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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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1 x+ ]* P( k8 r, U( k7 E# u6 F(一) 同义反译法 & m% k) ~4 b% N' B
例子:
; z, \; c4 }# L" w( }7 V1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
; [8 [: G  u. ~. M+ }7 w' o酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
2 b$ D3 t" M! d% n& s( C& X6 p2. I'll be here for good this time.
! u1 d; L4 I9 p- M这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) 1 a/ M4 D* |/ d0 r+ q. I4 W9 H# a
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
1 T+ k9 e# C) K' D. Z; 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」) ' \( j' S: f7 D$ `* e
4. "Wait, he is serious." % H8 C9 c  ^, Q9 }# J
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) + d0 F1 A5 B  e; p. V! {
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" ) T/ m3 Q: G! m- F" v
「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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6 t9 f; w% U0 t# w& T( j. K; |(二) 删减解释词   d5 k3 x% Z( X" F2 f
例子: 1 V0 S; _7 j* Q# S( d  X
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 0 J; W, u( h) Y+ q5 ~. s/ r0 }
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
8 ~/ g' z- m* U' n2 Iparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
( [" i& |" D) \+ S# s) K5 W! t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( X) o# d, E$ G) I(三) 短句拆译
0 k1 F' P' T( \. b( u% T例子: 9 u& D' b! B5 z$ `% T+ _( Q1 \, P# W
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." & A+ b: P, C0 R$ f5 l* \
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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(四) 译词推陈出新 - s# p: i, Y1 v  W+ _7 `! g
例子: 2 j- h- h. b4 I. @5 v% E( C
When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with 3 ]8 p) q/ w% k& o! [; X( e
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a   N  a+ @. x" _' e! d
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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。 : y: D# `" @' `  `) X
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。
7 z+ F- x+ d/ F1 w原词 原译 改译 & W/ b; d+ Y* v8 o/ t2 X8 T; L9 g' W

  H1 h/ Z. I6 o- E8 t' wwhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候 2 T' o6 P$ m  x1 i* C3 w/ \
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 1 _% K, j2 a/ C! \. f' X9 b
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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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) s4 o. g- U+ G! [% B8 Zin addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了6 @& G* L6 \0 L; X2 i  i

* p$ ~) Q; ^6 h4 a! N(五) 解释性添词
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+ f4 |0 I- q- y3 Y/ {& R) S"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 0 o: [7 m$ O/ o% E; ?
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
0 j2 ]! D, z5 N8 L1 k- E9 w- u: vnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet $ \3 p0 i4 X. o* W
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. 4 b+ u' `, i. k/ _2 t* r
「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。 " \/ ^- ^  D) b1 T$ U  H7 A

1 s- O/ K! Z: r- H(六) 词无定译
7 K9 L; M+ W) x- d, A: r- _例子: 1 j4 `/ t% r# o* A4 b4 _+ l
It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or 8 w2 j6 Y* o3 G) C) V
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, + T& M0 ]- z" z
he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous + W" y: r, J( E0 \, p" v5 W  O
conditions. . ^- H5 C3 R5 ?4 Q8 Z, x! T2 @# G0 y
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。6 [$ A' ^; Q& o1 N7 J
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(七) 精炼译词
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2 D$ B# m: {5 k) N& ?A new dignity crept into his walk. , _4 n* g# v( S/ Y9 J* x; S
原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
) v* O1 j/ O$ B改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 6 V- z, g# C# M$ A& g" H! V" P

; _# M6 I! Y* X(八) 删削"When"字 # o1 o7 J* }. t% Z, I4 }
例子:
9 T7 u1 u* E7 r3 t1. When he saw me, he was startled. $ [1 X2 l0 y4 i: o' g6 K; [
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
3 J% h5 x7 d0 n2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
  W5 y3 y6 U) J: c0 d2 w4 ~! H* v" q+ qhead, and knocking on them round?" 4 [  k- w2 O' t1 E+ ^7 `) H
「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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4 h& M" H) I8 x(九) 感叹词的不同译法
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1 y: k. r% g8 g* A1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want
3 _+ i3 N& Z, h* A1 w( e" Xthem!" * D/ U% P. }7 t3 b! R
"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
# S, g/ K, ~) e7 \「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」   ]. P0 p8 _3 B: V9 T7 a
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
% _1 O5 [; |- i, c3 o7 Y2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
) t; f' s/ @; Y% d' E「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
( P( f, @3 [3 {. ]9 [3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
! K* F4 \* u( G7 A4 p1 ]  [: c"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
5 ?. F5 Y- \, B! |. |keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, . X; h1 l! N$ l+ X& M! p
jocularly; ... 3 r6 e8 B5 [" E0 t& ]
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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* M0 Q* k; F- G) S0 A4 R, \# u8 v(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) 6 E, k. P) O  l0 Y
「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;......
& n6 ?# x5 J) S5 d「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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(十) 顺拆法 4 N" I; w+ p5 R: G" s9 ]9 T
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His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue % N* J& D; \$ h5 O/ d: u- g8 F
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, ! v, E6 b; Q2 J4 F. z
social and demographic factors.
% v9 O5 {# u$ v, D; M2 w9 `+ C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。 7 C  B$ j' R' c5 \: G( P& _6 V
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。   [& p% b# {, V# R& |: M
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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 / % E7 ~- o9 ?* f/ H- m
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his 2 l! i% A1 c. o& E
supposed conditon. . C5 J& v; ^5 z
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。 2 u0 f% t& T. h9 u5 ~
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(十二) 抽词拆句法 , @, ], e$ ~; |8 R  a9 J7 }
例子:
- m4 h- v8 ]4 A( |* CAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the " w. ?! ?8 L) R: z8 o) A) ]
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of % v% A' k1 I1 J- ~0 I
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. 2 g9 z  d* Q: E# S  F8 U
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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