名言部分汉语译文商榷.docx

名言部分汉语译文商榷近日阅读网上爱因斯坦等名人的语录，受益匪浅，然而发现译文中有些值得商榷之处，特选取其中最重要的部分与大家讨论研究。1.The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me withthe joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.?To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. 注解：To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me.理解词义必须顾及所涉及的项目，如这里make表示‘制作’，一定涉及两项，一是制作什么，二是用什么来制作；‘使成为’也是如此，‘使什么成为什么’。由此可见，of comfort or happiness 并非是a goal的定语，而是用作宾语补足语，意思是‘使舒适或幸福成为目标’；再说了，‘幸福’就是目标，怎么能说‘幸福的目标’，那样人们就会问‘幸福的目标’是什么；此句为简单句，动词不定式短语用作主语，不能加‘为了’，‘为了’表示目的，必得有主句；has never appealed to me （把幸福作为目标）对我从来没有吸引力；翻译时可将‘我’作为主语：我向来不爱把幸福作为目标。现有译文：一直照在我面前，我心里充满了生活的乐趣的理想，是善，美和真理。?为了让舒适和幸福的目标从来没有吸引我，在此基础上构建的道德系统将只能满足一群牛。 试译： 一直照耀我前进路，使我充满生活乐趣的理想是真善美。我从来不爱把舒适幸福作为目标；若以幸福目标为基础建立道德礼制，则只会使乌合之众 （一群无价值的人）心满意足。另一种引文：The ideals which have guided my way, and time after time have given me the energy to face life, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.现有译文：照亮了我的道路的理想自始至终都是真、善、美，它们一次又一次给了我欣然面对生活的勇气。?试译：1.指引我人生路的是真、善、美这种理想，一再给予我面对生活的力量。2.我的理想是真、善、美，自始至终指引我的人生路，一再给予我面对生活的力量。另一种引文：The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.?(Albert Einstein, What I Believe, Forum and Century, 1930)试译：真善美这样的理想一直为我指明道路，一再给予我勇气而欣然面对人生。2. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. 注解：1.这里we can experience应视为插入句，相当于We can experience that the most beautiful thing is the mysterious.2.He to whom this emotion is a stranger… is as good as dead…这里He = The one;stranger是指‘陌生事物’，this emotion系概括指代前两句的意思，用作主语以便与前句接近；翻译时可改为who作主语，使并列的从句一致：对这种情感陌生,不再徘徊，不再着迷而惊叹。 3. pause to wonder选择词义应该考虑到所搭配的词，‘为了怀疑而停下来’似乎不当，应该是‘停下来打听’。词义的引申是：wonder徘徊→怀疑→想知道→询问；strange陌生→不熟悉→稀