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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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$ J2 g4 t. x+ m4 E1 k! z- t) b(一) 同义反译法
: D8 D. E1 o* F6 u: ^) G7 b1 J8 d例子: . g1 y* V5 g9 {0 a  q
1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
( [" J2 R3 s7 K  P# `9 B& q+ B酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」) 3 T* B9 ~! W* h
2. I'll be here for good this time. 2 d% r/ @+ ^6 c# Q
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) . F4 l- ?% ?5 N7 ~5 d
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out. 2 y3 U9 ]% v) }
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」) " w% a# t  o; U; G! f% {, X
4. "Wait, he is serious."
( n& E) i  ^* I) ]「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
/ K, C; L4 N% B1 [# c: w* E2 }8 G% k5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" $ ^8 r8 u  S( 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」) & W$ P/ Z/ _2 d- Z+ ?& \
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(二) 删减解释词 ) V7 L8 Y- @2 {1 K3 I
例子:
7 s" r/ G0 E% J) d% o- C+ PThe traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 2 L4 m0 F. ]6 ?" R) p7 P
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
0 p  A5 ^% K! Z# `- f$ H* W. U2 Y6 L$ sparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
" |; _1 P% E- Z2 C& `3 H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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# E! a( p9 o  q7 c& x* [# j4 F: R(三) 短句拆译 - D0 y1 q! E+ x
例子:
8 H$ S* G( ~. i/ n" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
1 @5 w# @1 r# E「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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(四) 译词推陈出新
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
( g; b4 `4 F2 h( K. A. `  x) Vdoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
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! d) w, U: R6 o5 }, ^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。
! }6 `, ^- X& P# J' c% M# X: ?; k6 @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。 # M: D& K2 P2 s7 q9 t
原词 原译 改译 ) s5 T$ W! b4 ?4 `! a' \

: {" a/ J$ z: Y4 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
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& J+ B* D% ?% V; J" }7 Pa 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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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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(五) 解释性添词
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6 k' o9 W7 l* W& n# d- G. U2 T"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 2 q$ M  z7 [' T2 O4 _3 Y
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
- ]" X3 x" k/ `/ j1 E  L4 w5 Znever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
1 i5 H$ U% h- o8 M) Band the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. , X$ i. z5 T0 u+ z8 x
「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
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It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or ! f' q" c: j* k1 N
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
9 ~1 j9 C& b) h5 R4 F  lhe carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
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! g4 g) e3 F  T3 W' Z7 |$ `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。( L+ w: g- ]% D( f- i: n' k, b( [

" e" }8 E- x, O* A  l(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk. ; S, P7 _: f  r* L7 M
原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
; a. e. g0 ^1 w- C, p改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 + ?' _8 e8 ~0 f6 F/ j! o# x' J
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(八) 删削"When"字
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1. When he saw me, he was startled.
) c. M% M& s. D) U- l( V他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 2 [$ u6 ^5 m: ?0 j
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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「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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(九) 感叹词的不同译法 / G, q( w  b4 c
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1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want * ]) t' t& F% q; X0 w1 m5 g
them!"
6 Q  o. A  a3 t7 ^  {$ T2 i. Y"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
1 ^) R$ n  @5 ?6 V, t; S「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
! K& ~' n0 w! l8 n: l4 D* N" c「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 + u- z1 L4 s, j) N7 N
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 5 u! ^; ~6 G- V7 i
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 4 `, v+ ]4 x; H( g6 W' T
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") ( r& L) G0 k: Y2 N* Y' z7 |# o- W9 {9 R
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
; `1 }; |0 a" O+ W+ t; Bkeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
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"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy - l$ l  C) d! l! R! m
interval of silence. $ ?+ g' m$ ]8 l' @' K9 L5 ~. K; p* i
(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) 9 E, ^1 Y# t  @1 e) 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;......
' `9 R1 F' c6 V$ H; I5 c* B4 w0 c「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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% r; i, X4 e- v% r& `(十) 顺拆法
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His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
4 Z, j) P1 g4 \" g/ rworking/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
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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。
  q4 {# I  d" K! r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。 1 D4 K* i" d' s/ s0 P
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(十一) 倒拆法
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / ) z. Z/ |( R, d' H) E/ e7 w
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his 3 q. G  L0 k7 P' }" F
supposed conditon. % e2 P" U7 x: s: g5 j: N6 C
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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" \0 }' ^: }5 e1 L$ j(十二) 抽词拆句法 7 P# B8 j# K. `3 w: T* w; z
例子:
$ k  C) x7 T  ^1 _, R- e9 ~2 r& C2 |All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the ! r; [$ T* V. \* A
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
( b* @& Q# l8 y' r5 Lgrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
4 U+ w) y# a2 z9 j7 v0 f4 E$ x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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