5 s- F# ~( q" J& b
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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' X) C0 r0 W  h4 i; {) m  p(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) ! O6 E4 w  t6 `' l0 G
「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;...... " h: p9 _% T8 A, P' i3 p, Y
「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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. h/ C( V5 \. e; b6 `( PHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
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social and demographic factors.
9 p8 V! l, n( B& z  {+ z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。 7 n8 T- F( Q7 R3 A1 v8 w) E
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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# i% w& U6 Q3 w4 R3 X(十一) 倒拆法
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! y5 I# q; N! w, U3 rTo him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
, _4 t' Y% i/ o  }for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his # }5 _  L+ _# t5 h6 D9 p
supposed conditon. ( b1 L! U( I  J, \1 Y/ ^
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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(十二) 抽词拆句法 ) n( x6 ]! f# h/ Y* T& d
例子:
3 d; }+ I# p/ T8 }: ]All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
, U" A# f# }* X% b& D5 F# S) P: eeye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
0 u% _1 m$ `! ^0 _6 d0 o% [, tgrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. ' k3 ]: b: m7 W8 P4 p
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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