Appreciationofliterarytranslation..ppt

Appreciation of literary translation The First Snow The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape; and the leafless trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches. What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion! Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical. No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of sleigh bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children. 初雪（范钜清译文） 初雪飘临，多么美啊！它整日整夜那么静静地飘着，落在山岭上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋顶上，落在死者的坟墓上！在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美丽的画面上画出一道曲曲弯弯的黑线；还有那叶儿落净的树木，映衬着铅灰色的天空，此刻更显得枝丫交错，姿态万千。初雪飘落时，是何等的宁谧，何等的幽静！一切声响都趋沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音乐。再也听不见马蹄得得，再也听不见车轮辚辚！唯有雪橇的铃铛，奏出和谐的乐声，那明快欢乐的节拍犹如孩子们心房的搏动。 Classification of figures of speeches 1. Semantic figures of speeches Simile, metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole, litotes 2. Structural figures of speeches Antithesis, parallelism, anadiplosis 3. Phonological figures of speeches alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance 4. Miscellaneous Simile 层层的叶子中间，零星地点缀着些白花，有袅娜地开着的，有羞涩地打着朵儿的，有如一粒粒的明珠，又如碧天里的星星。 The leaves were dotted in between the layers with white flowers, some blooming gracefully; others, as if bashfully, still in bud. They were like bright pearls and stars in an azure sky. Practice: as hot as fire, as cold as ice, as busy as a bee as cool as a cucumber, as sharp as a needle Love and cough cannot be hidden. Truth and oil are ever above. A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. –English proverb Metaphor 时间是一条河，一条留在人们记忆里的河，一条生命的河，似乎是涓涓细流，悄然无声，花花亮眼，然而你晓得它是如何穿透岩缝渗出地面的吗？多少座岩壁阻它、压它、挤它？千回百转，不回头，不停息。（古华《芙蓉镇》） Time is a river, a river of life, flowing through men’s memories. It flows slowly, silently, glinting. But who knows how it wells up