Diction in Translation.ppt

（工厂外面挂着一块牌子，上面写道：）“本厂不再招收工人”（《退伍军人》） “this factory no longer recruit new workers” “No more hands wanted.” 贾母责怪王熙凤又提起黛玉父母双亡之事，惹自己伤心，叫她“快别提了”。 a. …“So don’t reopen the subject.” （选自外文出版社译本） b. …“So let’s have no more of it.” （选自霍克斯译本） 谈到中美贸易问题，首先要看到一个最基本的事实，这就是25年来我们两国之间的贸易有了巨大的发展。 When talking about China-US trade, we should not overlook one fundamental fact, that is, in the past 25years, two-way trade has expanded enormously. Regarding/ Concerning/ With regard to/ With respect to/ On the issue of/ When it comes to China-US trade 关于西部大开发，主要有两个方面要注意。一是基础设施的建设；二是生态环境的改善。 With respect to the development of the western region, there are two major issues we must pay attention to: One is infrastructure construction. The other is environmental improvement. Two major issues deserve/ are worthy of / merit our attention. East wind vs. West wind 汉语中，“东风”使人想到温暖和煦、草长莺飞。相当于春风。 李商隐：相见时难别亦难，东风无力百花残。 朱熹：等闲识得东风面，万紫千红总是春。 辛弃疾：东风夜放花千树，更吹落，星如雨。 Samuel Butler：biting east winds 刺骨东风 Charles Dickens：How many winter days have I seen him，standing bluenosed in the snow and east wind! 在许多冬日我都看到他，鼻子冻得发紫，站在飞雪和东风之中! 而在汉语中“西风”则正好相反，有一种砭人肌骨的味道。晏殊的“昨夜西风凋碧树”，马致远的“古道西风瘦马”便是例证。 碧云天，黄叶地，西风紧，塞雁南飞，晓来谁染霜林醉，尽是离人泪。《西厢记》 Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind O, wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? * 纽马克（1988）指出：用外国语写作或翻译最大的问题不在于作者或译者的语法知识的欠缺或词汇量的不足，而在于他们常把不太可能搭配在一起的词牵强附会地拼凑起来，继而写出蹩脚的语言。因此，选择恰当的搭配方式是翻译的重要环节之一。翻译时要做到遣词用字恰到好处，必须反复斟酌，推敲，方能使译文通顺，精当。 个人卫生 personal hygiene 公共卫生 public health 环境卫生 environmental sanitation 正式协议 formal agreement 正式声明 official statement （代表团中的）正式成员 The full member of the delegation 后来，他那麻木的眼光落到一家没挂这种牌子的大工厂。 《退伍军人》 His numb sight: a part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold. Numb hand; fingers numbed with cold. Finally his dull/listless eyes fell on a large factory without such a notice board. （这种人其实不是共产党员，）至少不能算是一个纯粹的共产党员。（《纪念白求恩》） Pure communist In truth, such people are not Communists, or