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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.
4 i, b) M  e9 Y酒吧间只有三个顾客还没有走。(不译:「还留着」或「还呆在那里」)
, ]) Y% D( W+ F2 l2. I'll be here for good this time. % Z6 K3 H( ~  y4 ^! S4 b
这一次我再也不走了。(不译:「永远在此呆下去」)
' J* }! ^7 x3 ]" B8 a) P" C1 `3. Please keep the fire burning when I'm out. 5 R! Z' Q2 r3 q
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」)
5 W! m: h# r  y2 U. j0 ?4. "Wait, he is serious." - v/ A& n6 E+ G& i0 K" P7 h# ^) c
「等等,他不是说着玩儿的。」(不译:「等等,他是认真的。」)
0 r' k. A9 R: w' p, V! s5. "Now, Clara, be firm with the boy!"
/ \1 v: s2 R9 u. n7 I「听我说,克拉拉,对这孩子可不能心软。」(不译:「......对这孩子要坚定」) - [; F- _/ g1 j9 {1 f

3 p8 v! K2 @* l$ |: F; Y& \' C(二) 删减解释词
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The traveller in the south must often have remarked that peculiar air of $ ^6 ?: d; a- K3 f/ k6 K
refinement, that softness of voice and manner, which seems in many cases to be a
1 L, l6 {4 N4 y6 i, }7 f' Wparticular gift to the quotation and mulatto women.
  M$ p5 e+ x5 U8 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。- S6 x- M4 \4 m
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(三) 短句拆译 $ @8 Y5 X! b2 N" p* p) M+ [
例子:
' n1 J+ h! c) X. X  C4 L$ z" ...on one sunshiny morning in June , ..." & h# I- k1 Z: z- M
「在六月里的一天早上,天气晴朗,......」 - f. n0 T' v- d  X; m1 t9 b

, J" w* D- L% H(四) 译词推陈出新 ) m; W* q% }; @& P  w  c
例子: + O! i* F4 Q, _: b1 U  S, T+ P
When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with
* N, H# e. }6 p8 r) Adoubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a 0 |6 Y& Z" B9 Y: ]$ ], O& ^
lower. ! ?( Y9 M* {: V9 e, 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。
& l/ i" J9 R0 w$ p' E; p8 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。 * `% T+ j( W. B) m+ N; |8 c
原词 原译 改译 4 ?( r- U8 u3 {0 v

, A% f- [2 y/ _" Z6 gwhen 当......的时候 等到......的时候
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act with boldness 大胆行动 放胆去追求 / [, ]! Z. E3 R) p$ x7 Z

5 j  l1 T& R2 b, {+ ~a lover 一个情人 一般堕入情网的人 6 p  @" ?9 W( e2 r

* S" e' m- Y0 n/ L3 Pordinary fears 普通的害怕 种种常有的提心吊胆的心理
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5 y5 g. ~: {/ ~% Yin addition to 除了......之外 那就更是难免的了
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(五) 解释性添词
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1 S# s# L! \6 z6 I/ v! [7 m"George, I'm ashamed of you! George, I couldn't have believed you would have
& x3 k& l1 U' e- i9 r3 q. Y3 C/ hdone it! I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss; but I
' _0 `; [( Z8 T! Fnever thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet 9 b; M' ~9 i; _
and the children to lie upon," said Mrs. Bagnet. ; p& g; E, z0 ^' ~
「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。 . F  a& \, G  M8 ^% W; P5 }

, O  G6 C5 J7 r! Q; o+ T! A: p(六) 词无定译 * k; t. r- j; Y2 n& V! L4 ~& F
例子:
3 c0 Z2 ?" T0 W7 L+ tIt is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or
! ^* q: W8 `8 R" U+ a* M3 v4 ~civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,   M$ B8 G6 ~1 \6 a
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。
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3 a1 X4 Q6 g; z1 I$ C& A(七) 精炼译词 - c+ f+ ~' g) g9 @$ V
例子: / S8 f; J; Q* m  \$ U. v- P
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。 " q% J1 D  V$ a4 j& {  o8 D
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(八) 删削"When"字
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1. When he saw me, he was startled. 4 n. W4 `) @% w( a2 t, v; h$ }  G
他看见我,吓了一大跳,(不译:当他看见我的时候,......) " H7 v; u% J2 ]/ B; F
2. "When your gals takes on and cry, what's the use of cracking on them over the
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「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......) - n) b! i/ Z; ^1 }( a% |
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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 ' A. B7 q. e2 P  D/ {4 F' i( ^0 M
them!" : i  g: Z, X( G& Q# ^
"Why, Eva, your room is full now."
0 f8 Y3 z, V! p7 Y/ v「嗐,妈妈,别这样﹗我喜欢这些花,把花给我吧,我要﹗」
, G" G, |( |6 t& T7 H  w「得了吧,伊娃,你屋里的花都满了。」 7 R0 F' G3 g7 }' F
2. "Well, that's odd!" said Marie. "What in the world do you want that for?"
! n4 j% H& l4 |0 q' I1 z「哟,真是怪事﹗」玛利说,「你干嘛非要这个不可?」
) g* H; g( [9 U  Y3. ("...Haley, if you had any conscience.")
( @- W8 `# l+ _4 {2 t' F"Well, I've got just as much conscience as any man in business can afford to # K' _. j/ g0 [$ D) F* D, {- {% z3 q1 Z
keep - just a little, you know, to swaer by, as were," said the trader,
0 x& H+ n! h! [5 W6 Kjocularly; ...
% B7 x+ @5 v' |  W# ~& ?' k0 K9 d; g"Well, then, Haley, how will you trade?" said Mr. Shelby, after an uneasy ( A& h3 R4 V/ |) T2 L- h  w# V& O
interval of silence. . Z) g$ ]$ \. ?4 d: x$ r
(「......哈利,你要是有良心的话。」)
5 M* ]; L$ a  I3 ]「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;...... ; u/ I* m* D+ 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。 - N3 ~1 M4 f# l4 z
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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 [8 i2 c) h, L& E8 p% V" F5 i
working/ for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic,
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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。
/ k9 N4 D) C& z+ @8 m+ g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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- o# r7 f' w% m# }(十一) 倒拆法
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. l* _' Q( B( [' H. oTo him there is something divine/ in the sympathetic indulgence she substitute /
" G! [6 g8 o. o8 r$ c4 }for the angry disgust/ with which one of his own country women resent his $ z' i# U; i8 i
supposed conditon. ! s, e! T% c9 y" B, C* @; _" Y4 Y
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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/ t+ t7 M& ~$ V. X! ?7 _4 M+ Q(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 ' r8 D4 W/ B  c1 n8 q' N
eye could see, the countryside was literally covered up with a green carpet of - j/ U; x+ I" ?+ e. e& y8 j( w2 r
growing crops, holding a promise of bumper harvests. - A) O+ H+ s% f) Z' d
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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