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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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1. Only three customers remained in the bar. ( q1 C& X& o4 o/ z
酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
$ N% V+ s+ P. n8 K4 f2. I'll be here for good this time.
: ^( O5 ~3 E1 F这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」) ! y4 Q! L( Y- j; M0 [* u
3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out.
2 x" y( C- L0 E$ V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」)
+ ^6 R/ b$ d3 U) g( b$ L2 x4. "Wait, he is serious." 1 f4 e$ m8 o: L3 f4 O) A; I( \
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
' ?$ x9 V( W3 _# K5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
  D3 E* N4 P! n% J「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) / n) f- Q; m6 ~6 ~7 E

$ E7 W2 n8 \/ n2 y, {(二) 删减解释词 ) \& L3 T4 b8 ?" q5 @+ z
例子: 7 R2 C( _# K3 @+ f0 t5 A
The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of
: B/ y1 \: F5 k9 l8 O8 srefinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a $ f- `5 `* o9 |5 S" C- c+ @
particular gift to the quotation and mulatto women. - L/ z* Y3 o: e2 J
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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(三) 短句拆译 & M1 Z& A' V; z8 C4 F
例子: 1 E9 {8 P' @8 r
" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." : B3 G# L1 ^4 S  j) K
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 - c& t3 q$ N9 u. W+ ?+ M- L1 w
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(四) 译词推陈出新 8 u& r7 E: q/ Y0 V/ d1 m
例子:
; H7 D2 c. A1 S2 S' V4 ?4 \, JWhen he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
% J5 u* R6 d9 h. b3 Mdoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a * G/ g: B/ B" m- U3 \- O
lower.
% \, H3 {6 t9 n( f9 E  |& N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。 % o+ H- E9 \" O
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。 . S! d% ]7 M) h  q3 l  t
原词 原译 改译
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2 E% n, Z! b9 O, U* m- W  swhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候 " ~/ Y4 B) E9 `9 j( Q: ^! F' }1 L

! H# y: J% @4 d9 @* g5 yact with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求
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* `" ^! Q+ t. n! U/ H1 f$ ga lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人
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6 s) u  B, \; b% @4 Q+ `7 l2 z; oordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理 6 H' T3 g4 ~' |6 I: u% f% d( [& Y
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in addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了8 Q6 G( ]- c0 e% P: I2 s! A$ L

, B* y% J# D; W# d(五) 解释性添词 , @5 `/ Z, o4 b' ^, Y
例子:
7 t3 P* Z( u" ^  L"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have 1 ]- ^. ^$ Z. r4 i
done it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
8 K: n+ i4 w. q- }% ^never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet
' c* h) I. G& y2 u' Xand the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. $ M1 c% _# Q+ d6 N7 r6 @
「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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9 S( p7 [- B0 v(六) 词无定译
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It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or , O+ e# ?+ n/ s3 l5 [: F3 S
civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,
' }, g. B3 _6 ^he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous
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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。; T7 G9 f) v6 D2 J
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(七) 精炼译词
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( ~0 \) m5 {8 I! jA new dignity crept into his walk.
* F8 T4 k& d# 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。 7 D* I- g. o$ ^" d, @3 i4 A
改译:走起路来,不觉平添了几分尊严。 8 u1 P0 j+ ]  l" D
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(八) 删削"When"字 / F" H8 R2 V6 t# q/ z3 Z+ ^* D( }
例子:
3 [# H: a9 u. T! W: H# u! _+ H1. When he saw me, he was startled.
2 y1 @& N/ a* }6 f$ j' n  L- N他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......)
" O8 m) L  B1 C% @$ w2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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; ~+ B" D% T3 T3 \, `「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......) * T0 x! o4 a. c7 O: x4 ?: K: e

6 E4 ?1 L/ n, z$ V(九) 感叹词的不同译法 / [* w8 ^: k3 n7 z( c! Z/ H
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1. "O, don't mother! I should like the flowers; do give them to me; I want
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/ D" s* u' U4 A/ v7 \"Why, Eva, your room is full now." . M1 h5 {" ^: }
「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」 5 w) m7 M0 S! Z1 @/ w) w( i# j
「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」
2 y3 ~' Y9 p& N! ^! V2 D9 O2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?" 1 o3 }& B; o" h' {- \
「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
  m( _9 Z# Y( t  F! _( C3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
# O; A2 S* \3 h6 X0 N( b' }"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to & h6 Y  _) o% s) Q
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
5 z+ `6 j& N4 Bjocularly; ... , v$ `! O1 I' f
"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy . x. a' P. m2 u2 o, ]; o
interval of silence. & C" q; Z& o2 W7 s/ [6 k' B3 J
(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」) 6 |& Y4 ~/ _. f% ~! R5 @
「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;...... , v/ d7 z( d7 C
「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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: B; \/ m# e1 C/ l/ I' `$ F/ q' Q' QHis delegation agreed with the Executive Director/ that the fund should continue
& Y- }. a) n' j% w' Rworking/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
9 O" u4 n% A- {; dsocial and demographic factors.
7 ^% x$ ^6 [  x: n9 \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。 # N' m' B. r, ~& h/ 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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(十一) 倒拆法
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To him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute / - h: b! @$ R" i& d4 Z! ]( s
for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his / P% C+ M. u/ Z, ]9 e& l" b2 F
supposed conditon.
; U- @3 e  E3 {- V5 S. T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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1 @, L7 A+ ]8 K* [  U(十二) 抽词拆句法
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All the way along the line, from the border right up to Peking, as far as the
& Z- ?7 J8 g  p4 G# o4 Ueye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of
0 G7 L5 v% J$ }7 ogrowing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. 0 n) _8 i0 l/ L: Y% t( `% c0 w. k$ 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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