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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9 l8 l1 m: M1 u$ u/ J6 Z; I. `

8 ]3 T2 d1 \7 D4 w, ?(一) 同义反译法
; T5 Z+ I7 K2 o6 s例子: $ s# A7 g1 Y4 _4 T/ P% x* C
1. Only three customers remained in the bar. & G& M8 E8 H0 k# _- X( R& 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」)
2 |* p7 q3 v+ R) J$ V2. I'll be here for good this time.
; |& b- l3 b$ v! H: i! S这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
" Z5 _# W1 q1 T4 J; h, l3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
. D) [- j7 \! l- i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」) , z$ b% b& z, H0 v
4. "Wait, he is serious."
8 M% G2 x# z& q7 T1 T5 r「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) * w& m! c0 R1 X/ o3 b. G
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" : [' J5 _1 r, E* N% z
「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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6 t( T( i* L- Y$ ?- ]' }" X& B' Z(二) 删减解释词
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
' |4 j& P  K+ o: V. Z9 S& G7 vrefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a - `. _9 h  T+ \, W
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
) |% V, i, J+ V& J; w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 / W4 T6 a) }  r% G1 }, P
例子:
; {+ ^+ Y1 X- @( W" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
! \% c% ~" E& A  A「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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& f9 @8 p5 H/ g1 J4 D(四) 译词推陈出新
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
6 k% x# ]$ p3 Edoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
" n# ?7 T2 Z" H% u" \" Hlower. $ u3 N7 l* R8 B5 U9 m5 q
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。 ' C" {/ @9 u* Y( c1 O. R! v; T
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。
( s* ~. P" M% e/ H% r- l原词 原译 改译 5 R" I2 }' Q% @0 K5 `2 b
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 ( a5 i! i1 k2 s
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求
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, }2 p2 ]  ~6 ?! @0 ]) \a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人   l- ^( l! c% j7 V! p; t& \

' V8 j; t1 l; K! U5 Fordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 # A. F& k! v( V1 v8 O! y

' [$ O! {5 r( d6 p- T. E  Ein addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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$ C2 M2 _* y* _  T4 t(五) 解释性添词 ' c5 [/ \( U& P6 V
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"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
' p7 `  c5 s- V  y$ ~, F6 \+ \done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
% @: p( ^8 `2 D4 enever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
* [2 I8 P3 I6 s9 A9 jand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. " Q1 {* b1 a# u3 {5 k. s5 C/ F, t! e4 S
「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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7 G: K$ N- t9 O/ T: ~" b1 D) |(六) 词无定译
( ]# o& y0 G6 j6 v+ n例子:
; V. r) @8 X' L) c' J5 zIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or   f8 N# A% l3 t" t' h, g+ T
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
. A. W7 J& J4 i# d% Fhe 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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- E; {3 P# b9 Y# `(七) 精炼译词 # Z1 K0 w& `$ ^2 J! k
例子: + z! t8 t* `, {8 R( j
A new dignity crept into his walk.
; S7 N/ L0 ]' B: z原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 ' Q. s: T% T- w! M8 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
" |, o& d1 ]  y4 o* v2 {; o; `例子:
  n5 Z4 H: Z1 i+ U  J% R8 g9 o8 c1. When he saw me, he was startled.
; ]; Z' V( t. r/ f他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
" d0 o3 R% ]4 J8 {/ X2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
5 U4 W9 l$ i& Rhead, and knocking on them round?" 9 i! A$ O+ v; v/ X, C  m: z: j- @
「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......) # I6 i* O# d6 h7 r7 D  I
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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 $ T1 X+ g8 _+ I* \) E
them!"
% E( A* u" k; ?& q* H"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
% l' J6 D7 S- C「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
* T9 f+ |0 ^* |  ~3 B4 x# V% |5 y「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
) G% a8 a+ p5 D  \2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
# i2 r7 \8 G3 n4 L0 H) Z「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
7 r7 j& W+ |; R( A3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") 4 v, K/ A" m% @, z4 k3 V9 H0 j. a
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
) c1 u" u, l# Gkeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, 2 v8 q) Q0 Y3 B3 f2 D
jocularly; ...
& J& j' B: y1 m6 L) ^"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy 5 a% @2 Z- C4 o; L$ b
interval of silence. % s% p& U2 i1 x: Q  o  E5 o
(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」)
1 T& ]# S# o1 A0 n: 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;......
# L% w# R& \0 A3 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 ( c2 x( }6 ~8 M! J" z6 u
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His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue ) g* _" P  c- w
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
6 H# Q: g$ f- s5 X8 m/ y6 s- asocial and demographic factors. $ @, P: c( W8 K
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。
: c  s* t' ?- e8 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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% @+ P* A3 U5 S, _(十一) 倒拆法
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / 9 h, w- O" h2 Z  {9 `
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
* r, A8 A: `* G% d* R& Y( U& Vsupposed conditon. " e; ?3 a1 ~) v9 y6 ?  z
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。 * f3 d& l0 A( ?% W
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(十二) 抽词拆句法 ! r$ o8 @- b: z
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All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the 2 ^0 x. T* ?# Q/ u
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of 9 o3 n% o8 q. N- m! S# ?+ N& S
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. - }$ p2 K; e/ {/ }: e+ ~$ I( p9 |
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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