英漢修辭方式對比及其翻譯新-資料下載頁

　　

【正文】 spasm of emotion. 他吞下奶油面包，也咽下一陣激動。 ? During the next year, a young widow and a fortune fell in love with him. 接下來的一年里，一位年輕的寡婦愛上他，一大筆財產也跟著愛上了他 ?（或兩個以上）賓語 She was seen washing clothes with happiness and Pears39。 soap. 有人見到她在洗衣服，手拿皮爾斯肥皂，一臉的歡快。 ? The room was not light, but his fingers were. 房間光線差，可他靈活的手指卻不差。 ? ∷ 頂真 (Anadiplosis) ?第一句結尾的字或詞與第二句開頭的字或詞相同 ,這就是漢語的頂真格 ,英語里稱Anadiplosis。 ?下面例 (1)、例 (2)的英譯漢把原文的頂真格處理得相當好 ,既翻譯了內容又移植了形式 。例 (3)則巧妙地利用英語的 關系代詞 來處理原文的頂真格。 ? (1) Still he sought for fame…fame, that last infirmity of noble mind. ?可是他仍舊追逐名氣 ———追逐名氣 ,這是個高尚人永遠擺脫不了的弱點。 ? (2) He gave his life, life was all he could give. ?他奉獻了自己的生命 ,生命是他能奉獻的一切。 ? (3)有個農村叫張家莊 ,張家莊有個張木匠。張木匠有個好老婆 ,外號叫“小飛娥”。小飛娥生了個女兒叫艾艾。 ? There was a village called Zhangjia Village where lived Carpenter Zhang, who had a good wife, nicknamed Little Moth, who gave birth to a girl called Ai ai. ?Don?t take the lowfat label as a license to eat. ?不能因為食品標明低脂肪，而敞開食用。 ?她為其父視為掌上明珠。 ?The apple of one?s eyes. ?I wondered lonely as a cloud. ?我象一朵浮云獨自漫游。 ?脂肪儲備如同銀行賬戶里的存款，供冬天食物來源有限以及有時由于大雪深得難以獲得時支取使用。 ?Fat reserves are like bank accounts to be drawn on in the winter when food suppliers are limited and some times difficult to reach because of deep snow. ?All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. ?整個世界是一座舞臺，所有的男人和女人只不過是演員而已。 ?Every life has its roses and thorns. 人生自有甘苦。 ?Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. (Francis Bacon) 書有可淺嘗者，有可吞食者，少數則需咀嚼消化。 ?When a woman dresses to kill, the victim is apt to be time. ?當女人著意打扮自己去迷人時，被犧牲的往往是時間。 ?Young men are suggested to read Shakespeare. 年輕人應該去讀一讀莎士比亞。 ?We were tired to death on reaching the peak. 我們爬到山頂后，簡直要累死了。 （ hyperbole） The umpire lost his cap and his cool. 裁判員丟了帽子，也丟了忍耐。 She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart. 她有兩顆假牙和一顆同情心。 You devils ought to search our heads not our pocket. (Gorky: Mother) [參考譯文 ] 你們這些魔鬼要搜就搜我們的腦袋，而不是搜我們的腰包。 ?The big man crashed down on a protesting chair. 大個子一屁股坐了下來，椅子吱吱嘎嘎地作響，好像是在提抗議似的。 ?Why we Love to Hate Women Bosses ? There was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said, “Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.” [參考譯文 ] 電話里出現了短暫的沉默，思考片刻后，他接著說道 :“爸爸，您剛才的話使我深受啟迪，讓我恍然大悟。 ?Don?t take the lowfat label as a license to eat. ?不能因為食品標明低脂肪，而敞開食用。 ?So, during any fiveweek shapeup, focus more on the tape measure than on the bathroom scale. ?譯文 A：因此，在此五周的減肥期內，要更多地注重自己的腰圍，而不是自己的體重。 ?譯文 B：因此，在此五周的減肥期內，把注意力放在量腰圍的卷尺上，而不是放在浴室的磅秤上。 ?For the average consumer, voiceactivated devices are a convenience。 for the elderly and handicapped, they may bee indispensable for a wide variety of chores in the home. 對一般使用者來說，聲觸發裝置能提供方便，面對老年人和殘廢者來說它可能成為從事各種家庭雜務時不可缺少的幫手。 （把 indispensable譯成 “ 不可缺少的幫手 ” ，正是因修辭的需要。） ?A large segment of mankind turns to untrammeled nature as a last refuge from encroaching technology. 許多人都想尋找一塊自由自在的地方，作為他們躲避現代技術侵害的世外桃源。 （把 last refuge引申譯成 “ 世外桃源 ” ，符合漢語形象的說法。） ?China? s cities, after decades of bolted doors and barred window, are suddenly being opened to sweeping changes. ? 中國的城市，在經過幾十年門窗緊閉之后，突然開放，迎來了全面改革。 ?To many parents, the three Gs—gays, guys and gangs—have replaced the three Rs (reading, writing and ?rithmetic) as benchmarks of school life. ? 對于許多父母來說，同性戀、槍支、幫派這3個詞意見代替了讀、寫、算作為學校的基準尺度 。 ?Unchecked violence has already dulled the luster of the Big Apple. The daunting task before its leaders is to prevent it from rotting to the core. ? 肆無忌憚的暴力犯罪以及使綽號為大蘋果的紐約黯淡無光了。領導人面臨的令人氣餒的任務是防止它腐爛穿心。