《英译汉》讲义

英语辅修、双学位专业2009级《英译汉》课程讲义

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I. Translation and Translation Studies

II. Factors Involved in Translation

III. Translation Criteria

IV. T ranslation Process

V. Translation Practice

5.1 Sentence Translation

1. He wanted to run, but that would be the worst thing he could do.

2. Linda is a good singer and a good dancer, a great actress and a great joker.

3. The little chap’s good-natured honest face won his way for him.

4. Somehow our path took us toward the park.

5. How’s the world treating you?

6. Great was the excitement as procession after procession poured its eager masses into the town.

7. He was convinced on the basis of what had by then appeared that there would be a long and a

difficult struggle.

8. John can be relied on. He eats no fish and plays the game.

5.2 Text Translation

You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But any man who has ever tired it will assure you that it is not, and will be prepared to swear on oath to the truth of my experience of the other evening.

I was standing on the corner of the street with a cigar that I wanted to light. I had no match. I waited till

a decent, ordinary man came along. Then I said:

“Excuse me, sir, but could you oblige me with the loan of a match?”

“A match?” he said, “Why, certainly.” Then he unbuttoned his overcoat and put his hand in the pocket of his waistcoat. “I know I have one,” he went on, “and, I’d almost swear it’s in the bottom pocket—or, hold on, though, I guess it may be in the top—just wait till I put these parc els down on the sidewalk.”

“Oh, don’t trouble,” I said, “its really of no consequence.”

“Oh, it’s no trouble. I’ll have it in a minute: I know there must be one in here somewhere,”—he was digging his fingers into his pockets as he spoke—“but you see this isn’t the waistcoat I generally…”

I saw that the man was getting excited about it.” Well, never mind,” I protested. “I f that isn’t the waistcoat that you generally—why, it doesn’t matter.”(to be continued)

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参考译文

句子翻译：

1. 他真想拔腿就跑，但对他来说，最糟糕的事莫过于此。[应采用“增词译法”，表达出语气]

2. 琳达歌唱得好，舞跳得好/能歌善舞，又会演戏，人又幽默/又会开玩笑。[原句的几个名词应转译为动词]

3. 小伙子面相老实，为人随和，到那都吃得开。[应转换原句的非人称主语，引申词义]

4. 不知不觉，我们朝着公园走去。[应转换原句的非人称主语]

5. 你觉得怎样？/ 近况如何？/ 最近还可以吧？[宜改变说法]

6. 兴奋的人们一群又一群，一对又一队，涌进城里，简直热闹非凡。[应转换原句的非人称主语，引申词义]

7. 依照当时已经发生的情况，他深信不疑，以后会有一场漫长而艰难的斗争。[应捋清原句的结构和调整原句的逻辑顺序，适应汉语的习惯]

8. 他是一个值得信赖的人，为人忠诚，又守规矩。/ 他忠诚得斋日不吃荤，凡事都循规蹈矩。[字面上的eat no fish 源自英国历史上的新教与旧教之争，“不吃鱼”应引申为“忠诚”；玩游戏play the game 应引申为“遵守规矩”]

段落翻译：

你也许以为在马路上跟人借个火是小事一桩。可真借过火柴的人都会一口咬定并非如此。我前儿个晚上遇到的事，他们都会毫不犹豫地替我担保，说是不会有假。

我当时正站在街口，想点燃手里拿着的雪茄烟。我没有火柴。我终于等来了一位满像样的普通人。于是我说了：

“劳驾您，先生，能借根火柴吗？”

“火柴？”他说，“噢，没问题。”于是他解开大衣，把手伸进背心的口袋。“我知道有根火柴，”他接着说，“肯定是在下边的兜里——不过，等一下，也许在上边的兜里——等一等，我先把这几包东西放下，就搁在道旁。”

“啊，别麻烦啦，”我说，“我真没什么要紧的。”

“噢，不麻烦，马上就有了，我知道这里边保准有一根，”——他一边说，一边把手指头伸进两边的兜里——“可你要知道，这件背心不是我平常……”

我看这人越来越上劲儿了。“哦，没关系，：我劝阻道：“就说这件背心不是你平常——嗐，不要紧。”

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