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现代文学范例二 围 城 （节 选） 苏小姐领了个二十左右的娇小女孩子出来，介绍道：“这是我表妹唐晓芙。”唐小姐妩媚端正的圆脸1，有两个浅酒涡。天生着一般女人要花钱费时、调脂和粉来仿造的好脸色，新鲜得使人见了忘掉口渴而又觉嘴馋，仿佛是好水果2。 Miss Su led out a cute little girl of about twenty and introduced her to Fang, “This is my cousin, T’ang Hsiao-fu.” On Miss T’ang’s charming, well-proportioned, round face were two shallow dimples; one look at her fresh and natural complexion, which most girls would have had to spend time and money to imitate, was enough to make one drool and forget his thirst, as though her skin were a piece of delicious fruit. 1. “妩媚端正的圆脸”：妩媚是形容一个女子的姿态美好可爱可译为lovely, charming, graceful; 端正是说脸的五官在形式上、结构上或安排上协调相称的，字典中的英文对应词有regular features, even features, a good set of features。那么，可不可以译为a charming round face with regular features呢？因为原文后半句是“有两个浅酒涡”的谓语结构，故上面的译文显得过于冗长，容易造成头重脚轻的蹩脚句子。因此，应译为“a charming, well-proportioned, round face”为佳。 well-proportioned 是个合成形容词，意为“比例恰当的, 均匀的, 匀称的”。 2．“新鲜得使人见了忘掉口渴而又觉嘴馋，仿佛是好水果”：此句生动地描绘了唐小姐自然、红润的绝好脸色。句中使用了明喻的修辞手段。“嘴馋”的英语对应词有greedy，gluttonous，fond of good food等。如果将句子翻译为 “(her face) was so fresh that it made one forget one’s thirst and feel greedy, as if it were good fruit”, 虽然基本达意，但原文字里行间流露出来的幽默就荡然无存了。读者甚至会陷入云里雾里，怎么先“forget one’s thirst”然后“feel greedy”呢？相反，译为 “(her fresh and natural complexion) was enough to make one drool and forget his thirst, as though her skin were a piece of delicious fruit”, 虽然调整了原句两个动词短语的顺序，确使译文既符合英美读者的思维习惯又符合英语的表达习惯。 她眼睛并不顶大，可是灵活温柔，反衬得许多女人的大眼睛只像政治家讲的大话，大而无当。3古典学者看她说笑时露出的好牙齿，会诧异为什么古今中外诗人，都甘心变成女人头插的钗，腰束的带，身体睡的席，甚至脚下践踏的鞋，可是从没想到化作她的牙刷。 Not especially large, her eyes were lively and gentle, making the big eyes of many women seem like the big talk of politicians—big and useless. A classic scholar, upon seeing her lovely teeth when she smiled, might wonder why both Chinese and Western traditional and modern poets would want to turn into the pin in a woman’s hair, the belt around her waist, the mat on which she slept, or even the shoes and socks, that she wore, and not think of transforming them