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* * 翻译过程中存在的一些问题 樊永前 南京信息工程大学 语言文化学院 一．粗心大意 对原文理解不够 1．There are large communities of Laotians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Iranians, Japanese, Koreans, Armenians, Chinese. [原译文]这里有规模很大的社区，住着老挝人、越南人、柬埔寨人、墨西哥人、萨尔瓦多人、危地马拉人、伊朗人、日本人、韩国人、亚美尼亚人以及中国人。 1．There are large communities of Laotians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Iranians, Japanese, Koreans, Armenians, Chinese. [参考译文]老挝人、越南人、柬埔寨人、墨西哥人、萨尔瓦多人、危地马拉人、伊朗人、日本人、韩国人、亚美尼亚人以及中国人都有各自的社区，这些社区都很大 2．And most of all, he bought the run-down Gordon Arms Hotel and totally restored it, transforming it from a mess into a glorious first-class hotel with 30 handsomely furnished rooms, wood-paneled stairs, false bookshelves with fake leather books and an outstanding restaurant. [原译文]而最重要的，是他将年久失修的戈登?阿姆斯旅馆买下并完全改装，将这堆废墟变成了一个富丽堂皇的一流宾馆，内有30间装修华丽的房间，木质镶嵌的楼梯，摆满了人造皮革装订的书籍的书架，和一间高级餐厅。 3．Edgar Burchell, the janitor who became a leading medical scientist and teacher, is an example. [原译]埃德加·伯切尔，那个后来成为卓越的医学家、教师的大楼管理工，就是一个例子。 改译：埃德加·伯切尔就是一个例子。过去他是个大楼管理工，现在却是一名有影响的医学家和导师了。 4．“You may think I have a lot of garbage in these bags,” one shopping-bag lady volunteered over lunch in a church soap kitchen,” … [原译] “你可能以为我这些袋袋里是一堆垃圾，”一位流浪女士在一个教堂的施汤处一边吃饭一边主动说道， …… 二．词义选择不当 We can make those days comfortable by giving her painkillers and sleeping pills. [原译文]我们可以把这几天弄得舒服些，办法是给她用止痛片和安眠药。 [参考译]文这几天，我们可让她服用一些止痛片和安眠药，这样她会好受一些的。 2．Turning those pages and studying those photographs is like flowing on a sad current… [原译文]一张张翻看并研读这些照片，仿佛漂流在一条让人伤心的河流上…. 3．A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow. [原译文]外面冷雨夹着雪花，淅淅沥沥固执地下个不停。 [参考译文] 冰冷的雨点夹着雪花，一直不停地下着。 三．对号入座硬译 1．Han Suyin was born in Beijing in 1917. Her father was a Chinese railway engineer and her mother a Dutch lady. [原译文]韩素音1917年出生于北京。她父亲是中国铁路工程师，母亲是位荷兰女子。 2．She is righted-handed, and now she is unable to move her right arm and legthey are worth