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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, O, X6 m, u, `+ S- G0 k9 ^1 _

& V5 R7 |- }( }7 \. y+ d(一) 同义反译法
) K; }1 n& d% ^例子:
5 b) J! L5 o5 p: a% f% q1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
9 B+ J& X6 l1 R" Z( s酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
# C' w9 q7 C' c  K# F2. I'll be here for good this time.
- ]6 G( `6 ~* N这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
2 C; u1 t- M! O+ g$ h2 |3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.   `: K+ X( B! K: f
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」) / [. {$ O- T! u7 @5 R. ]4 h
4. "Wait, he is serious."
$ j/ W$ B3 ]7 ?, y" v+ |9 a& A「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) - q# ]" ~. c7 @
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" - `* W" X4 i7 R5 k2 Z9 S( [' o
「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) ( q' o! G/ F6 T& }$ O4 @

9 Q. F1 ]' H# H# o& r( ]" b(二) 删减解释词
* u9 a! g4 L, V. r1 x例子: / p6 ]# _4 B  }2 X0 O
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of ! T# Q4 h7 {4 A& M5 y/ H- N
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a 1 p+ F- z: o' E9 N9 z4 S* J7 o. @
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. ( N7 B2 s& |3 \4 `0 M2 L0 m+ \
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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(三) 短句拆译
# E/ [# }5 g- ?. Q( o9 d例子: & b+ i! r$ d( C( N/ t- z$ G
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." 5 h3 O$ C2 W7 b8 C, h
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 & E* ^" k2 o* }8 j
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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 ' B+ `) P9 _+ S  x
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
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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。
- ]. n9 n/ O% G& _- F3 ?! y% U8 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。
1 l  ?" X) P  j  j7 }原词 原译 改译 . R( v3 T. L0 k" m1 b) N9 y9 ?8 U' D
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候
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5 r0 F+ b& i, Y# X; s$ Vact with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 9 g( ]! J# I5 H: N1 l- B

! z2 j% n: Y. p" W+ v( fa lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 0 o' f8 h, h: d/ Z; [

, g& J2 A/ t! \" m% K! iordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理
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& x! F2 _% h! c# X- [! zin addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了& S, b1 P  e3 A$ O

0 {$ }6 p2 ?4 c& ~(五) 解释性添词
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"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
& ]9 h1 _! c% z6 s7 M0 I6 Pdone it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
' d4 t/ F/ H' W# o* C4 Pnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
# l( J, w( f6 g- ], iand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.
( T' B7 L( D# S4 p4 U* D「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 * W! U$ K4 ]% j4 i/ [9 z
例子:
) B8 ?8 ^7 c$ b5 b1 E3 oIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
* a- F9 h$ `& p, B" E! Ccivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, 6 \, L7 d9 \' ]; S4 K
he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
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- N% N) v3 a/ L1 h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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: K! p6 v, t1 s; u(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk.
/ Y4 ?( K$ ^! S' E. d2 N1 ^原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
6 U, s, }; n" ~( a8 U- H改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。
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" Y" t. N+ m* _/ L% ^/ ^! E0 a(八) 删削"When"字
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1. When he saw me, he was startled. + {" J$ c3 g7 _! N! f3 t
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 3 m! w% x9 ~0 _
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the % k5 t. A$ s0 Y" h* g) Z
head, and knocking on them round?"
" F  t7 Y# C  f+ V, g「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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5 m! w+ _" j6 S: J( R& C. y(九) 感叹词的不同译法
$ _, T5 a4 m( ~, ^6 I3 v例子: 9 q1 t$ P4 m  a3 s0 [
1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want ; ]4 r, B( H* Z/ B: ]7 c! _8 y- j
them!"
) e' Q/ j& Y1 U  F"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
5 q2 P9 ?, R% M9 F8 \# A「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
/ I- s3 d3 r. M7 `- B8 ]: ?2 A  w. r+ D「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 9 {# |: c7 `: o1 f  A5 W
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" : ?$ D& d+ n( Q, O
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 $ k+ G6 w$ S7 q/ _
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") 0 L3 X% U* J3 ^0 j7 [8 n
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
9 Q7 o, E! e. z2 r- Ekeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, 7 t2 F+ s" V+ B3 P
jocularly; ... 2 n. H0 J: m2 J2 {; c& q8 U
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
0 K. e2 T2 B! U! Zinterval of silence. 8 ~- K  e. v2 _* r8 }
(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) ) v3 a% b$ H0 E/ n
「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;......
6 f$ }+ B& q0 C2 `. c: u* Q「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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1 Q: n* \- `* R' j0 U( P(十) 顺拆法
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5 {  |' [: A5 r& A/ b0 D( i# {His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue 2 v- }& o, n+ }7 a6 a4 T7 ?
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, : O' J) \( T  R/ a
social and demographic factors.
- b; \  d9 v8 g& j# ?& m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。 : e1 x( e2 X% K; k9 s6 O
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。 & t8 ^0 w) s6 Y. ]4 u
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(十一) 倒拆法 * o7 i: k2 z1 _2 w& Q& W1 y
例子:
' j# ?) k" l/ e8 E: f" `To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
3 ~' n: N$ a/ @for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his 5 H( ?: U; Q4 f) w5 `' S! J
supposed conditon.
$ ]5 H2 _* m5 K8 {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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- C/ V) ]$ T& k) N' m5 P(十二) 抽词拆句法
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0 ~0 ^% a: x; \( D- B) iAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
8 `5 t- [2 n9 r* r+ Deye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
! q2 G/ a* Q8 }1 Qgrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
( P- {. ~- _5 ^+ C, R# i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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