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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; J. ~- n- g3 E* B" p# Y
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(一) 同义反译法 - F  R9 @7 S* n, Y
例子:
4 R0 L9 r" i$ _/ c) s! O; H1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
, w5 d  A8 `0 s# l酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
$ p- I, x8 ]8 S2. I'll be here for good this time. / C. K# @1 L" x# f0 G' {$ N
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) ' E* F% P9 {- L4 w
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
& G$ O. e1 C( x' c( H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」) ( w1 v( l* ~, k3 m
4. "Wait, he is serious."
; H, q, Z9 o% ]( s, o5 U) H4 b「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)   V1 W2 E3 L: P) i9 t& d
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
/ i4 l) B" z; X; K+ y「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 ( X! z, `* f( l. [
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of ) J, |' J9 g( U$ n/ v3 B/ C. u
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a " _! X3 X  M) ^4 I- Q
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. % H$ X0 y& V+ V9 z  J
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。2 l1 D' T5 q: J$ ~3 G

! s" T# F3 O$ x- v/ v(三) 短句拆译
- c0 ~( P7 P& H例子:
6 t7 [# K/ q9 X" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
& h/ ]6 U+ j, h# g5 I) n6 S, K. \「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 ; ]' T5 e! M* Z, [5 g  U' c

7 `2 `, W3 k  `$ h(四) 译词推陈出新
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with / {. k% Y0 A! C' M- U! ~- g7 ~  g
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a 1 X" n' y, a8 Z# X
lower.
/ q) t3 A  K; U- G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。
* X8 Z' f! Z: P1 ]; S+ g# u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。   l( w6 \8 |1 e( E$ l% t$ f' {
原词 原译 改译 5 Z/ W1 x, s8 B$ C, |1 S6 h' y

, D3 o, ?1 @6 W, p1 d& X; D- E: swhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候 $ Q2 F% u) K8 l0 X) `

5 f2 A% a* b. ]+ \act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人
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8 L4 }/ y" {8 f# _2 x( Yordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理
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4 P6 i' }( p5 s. X6 V, e+ W! Cin addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了5 u; |8 O5 d+ p) c3 D

! ~9 }; `; ]9 S+ r1 _' b8 f(五) 解释性添词
) ~& |9 V; T4 a+ `例子: : H. I% k; g1 ^' C
"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 7 D! ^( [0 V+ T+ [
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
4 I2 z; |1 S* f: gnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
+ r4 U2 O2 @) C  e4 h6 d+ qand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.   K. }$ F+ {: n5 e1 L& n
「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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6 D; `/ b/ i$ S3 t2 r' [$ S  ](六) 词无定译 4 B6 z4 x* a8 H* L
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It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or 7 P3 @  y: b4 G) d; [. r# e
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, , b* i+ j; x9 i/ v7 L
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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(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk.
1 `2 f  Q- i% L8 T7 q3 o& T* s原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 ' x( A. I8 R  K% u* j( i
改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 : E2 y) U7 W" P; D7 T$ K1 w( f
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(八) 删削"When"字
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1 M! R0 U6 {3 r* _) n! I1. When he saw me, he was startled. ' V, n( L/ @+ e! s) W7 q
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) ( Q# Z0 w* A% e, T' k/ l5 F
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the + o  a9 K# g+ o* f- d8 q- x
head, and knocking on them round?"
7 S: r- V- Y- q: Q1 v& @9 h( h& A「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......) 8 c+ c9 K$ b% E" N2 r

6 t; w0 K+ H2 R(九) 感叹词的不同译法
6 a) y% p0 P* X7 Q例子:
9 N3 V( z  x% J7 O( Q1 F# F1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want
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5 T1 o: _1 N$ f$ m3 e"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
, n' G. G7 R* p& e5 E「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 & L, u! i7 h1 m6 K: q# ~$ E$ m
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
  F: n% K# x. Q2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 0 g% p8 Y6 h. p0 j3 s
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
  ~# d, q" n) v  R" f3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") ; N& N9 I8 k' j& z. |" N; L; X% K, B: T
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
6 o5 E, `% m* v% Skeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
& |5 Q5 Y* ^' k: A, o" ^jocularly; ... + X. r4 d/ V  K3 c& C0 f
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
5 L8 U# L) G6 |# z. K# Minterval of silence.
3 c2 \/ R- Q( f5 s$ G(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) 0 p! W. S6 z( R/ l) R2 }7 j
「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;......
) H6 \- K/ d1 V  ~「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 5 j3 B5 t9 Z$ ]/ e
例子:
) d# }& `1 k' M* i9 CHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
- G5 Y- {; `& C2 I; r& A3 W9 Uworking/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, ! u2 f  m/ T- l( V/ R2 k
social and demographic factors. - ?. Q) }$ a; r- R3 f0 J
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。 ) W8 c- t% }! X
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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9 L- m  R$ r" j6 g(十一) 倒拆法 + o1 _1 V. R+ {+ I+ t7 O
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
! D: Z8 o  b: K# L# a; J' Rfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his : V! ]) ]' S+ P1 i+ f
supposed conditon. 8 I; l* g* C/ a/ K4 v. ~; l
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 ( ?) p3 p; Z6 n9 G" s
例子:
5 F" N7 s4 a+ l2 S9 CAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
5 H1 x: i# i5 B0 U6 \2 Yeye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
4 X: G3 s9 w  k* _1 z; O& l1 o( t3 xgrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. 2 u; G4 N; L4 S( n7 B* M
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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