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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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(一) 同义反译法
: T, N3 t9 Z' I0 K9 N: U例子: / d, N8 D# C7 b$ |, l- D2 H3 ]
1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
: F' D) m/ [' d/ R8 t酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」) # q4 A" H( E1 p9 ]: V+ T) k1 B- j) {8 H" h
2. I'll be here for good this time. 7 T/ h, y" P4 I5 [) Q6 D
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) 9 v7 v" N9 ~+ e2 h, A
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out. 3 ?  M3 [& `. e" ~- N, B- `2 T5 e. X, r
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」) + U* K* r, ?& @1 U9 x/ m: w4 z' T8 B! u
4. "Wait, he is serious." * ]6 _" ]1 H5 n+ f9 l" K
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
( e( Q, A$ U" y7 p1 i. F0 v" }5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" ! k; f4 O# w2 }# t
「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) $ `" ?0 e4 P- ?' C/ r' D4 f

! ^7 R8 n% i+ F0 \4 e, a7 M# r(二) 删减解释词
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
* G; v! G5 t1 ]% W9 Z! Frefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a - j  `' H2 m* H- s! q. R1 b% r) V
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
! n, z. `" {$ W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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% S* A; {; u) Z2 y9 r% l(三) 短句拆译 ! ?* e% i' J9 j, o! l2 W
例子: * h4 Q6 N( [, ]! N
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
: Y' m' o" T% w- Y+ u0 h「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 + n  A+ `6 t1 E, n

5 R$ T" M# `3 m+ T$ f(四) 译词推陈出新 3 l5 E# b) n2 e0 N5 o
例子:
, b3 j7 E6 P/ t) nWhen he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with ! q8 m( L; |+ m4 H6 Y* q
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a 5 b7 `  Y+ P+ R: z6 f( @
lower. 5 V: o9 w6 X  {, C
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。 4 a. h6 y( _9 r; W0 J; i6 r
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。 1 ^* `9 ?/ y2 ?- b$ A: Y$ H
原词 原译 改译
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 ; P# o1 S2 w7 t; Z! X6 ]8 c7 [
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 . z4 d! K. W. a

) }. f5 J) N5 f" u; J* ha lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 * L% }. r$ o# w- |3 \7 K. f
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 : `2 x5 a$ v: Q* ?

) J4 ^$ E3 d0 `& S5 Gin addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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+ w4 n8 M9 k/ e/ O% A3 k(五) 解释性添词
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' M8 E; f# {/ \$ l% ^0 r"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
3 m. `) J, i$ H' sdone it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
. z; c( `- U9 m, o: o% R% m" E! Z) ~) Fnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet ! X  i% X3 L: {$ Q( y8 E7 i4 z
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. , q. A4 w3 v' ]9 M
「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。 2 r+ P$ P2 C( m
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(六) 词无定译
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% ]9 e1 s7 \0 nIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
4 j  w8 c4 V  }5 [& @( L+ C) acivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
$ X: D4 r( L/ z% Q# U' h4 She carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous - l; p# y  w/ E* ~' r
conditions. 2 d  Y. y* S/ c/ L' ?/ n, q! T0 U
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 4 R$ Q0 T, Q1 x* _
例子: " _6 D$ u1 n7 }7 o3 x# R
A new dignity crept into his walk.
9 V$ t' D! C" C原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
. I7 m* x2 T  z" o% I改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 ' O0 s& J/ ~3 }4 v
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(八) 删削"When"字
$ N1 p% I$ S" W例子:
* j8 i  [1 P, b7 h% K% w1. When he saw me, he was startled.
6 y- ?3 J( v1 ^: g2 V他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 2 J$ R9 y! @/ P$ Q! _# b: q  c7 \8 t
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the % Z# y2 j3 X* d
head, and knocking on them round?"
! {% T: f4 u% F% y. h& X2 ]7 i「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......) " j' M# C% F8 m

3 L6 o" ?% d3 m  _; z1 I7 D1 G& H(九) 感叹词的不同译法
, y2 S. w8 V- C& x例子:
. W+ V' J* N9 l2 }1 e8 r5 X; I1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want 4 q8 {5 E3 o/ B+ e$ G' W& O) U
them!"
9 |' E3 w3 L8 S2 p# g# y"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
0 N: T5 U5 Y2 a5 j; V$ Z2 V「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
0 K  `: r. i% `! B& w「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 ' d  O% ]' Z# \
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 6 n- l! c3 H1 j( K
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
; E" q8 x, _; t, j3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") 0 l1 R! b; b4 {  U8 ~
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
; C9 M9 P: X. S; L! ^" B' H- xkeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
8 O* q1 W0 d, T( R3 n5 ^jocularly; ...   }+ ~" n8 A$ R' J8 i  x
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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$ |7 w4 T8 k$ Q, B+ ~(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) ! R6 [9 y' a( ?5 ]6 t& K
「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;......
" `; X  b6 t/ ?" h) ^「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。 ( q+ O! |% W& x3 H" N: Z

! N9 d* F5 m& F) L  ?6 D(十) 顺拆法
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# Q8 @, A, n' c1 q5 ], y; eHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue - S8 ~$ {9 S# E6 I1 a
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
1 l# [$ U  k8 H) Y4 ~) dsocial and demographic factors.
/ d/ G9 C9 U* l% n& \- u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。
" w+ I. D& p) \) I% {/ 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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) w% n8 v+ ]' J1 |(十一) 倒拆法
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / ! n: S6 q% _" u1 }6 Z
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
7 g- d$ o1 [( t" t/ I+ @supposed conditon.
+ y1 l1 f2 C3 [4 I3 B/ v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 / l# c. q: x0 i' g5 a: z1 [
例子: 7 S$ R) P0 D5 ~( ?
All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
: ]* J# F) J* R" qeye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of 5 n; B: Q+ p: F- ^
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
3 J" |2 k- P3 K7 _! D; B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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