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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  k1 d& m) d" h5 e+ s: j9 h
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(一) 同义反译法 ; ]6 h# x1 R% g7 I$ R& k- w
例子:
- R( U7 J1 @4 ^5 L1. Only three customers remained in the bar. , n. `6 t$ \% H! F
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 v. r: H  n4 G. ?
2. I'll be here for good this time.
% p" e7 I2 N0 [% L5 }6 g! ]6 c& N这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
7 a6 E( _& F& p3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out. ) I" f) U4 y9 |- r4 @. e8 l
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」)
2 Z7 p7 _0 H8 g9 G5 l2 F- u) a4. "Wait, he is serious."
$ R9 l/ g3 S  x; \3 Z5 ?「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」) ( {$ {: g; X* x. U( T1 K  I7 D
5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!" # U# ]$ U. N0 }- Q" b+ Z) c4 ~
「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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5 U- K' L) O5 M0 D# k(二) 删减解释词 $ u* F8 R  t) i& N4 i
例子: 1 R# j( s* U. R3 C4 Z+ {
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of 3 s, D& x( A) }* x8 z
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a / X! T+ ~0 M. v' ^( q9 a9 i5 p! n( d
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. & i6 m7 [  g/ F- p/ q
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。9 I; }  h7 M3 X5 M

9 R6 L1 w+ A- s# ~(三) 短句拆译 " V9 a/ l4 @: b
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" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." 6 ^) e1 U+ b1 l
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」
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) Y6 D0 I) ^+ z(四) 译词推陈出新 3 E  [: v8 }7 W' y7 f* {7 i
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When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with 3 l6 O; ^- j: ^
doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a
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7 j7 o4 Z$ r/ C4 {4 c0 ^2 {8 q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。
4 k5 N. ]) G2 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。
& z5 @- t% n6 R- p7 t原词 原译 改译 2 G; T/ v( ?; U, f0 l

# Z( b; C& H- ~, awhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候 & Z  n" x: K; |
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 + `" Z; d0 C5 K5 _" w2 U, _0 Y

2 V1 Z  _$ i6 S8 Qa lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 9 n7 E4 E% q, O1 f
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ordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 6 i( T6 Y) ~# o5 V; X6 H
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了4 ?# L* _$ V; i  R

- H( c9 m5 n& r(五) 解释性添词 3 }) E( d) @& s
例子:
- `$ [8 r9 p! m1 ~% O: E5 G"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have ( A4 T' I" W2 `2 T2 q2 Z! y
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I - |' R" ~& K1 N0 T! k9 O
never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet   q% Q; s1 ~9 t8 H" C, E
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet.   Z9 q6 M2 k$ h
「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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6 b0 X, W$ z) N4 {3 o1 _+ l4 e(六) 词无定译
) d3 b" s; q# ~4 t例子: 4 V% a. V" V2 m. G% `' [5 e
It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or / Z4 F/ ~# q6 W: A/ P% L; f, F4 A
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
- d0 k1 W8 N. |7 ghe carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous 2 U! m6 Z( {7 a1 J
conditions.
& A0 C: g- B' i& ^; b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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(七) 精炼译词
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A new dignity crept into his walk. + @8 j% f' Q. A) q: @
原译:走路的姿态不知甚么时候开始给人一种庄重的印象。 ! T! }* M* y8 D! N& m
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  [# p/ M% }( j0 J; M  R
例子:
+ z) B- w% e  p( q/ }1. When he saw me, he was startled.
+ v* b) ^+ f( n; ?- `& e8 j. ^他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) 4 i0 Q' ^( p) x( q5 Z$ |. K
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
2 @' l, i4 v2 Z; [6 g! Ahead, and knocking on them round?"
' K  s$ d0 y8 ^( z「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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1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want 0 e8 n6 [/ ~* H
them!" ; b3 o- F3 I* o! L* }
"Why, Eva, your room is full now." . C8 Y1 @+ ]! j9 H
「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 # l# |2 ]5 [% ]3 C2 N: }2 r1 X3 V
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 * g- z5 x' Z; k) p7 ?2 w7 F
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" , ^+ S- k7 s+ o# r6 |5 [" K& Z
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」 % M0 J6 A  x; y( Q3 X
3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.") 5 P3 d6 o6 W% C( r$ J  K0 e  ~% z& Q
"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to 1 j$ b$ X7 n, k  h# k% A  u) x
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
4 x- o! r: \2 r1 \9 [* O# n2 xjocularly; ...
" M7 H8 D  J8 j8 C+ @"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy 3 [. Q; i+ g; d  |+ Z. Q
interval of silence.
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' z( E- H6 z! e! u* F" O$ R7 |「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;...... 0 ^* `1 q: h- A- A% P) G1 O& M- w; u
「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
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  M9 X$ \9 E2 nHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
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social and demographic factors. # w5 L- K/ P6 m/ U2 v+ e
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。 4 b) @* u0 q; f$ M- S. {$ P
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
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/ ?' x( a" b9 S% K3 r' a& \To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
0 |& \& j4 G( W$ [$ l# @2 e; d: e' Bfor the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his , G# d* R( m4 ~6 y# h
supposed conditon. 6 a, {& i& Z! z' u/ \7 @+ ?( p
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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(十二) 抽词拆句法 & f; c& u. H3 L) x9 ?
例子: 8 X. }& m# W. u
All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
$ w  l( W; x, Y$ n' v, Ceye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
0 }  b' W/ M( q: {9 zgrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests.
$ D, h/ r9 i2 Z/ G# g$ w. F: f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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