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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0 q$ o$ f# ?+ J1 D2 s5 J+ a
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(一) 同义反译法
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1. Only three customers remained in the bar.
, K- @4 T5 u- I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 S' _5 @8 R8 L2. I'll be here for good this time. 2 l9 g( A2 e$ y- W$ J) |8 n# i
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
5 ~+ W! _$ s+ d3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
6 d; P# P9 g; q7 @1 R% G5 h8 n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」) ; L" h" j6 D" B9 @1 O, P2 u$ r
4. "Wait, he is serious."
; ]+ c' T  |5 t! `9 j+ q「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
- d9 Z% h# ], V8 x5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" $ O/ W; }0 K: W* _
「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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8 e/ e, @, v3 [& w(二) 删减解释词
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2 G9 B, N1 F( x. y+ B. sThe traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
; q' L  Y& p0 o* Xrefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a 5 X0 m( f3 `) V3 b! p
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. - Z, G4 O0 e3 _" n  U
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。5 K$ P1 U- a6 Z3 M; _* J
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(三) 短句拆译
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" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..."
2 t: D) T* R: T4 M「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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, ]* w2 j* \  ?0 s, j(四) 译词推陈出新
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
, p) U3 L( d* l: Ydoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a . }- h; U  @9 l" R# v3 T0 w2 O
lower.   V/ T6 d( B+ ^1 T
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。 ) W2 t( J0 O. o' w# t- |/ T) ?
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。
! }" ], _. b* |' `9 d原词 原译 改译 + H0 X4 b8 f) H6 W$ b3 ~. |9 F: A
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when 当......的时候 等到......的时候 9 X2 j6 ~. x5 ]& j

: ~$ B; e1 m  D, B1 o; \act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 3 e+ r- ?9 l$ U0 ^$ Y  L
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a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人   r% h- ^, M8 h, |
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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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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了4 U3 Y9 Y# C" o4 U
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(五) 解释性添词 2 \5 ]0 o& S+ O: F2 x  U
例子:
( z8 }5 `2 [  `- j4 }"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 2 `& F, ^; |. B! m  D
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
2 ~8 ]! H$ i! T, o, Jnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet # b, {6 k7 O9 ^6 }- F
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. + G: W. ]( Z6 F6 E5 c  [
「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
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It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
: M: U" X) f: U7 _  o2 E) u4 Icivilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
5 J# g  B+ q' V2 t1 A: a% \# xhe carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
2 s& W4 M+ Z: N" P% [" O9 k; W6 `conditions.
0 [9 @, o7 z# z0 y6 }7 C5 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。4 A1 S3 j0 T  z4 g
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(七) 精炼译词 . V. Z9 t/ A) q3 o
例子:
6 k* w5 f* I$ r5 I  I: \A new dignity crept into his walk.
% `/ `- ]2 {; H! v, q' N原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。
# Q. c& J6 y' D* C& i) Q( t改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。
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, Q; s7 \; J0 b(八) 删削"When"字
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1. When he saw me, he was startled. ! \+ @, r; ~% O8 N+ ^
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) , P1 K# s4 r- c4 R9 d4 l' j- ^
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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% i8 U( b6 B' Q/ ^「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......) 1 y! ]$ a# Q; C1 I# n' D/ {

4 l8 m6 |9 R0 r8 y& d(九) 感叹词的不同译法 ' v9 H) L( u! G% z
例子:
, W4 B0 S/ Y" ^2 |' C1 c1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want
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"Why, Eva, your room is full now." . O1 }4 T8 {% j4 e& X, O: C8 O
「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 ( v* J$ n+ K5 R- b) \- h0 ^7 n& H
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 ! Y2 `' A& a0 e! Y+ W3 s; q
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
5 k0 j- F; F; B; ^  V' U「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
4 x' v9 g1 ?2 [: [& c3 e3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
/ ]. D- N+ \3 E"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to
' V, T) K5 z7 Akeep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader, 1 I: h( B: H" C0 _$ W+ v7 \- u1 Y  U
jocularly; ... % R5 l8 O3 m9 O0 k
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy
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7 R$ i( `" Y* Y/ `(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) ; X+ K# o; I% I# R9 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;...... / Z2 a, D) j) U) G. m* G, W
「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。 ( b/ f1 w: y* o4 E0 |" i7 N+ f; _
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(十) 顺拆法
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His delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue 7 r5 s. U' w( i( b. @4 N" B
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
9 l6 _0 c! i& J, E- C# B' p- _social and demographic factors. % s# M+ x) D6 |
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。
: @( f& t% Z. z! z7 W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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(十一) 倒拆法 + l" c9 R8 [4 _5 g: R/ N# {
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / % ]2 H0 k# _( ~6 A
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his 6 q! ?" u# F, Y9 Q! c4 K$ Y
supposed conditon.
2 G1 d, g  p4 X9 g- 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。 " C( `5 I8 f6 ]
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(十二) 抽词拆句法 # b( }& ^1 a: t4 m9 {$ F5 k) x" M. b) o
例子:
$ q2 r( \/ `3 WAll the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the 5 q! F  J7 p# T9 a
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of + e  i# f8 j5 L2 p) b5 W
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. - l) N$ W+ ]& M8 s: }
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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