Golden Fuit译评.doc

Golden Fruit (Oranges) 柑橘 ［Oranges仅为橘子，Golden Fruit则于“橘子”之外，给出这种水果的颜色。其实，Golden一词，含义双关：“金黄色”之外，另意“贵重的，极好的”。如此一来，实为绝妙好词！］ A.A.Milne A.A.米尔恩 Of the fruits of the year I give my vote to the orange. (Among all the fruits during four seasons of a year, I definitely recommend the orange.) ［汉语“一年四季the year）。Definitely似显过分，可省。另外，介词among也不如of, 因为，比之the orange among all the fruits, 原文的the orange of the fruits要自然得多。Give one’s vote to意为“投……的票”，引申为“赞赏”、“推崇”之意。Recommend意为“推荐”，乃非“推崇”。］ 一年四季的水果里，我最推崇柑橘。 In the first place it is a perennial — if not in actual fact, at least in the greengrocer’s shop. On the days when dessert is a name given to a handful of chocolates and a little preserved ginger, when macedoine de fruits is the title bestowed on two prunes and a piece of rhubarbs, then the orange, however sour, comes nobly to the rescue; and on those other days of plenty when cherries and strawberries and raspberries and gooseberries riot together upon the table, the orange, sweeter than ever, is still there to hold its own. Bread and butter, beef and mutton, eggs and bacon, are not more necessary to an ordered existence than the orange. 首先，柑橘常年都有——即使不是在树上，至少是在水果店里。有的时候，只用几块巧克力和一点蜜饯生姜充当餐后的甜点，两块李子干加一片大黄便被冠以蔬果什锦美名时，这仍带酸味的柑橘便前来慷慨救驾；其他时候，水果丰盈，樱桃、草莓、木莓、醋栗在餐桌上相互争艳时，此时比往日更加甜美的柑橘依然能坚守自己的岗位。对于人们的日常生活，面包和黄油、牛肉和羊肉、鸡蛋和咸肉，都未必像柑橘那样不可或缺。 It is well that the commonest fruit should be also the best. Of the virtues of the orange I have not room fully to speak. It has properties of health giving, as that it cures influenza and establishes the complexion. It is clean, for whoever handles it on its way to your table, but handles its outer covering, its top coat, which is left in the hall. It is round, and forms an excellent substitute with the young for a cricket ball. The pip can be flicked at your enemies, and quite a small piece of peel makes a slide for an old gentleman. (Luckily, this kind of most ordinary fruit is the best one. When it comes to its advantage, it can never be fully expressed. Oran