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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 ) b! Y) N0 N# y8 Y. }& _
例子:
9 l  K" R, j' }) G8 H1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
+ L9 X' |9 f4 a! a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 x% @0 D( p. x* M
2. I'll be here for good this time.
8 f( y8 [1 e* D0 `5 ^& s. B% h这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
0 a3 C# R+ X& M* U3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
, T$ L, D% B% B/ k/ f6 A8 ]4 A& c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」)
8 ]) {8 v& I, \3 ]2 [( Z4. "Wait, he is serious." , `' j% |: U" ~, ]0 O4 }- |( S
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) : n7 f( _0 g  x' r; W5 ~6 ^. y
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" * L& H& O' V' y+ K
「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) 9 }5 @7 j: l: ^5 Z4 ]; p+ ^
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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
( T& V0 L, D1 _8 vrefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
/ _  D6 ]  |+ b$ Aparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. 9 q$ i1 k0 Z$ u1 H( r
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。* F# w, A0 n6 G; {

+ |. g, }1 W+ T9 [(三) 短句拆译
, L5 w( |) F8 Q# F; k  J例子:
5 \. _" E/ s' ~& @" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
0 p% Y6 M, ^5 _4 @「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 # R3 Y- m  O2 w/ K

: t# Q0 n( p8 i(四) 译词推陈出新 $ P2 `* X8 x( a  I- {
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with & o& F0 V2 [: q* D0 m
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。
+ I, u; D) ~/ q- L' i0 _0 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。 + r+ P! E& o. T
原词 原译 改译
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 5 l& t% f' K8 _6 V
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 ; o0 f6 F1 R# F9 N; B3 F8 o

' e* F# M* l& [" ba lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 7 s+ T5 Y- {" p4 G
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 * y' \, {' l5 l0 Y
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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: _7 i+ N- e* M(五) 解释性添词 8 f/ q$ f, B1 b6 X( B5 |
例子:
& Y6 T8 ?$ {# Z4 m"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 4 F; g. v7 a. B" K# C1 J. h
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I " Y; x- @" L2 {) ?: Z5 y
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
' L& c6 _9 J% A! T1 V- [& [and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.
3 c/ p5 \) N; d+ [7 h8 s「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 : t" A5 ~: _! Y' B8 @, m3 l
例子: " W: T1 X: r# H+ _: _
It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
+ N6 u; B3 c1 ]- |% z1 Zcivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later, + P5 @7 b7 I7 g* I& b% f* ]1 Y
he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
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+ g; A4 O+ o: ]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。2 s  l  Y, e9 N# i: y7 x0 p
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(七) 精炼译词 ! ?+ f* y6 r2 _% V5 I6 B: L
例子:
! |6 _4 U9 Q# g2 L' l/ M3 ?A new dignity crept into his walk.
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改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。
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(八) 删削"When"字 " W' E! ^2 V/ i' J  n
例子:
0 X8 g( r# z* V2 X6 t" k, J3 U1. When he saw me, he was startled.
3 e% u4 j: ?5 N' c* d他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) % p. [' L: a, T( U
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the 4 Q3 |% m0 Y9 s+ C$ S
head, and knocking on them round?" 3 V: ]7 b) R- |' D
「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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(九) 感叹词的不同译法
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3 V  `$ g2 _: g1 Q1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want . W4 J( @$ B% N% o- L
them!" + E5 w, Z: b. c# q: {8 f- C
"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
! u: [: {% c* r4 a( j「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 # F# z6 [* D- ^
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 + `0 W9 k1 B0 z' _
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
0 c4 j. B& @$ c* p5 D0 Z「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
' }: x- z4 F/ W$ D3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") - u7 c) M* f4 V0 l5 \! }) T9 v
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to : {# x$ q' Z* O! m; U4 \: G
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, : }# c: t/ s/ a2 Q& V
jocularly; ...
$ Z, Q1 f& B0 r7 i9 ^"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
- I& o) I+ Z5 }- s# Q; X' a) P8 d$ ointerval of silence.
  d& @2 E0 o$ R(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) ' O) d2 u3 F, A; t% O7 M
「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# l5 d  i8 m) c% v
「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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% e* B/ h' \8 M$ t! e/ _/ ?(十) 顺拆法 3 O) E8 Q7 Q# f, O
例子:
9 \* u" X" N1 n  IHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue / ^% S1 r: J  I! l, }5 T
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
& f6 C* L; e" |, h! l, S8 x* asocial and demographic factors.
% I. m. ~8 l2 D: 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。 0 i/ `- T( `3 o/ L$ h8 ]5 Y  A, Z& ^
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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0 a/ f0 N  N0 d( H# [( i(十一) 倒拆法
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
+ I$ N7 ]3 k3 Jfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his ! M. L. s' M6 U4 ?" x$ J" m
supposed conditon.
1 b1 @( [# d$ C9 Q/ G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。 % J3 E* ~5 v4 s2 Q0 \9 ^
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(十二) 抽词拆句法
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" q# j% g7 t8 I6 ~+ SAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the / d: Z$ T1 K4 _$ a
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of 8 K0 e+ j8 q  u* I) P
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. " I0 w7 p- N# _: H8 g* z6 Y$ T+ P% q
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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