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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
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  Y( ~, \1 M2 o; X- N7 y) a. g) [8 D1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
& }. T6 G/ m0 l' {& t3 v酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」) 6 M, Z+ {" y! @9 t8 C
2. I'll be here for good this time. 2 V3 I. U+ @; k# h/ n: T' R
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) # u- Y2 h" A- T  A' x4 \0 `
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.   m5 |" Y9 `0 c% 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」)
/ _" r" v( W# V9 P! y, Q3 m4. "Wait, he is serious." $ S/ v4 ~+ c) ~9 `0 V
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
. d6 E: m/ g3 H. u0 g5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" ; L8 v1 O, G$ k9 T5 h7 l' A
「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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(二) 删减解释词
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 3 x) v6 V* w2 t6 t2 l, W
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a : t4 [% Z# U; B1 V3 Q2 ?8 N( I
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. 4 @& y0 \0 y, |
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。: X) ^8 D* p& \

2 H5 h% ~; \/ }! Y0 ](三) 短句拆译 # z. f- F6 h3 x4 N
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" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
- }" e9 S% ]& F0 D「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」   m# T: k( O6 h* a  l7 V0 [+ J
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(四) 译词推陈出新 $ y9 ]: t% P3 [
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with   d& ]( r0 [0 o( q3 m$ ?
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
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1 l3 s$ H" [' [# G8 i8 w% {' u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。
) j5 }' S+ O- ^- y# A' U$ J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。 ; x- g! R& L, s  f/ l4 V
原词 原译 改译 ) n& ], p+ q4 N" p5 A
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 8 V: h, f0 c1 G

& \: j6 h1 C1 d3 D0 W7 Mact with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 ! w9 V) T1 E- ?

, l8 ~; |: o% c3 Ua 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 $ d: J5 y1 S7 j' x  z+ E  C
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了1 d, `/ f0 N( m% J% n$ P

3 \0 Z" Q2 S0 Z1 f' V(五) 解释性添词
7 `5 w  w+ j' R7 T& A( ]+ r例子: ) g: i' p8 U1 U" d" v6 D" K2 z8 R
"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
: U$ I: S, l- @! }$ W# U/ Wdone it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
; L: ]8 m& H! l1 m& v0 }& pnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
/ j) L6 I# g2 q, Z' f& cand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.
% F( x# W) z# G1 a0 Z「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 |5 E* J" Y# l# l5 q* F1 T
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(六) 词无定译 + a& J, e" L7 P  t7 [# _
例子:
3 e8 G; l' U; S# }; A: \It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or 3 b7 f) Q; K0 Q9 r0 A8 G
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
+ ~8 T" \* V4 ~he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
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5 I: z, }$ S( p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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4 j& k2 N$ T7 c1 z% @: T; s(七) 精炼译词
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6 Q; A! {2 s! L: S7 _& N* \A new dignity crept into his walk.
: z8 q7 z, L- S7 h, U6 J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* g) T1 Q8 F" ?+ Z* `
改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。
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% b1 L7 o: P8 y; U5 N(八) 删削"When"字 2 D0 I! _! `( L; I/ Z+ ?
例子:
  I) s0 X+ L! \2 Z' ^5 M1. When he saw me, he was startled. 3 U" D* N+ g8 ~; m; w) b
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 8 v& ]  e8 |# M% v+ G
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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) J( E0 e) 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......) 2 v6 \+ _/ Y/ x/ w) b
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(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 ; i3 l% E+ R  L2 _- q; S
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"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
2 ~3 v3 ]3 s0 F/ i6 w: D「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
1 X+ U7 ~7 `; ?/ |+ f% c. r「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
; ?( Z0 n0 w  \, }8 e2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
$ l6 \; r, J$ g「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
0 J1 o+ m  B5 l5 @3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") % Q% Q! y6 G3 q3 p8 h: d
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to 4 B6 Z4 x: |% P, u4 j) y) J
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, . l3 D+ S1 G" S' ~& G9 \
jocularly; ...
( c1 x: S0 \* I2 {"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy 0 X( R: J1 E' D* {5 u& x! ]+ ~* o
interval of silence. " j. l! D3 c1 w1 C3 b/ v* E+ c
(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) 8 O' C$ Y( t# C8 C8 |( Z
「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;...... ( p, d" c! A: {& O
「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。 0 i; d8 p- E% Y2 B
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(十) 顺拆法
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6 f* M+ B1 U+ w' f6 K) zHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
- O. V9 i. f, f" }0 B2 Yworking/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
" B' q' g! h9 t- l' D1 V) U% vsocial and demographic factors.
1 K- ~( h4 f" a2 x+ T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。 * `( j* l$ ]) Q! v1 y- R' F7 A
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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% a  a9 s& X1 j8 w) }# |5 p) d(十一) 倒拆法
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
+ w% F# l6 T% K- p1 jfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his
' _" ^9 t8 \0 [; Y( b+ v0 [supposed conditon.
6 b% k8 h) q$ ~; k0 w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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9 r1 j0 q, p- p; k' O3 G2 ?(十二) 抽词拆句法 + s$ s8 l- \" v" Q2 ~
例子:
& _3 R3 ?4 ]. H2 q6 XAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
1 e" W3 A% L" c0 neye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of & l; _0 c! k, A+ Q' d
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
; `, I, A4 p% f6 t4 ]: w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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