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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 0 H; L5 h5 k7 T. N2 Z$ }7 o
例子:
( B  g, e, _) |: c9 M4 N1 }2 X1. Only three customers remained in the bar.   Y% v" |6 ]5 Y( e
酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」) 1 W: h6 \2 t. x# D" ?" h
2. I'll be here for good this time.
& Z' b$ a) I5 y: H9 r& K5 u这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) + K7 l8 ^, I; q! Y+ v$ F
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
- e& z, s1 C+ N* ?0 _+ 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」) , e7 I1 c( `* L5 J: f- t
4. "Wait, he is serious."
4 a# N3 p1 G$ ?& p& H4 n2 {9 R* F# m「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) ; j' \) Y3 X3 L
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
4 r$ b- v# C, \+ g! J# ?6 @0 Q「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) 8 I3 l! \( S1 E& o9 `7 l* U

* ]9 ]& Q. J+ ^! }& U' S& J& P8 \: z(二) 删减解释词 3 n2 X  m( d3 i3 B6 v& d
例子:
7 @) _8 m: e- B; xThe traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 6 x+ X  U" C+ H4 l; \
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
+ {: j3 A5 f0 ?1 Nparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
' ]' C# d( l2 h" w& k; d2 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 ' W0 v5 c( t0 w0 L
例子: 5 Q" o0 O* W+ @" }9 G
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." ! f- o; M9 P' {' C' r( g2 x
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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(四) 译词推陈出新 8 _5 E2 ]7 h8 S  m) l
例子: 5 a1 }1 c- K3 L9 J  F
When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
9 o3 N/ ~) o) l+ k4 }doubts, 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。 ! t: S8 J9 w; y/ T! P
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。 9 y5 A) H$ U0 G$ G6 f0 Y
原词 原译 改译 1 H: ^" ]. _( F% A: }
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 6 F4 \: w4 U4 e5 S

/ C; e" k6 e( c& k' ^' [* Vact with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 2 _( j& f) R) ]+ r6 t
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 * s# K6 `9 O5 T* v

* E/ K0 S+ p7 A. t* F% [ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 % T8 ]3 g" j7 i+ Q3 g! K) H

; `- ^9 ~5 ]1 a  f9 D5 n# \in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了) r5 h2 i1 J* K& y) M

7 F9 U$ U* h/ v0 V  `- V6 R& |+ b(五) 解释性添词 * R+ Y9 c  H! t# L' [! _# T7 T
例子:
+ h) o& c# x( d9 U% q$ t; O, r"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have , m4 w+ @- `* i; e
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I + E, ~, Z- @' U- W
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
6 Z6 `2 h( l  y4 E+ Y/ B7 C  uand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.
4 i! u# ^* Q- J6 @3 K0 Z「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
( N% ]2 U/ u4 T5 O0 z" C. M例子: ! @4 _) N. N; A% o5 P/ K
It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
  ]5 F6 ~% {# W0 ^5 [5 S% H4 Acivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
8 g% A7 \: ]/ R# a2 k$ p( X" }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。0 a6 e! r- x' r4 [  n
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(七) 精炼译词 / p9 I( O+ f% K* z- n$ U# O# ]
例子: 8 I+ P& e: ]; w, \# q! U
A new dignity crept into his walk.
5 M  _1 u7 T* o" [2 B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) P- E. t; J* T" q* I' A改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 7 ~" F' _7 K" W! b9 B5 I' K, K
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(八) 删削"When"字
5 g5 \- J6 }! C. Q- g例子:
/ q' H$ j, ]$ F1. When he saw me, he was startled. ( j# n* [: g. u  _0 X- C
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 5 |% D9 t% r9 I( q) `9 k% Q
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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: s0 r3 K5 ^! |5 x  ~9 b「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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5 q2 m, J# U# X(九) 感叹词的不同译法 7 y' f5 X9 ~4 e  a7 f
例子:
* p: H* G3 _( m, @  t3 ?1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want 3 _$ F- }, m1 b
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"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
, m; T* }" |4 j; [0 j「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
3 A6 _& A- p( }; B「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
# z% t; Y: G( i* n8 M" M2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" + o( m2 O3 M' ?2 Q5 A" `
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
- {% s$ q( p7 ^8 z0 w9 n6 x3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
  V3 E1 [% n5 `" X3 R2 ^"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
. }' w5 Y2 p# a0 P/ }; E& K7 Ykeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
7 E! N5 s9 l  f0 ojocularly; ...   o, Q% _3 b2 E; Z% k7 m# G2 v
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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! |  U0 |5 g: i- S* u3 G# e「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;......
! ?# i3 N2 [7 A  f! X  h, `「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。 9 s/ S/ z# y- i/ P
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(十) 顺拆法 8 v# q3 Z" W6 g* u$ N* [. \
例子:
' v0 I  @+ T% P) MHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue 7 r* s6 Z' Q' W$ S1 M' D, q
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, 5 ]' o# q( ]  |, F) M
social and demographic factors. + Z' E/ Q' P! ^
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。 ( U- E& {/ O( Q8 }- T2 [1 Y1 I
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。 . N; L% l/ Q# y' Z0 E2 G$ E

7 u9 u$ U, L: P(十一) 倒拆法 5 Q! c1 Q; t) |
例子:
" \+ f5 A) s$ E" K( }: N9 v: jTo him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / - d; }$ j& E- l
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
2 K5 j3 S& g9 K) P, P* qsupposed conditon.
3 C5 |" q5 M2 G6 V& T5 \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 $ X. I1 l+ _, h; q! z8 z
例子: ! H; N3 w. G& }* W- R- P+ a4 v
All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
' T9 \- w& z7 f6 @% t# K9 {eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of $ k1 ]/ M. w) y0 N/ s, w% F/ O7 H: @
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
% h" g$ ~1 s1 G8 S2 g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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