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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6 f  |' x! `. ~" i8 d" ]% |' i; E3 H

( R5 }6 r4 y% A3 [1 J( Y! _(一) 同义反译法
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1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
# f6 J% P' |4 f; G% S5 q酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
" @& A" J- l+ `2 L& x; X2. I'll be here for good this time.
2 S, E, k* l1 O5 C3 _3 ]9 W4 F这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) $ x: x$ q! S& E, v+ Z
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out. " @5 l4 N5 \2 L+ T9 a
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」)
( s& z% x, z) c/ q% n+ ]1 t% P4. "Wait, he is serious."
3 P& \" T' C# g「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
2 {  O, ]6 E" @7 \' [. d5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
7 N3 A" {) J0 K# m「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 0 c. x5 S, P4 m( `. N% q* M( R
例子: 7 T- w5 _. g  \8 p$ I6 V! |6 g
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
7 {2 j: c: d) n& I9 ]( i; qrefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
$ @, I4 U) u& C2 F/ o5 Tparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
* H& B- }6 X8 C* I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。% y  w  a+ J9 B& K

) `7 h; F+ E* Z/ ?+ V' g* ]1 m(三) 短句拆译 9 n1 _5 Q& }3 ]) @9 G+ c2 N! O; N; k
例子: 8 u) k5 P* X7 t' f. k, a# w
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." 6 U6 ~- y$ F# U* I7 W! j* y$ y
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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) l" _8 l; ?* p3 h; ?- {(四) 译词推陈出新
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& n$ I( M) ?8 x! [When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
& O- R! ?/ d; n: E4 Qdoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
4 i& w. a) O" U# [lower.
5 a/ h3 L. @: h# v4 ~, i9 }+ w8 P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。 ( h& p2 m: Z, `) ], E
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。 + z6 V0 D: w  y/ p
原词 原译 改译 : y4 i8 A. Y% |* d6 Y! S
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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 , z) i& {0 ~# B! B
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 6 @- n) H  `) |% f9 y! k
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了) u$ Q& V" V. \, m( d
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(五) 解释性添词 % i2 V: j0 ^( m% R3 E8 c5 j
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"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
; S4 S5 Q9 Z' n2 X9 ydone it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
4 _! W* o3 J7 X. Xnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
  K' W3 V8 z1 ]& \0 z& _and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. " c( _4 s6 S$ L% f
「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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, ]# r$ C4 h* R6 F2 F: s7 a- \& i(六) 词无定译 . u: T9 F. q8 T% c  @5 H( G
例子:
2 o1 J& |5 h/ U5 fIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
) V# M( J: h8 q' G3 r; Acivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, . f  N6 O( ]% _# b% z0 X+ d
he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
. U2 U1 w- S# J0 T+ H! E. c! Lconditions.
7 K# X& u3 r1 o- d( \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。' [# h# P& H# c- q/ |* `1 o2 `

! S1 w1 s' H$ _4 g(七) 精炼译词 # N8 e6 W5 [9 M8 P/ q2 {( ]
例子: $ T6 c4 J1 t% l1 i# S5 \
A new dignity crept into his walk.
9 w2 y, Q% S; q1 k; M  z5 h原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
/ Y3 d; b; a9 F改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。
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  x2 H2 O6 i& d0 r(八) 删削"When"字 + O5 Y5 M, `- U6 H, x5 @
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1. When he saw me, he was startled.
4 ~! A$ [2 v/ p! S, Q, n1 p他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
  H# o, w' [! F' @9 V; }5 V9 o2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the 4 Q. K2 z; r5 v2 p8 e6 b8 L9 o9 k
head, and knocking on them round?" 1 @* V  [: T$ M$ 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......) ) U2 {( w# i  S. A, g. I+ g

& v$ k3 h1 l- u' D(九) 感叹词的不同译法 ; A+ T: c4 c( x/ {
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1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want
; R9 c/ d4 Q5 pthem!"
7 p7 [6 x6 S6 v) s( H5 J0 P"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
1 T( a5 F! t/ P( h「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
! F5 c6 ~, c/ t9 B「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 . B" H1 i, Y% X; D
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 0 I1 z+ v3 x( D
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 3 x$ l- a/ w$ G
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
+ Y. k2 N% A9 s$ ~"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to ( M; @5 H. D$ {1 B
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
: W+ C. J+ S& d7 u- [, H) tjocularly; ... 0 k8 z9 s& ?6 \3 t
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
8 P5 N; T, Y9 ]6 H9 @9 Linterval of silence.
# m4 s; L6 E& V1 f+ Z(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) ' v1 d3 Q9 o# b6 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;...... 1 T( j& y3 R( b9 q6 N7 ]
「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 $ H, @7 X: G/ l5 t! o" A3 y0 r
例子: + O$ D4 P: |, w$ [' u: }
His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue ! w/ L% X# Y/ o% c( Z# B2 H
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, ( Q( [: h1 v/ g$ c
social and demographic factors.
1 I# ^9 k* D+ c- c: ~/ ?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。
- h8 x/ B/ l* C$ p: 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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% O- \" M7 o1 b! ]: x(十一) 倒拆法 * ~5 p. O3 J7 d; X; L6 ^8 N- z
例子:
6 \: I! u5 D2 U; DTo him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
) w7 p% K, f  G5 f0 C+ l  zfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
6 |0 n& ]9 q( {# n1 n7 s- ]supposed conditon. 2 O5 Y. K" z" U" o  n
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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2 H' w$ C; X, J: x$ ^0 P( C; p  t: W(十二) 抽词拆句法
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2 T8 _* m" n( O. ~& B& u5 c7 y% YAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the : K( o5 s/ L$ B. F7 `
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of 3 J+ ^0 k6 u+ }' E9 X* u
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
; c7 C& z: X8 l$ u/ q7 s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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