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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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8 k* Q1 C6 ?+ n' F7 I(一) 同义反译法
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1. Only three customers remained in the bar. ( i. s. s8 c, f& W5 z9 V: V' X
酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」) 5 s: e0 P) B& d
2. I'll be here for good this time.
: K+ F! ]) c  A& ^6 e这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
7 k4 _1 }( K  @: D1 r/ x% B8 z1 f3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
: J# M( [- ?! M: F) j3 p" 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」) $ L1 J) T" |5 i( Z4 R
4. "Wait, he is serious."
7 r% j, v3 E3 M; i+ w; q3 o! |「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) ( t  {- M3 T# M1 ~! G6 J7 I
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" * {, k3 k: N9 G6 I- X$ w: B
「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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+ q/ t( n' Z, @7 n9 N2 u' v(二) 删减解释词
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) \, \( c" R$ p: V' dThe traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 8 B7 J) n; e- d3 c
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
6 J$ W; _3 a0 y+ Q/ ~, t; `" dparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. + F7 V% h; H% v2 `
到南方去的人看见那些黑白混血的女郎,准定会注意到她们十之八九都赋有那种独特的优雅风度、那种柔和的声调和文静的举止。
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0 b; q1 T4 w% a(三) 短句拆译 3 G- u, {1 P# Q- k
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" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
7 g' D* p- J/ f) }8 b2 r1 M  ]「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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# h- \. y& I) O+ R0 H(四) 译词推陈出新
% i' W! i; i5 q- z例子:
* M2 M, s/ ^6 PWhen he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
" \) M2 M% w, S( x7 ~3 I9 bdoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a ) E) r* `% T4 e, z3 B1 y
lower. ) |  |) J2 K: c: R3 L
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。
7 i/ B0 {2 Q3 ]4 o' M) A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。
8 m: V, h( g# e7 c$ u7 }5 B6 G' }原词 原译 改译 1 [) J  L, k2 X* F) P# T* e5 U

& E( z* n8 N' mwhen 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   N2 |9 u( u/ y
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人
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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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9 O. r! ~' S' Q1 b# tin addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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% m& s3 p$ C+ u$ L(五) 解释性添词
) ?+ r4 e% \3 ^9 ]0 C/ ^例子: 3 M0 K- L0 m4 a; b
"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 1 c4 t* B' Z6 M* b) l1 ]5 Q) j; k
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I   o2 C8 |- S6 j1 P9 q' l+ K4 D2 T
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet / Z) q4 n5 N: ~! `- P; ~6 N
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. 3 d) u. [) V+ N; W0 W
「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。 3 }  P7 t4 T6 ^4 [4 s6 I# q

: M2 r" J1 n& ]  G# w(六) 词无定译 + B* G( O/ [5 s& [/ L( M; O
例子: 3 g0 x  a3 P2 O
It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
/ E/ o0 a$ p: {; X' l5 hcivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
% `' W" G8 A. V; P) `he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous # b: |' J  ?* i' q$ x- V2 O
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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。( d7 p5 r; E0 r# U6 G3 r9 q

+ X/ l( g+ V1 `, s" Y3 R3 N) m2 P# @3 G(七) 精炼译词 6 V5 S5 F6 T  |- D- t; P* b
例子:
" e+ m; S4 z4 j* b" R5 tA new dignity crept into his walk.
. X8 U2 ^1 A; S+ D原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 1 ]+ i: X% g. Q
改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 . f( s' l: Q; @- h9 a! b& v
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(八) 删削"When"字
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1. When he saw me, he was startled.
$ d" W: K: D0 Y3 r他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) / ~5 {; G8 P+ O5 F0 h2 J0 h
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the ) Y: o* s8 J2 W9 n
head, and knocking on them round?"
8 b7 A  D/ E: R; F3 [/ @* ~) m「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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2 T! Y2 G; y8 e! L; n(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 6 F! p; M  {: j9 S8 p3 o
them!"
. q/ I: h, n2 V"Why, Eva, your room is full now." 7 [; E/ h2 m# U9 A: V7 ~- O- |
「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
% C' y( }" e+ |「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 ' [  t% ?  _0 S
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 6 e; r1 D1 o! F$ x( y7 J* l
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 & `# \) I, ~& s* C7 o
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
; U/ }5 }8 T- v# B"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to ! r0 C2 R0 x. Q- B
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
8 f' k# C' ?: l0 b  `) W- n; kjocularly; ...
" z& x( {# c' F4 {7 J/ Z"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy - c/ p" M2 x3 \3 `# K( F6 Y, J
interval of silence.
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$ o8 q% W4 ~. P# G: E2 r: k% C* F「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;...... % d. i, O. C$ i7 @: M; O, a1 P
「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。 ! [: C7 B! l. i

5 D4 Y4 M' O, P! n  \( i2 s/ c(十) 顺拆法 ; s" _+ l! S: D$ i
例子:
0 O) {! l+ h" b; x+ C% `His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
" B, K6 h1 U" ]1 bworking/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, 1 l( y/ n* z: X" T4 {0 U
social and demographic factors.
! A( P: |, _! |7 I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。
, y! Q# f8 a2 A" s; p! C. O4 N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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: r( E% y; ^) ]9 W( X(十一) 倒拆法 ( u  O) {1 e' y8 I# p7 f
例子:
2 V5 {1 k, e8 Y! w5 M6 h4 bTo him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
# ~/ M4 L" O0 U" R0 {. ufor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his 9 x/ q3 B! {0 O9 _1 I* a
supposed conditon. . G' h) g$ K# _$ M: F/ K8 R7 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。 5 `! T) d5 G" j9 N

; p) }  M( ^. l(十二) 抽词拆句法
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All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
) C  ^3 C9 ~2 r3 U. ieye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of ( w, K  f- E0 A0 g/ F
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. & x6 g( V0 }$ T: q% h
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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