落花生三个译本概要.ppt

Enjoy the peanuts. 落花生 　　　　汉译英练习 我们屋后有半母隙地。母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然你们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园吧。” Behind our house there lay half a mu of vacant land. Mother said, it’s a pity to let it lie waste. Since you all like peanuts so very much, why not have them planted here.” (by Zhang Peiji) At the back of our house there was half a mu of unused land. “It’s a pity to let it lie waste like that,” Mother said. “Since you all enjoy eating peanuts, let open it up and make it a peanut garden.  Behind our house there was half a mu of open ground. One day, Mother said, “It would be a pity to let it lie waste. Let’s turn it into a peanut garden since you are all so fond of peanuts.” (by Zhang Chunbai) 我们几姐弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢—— 买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园，过不了几个月，居然收获了！ That exhilarated us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants. We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months.(by Zhang Peiji) At that my brother, sister and I were all delighted and so were the young housemaids. And then some went to by seed, some began to dig the ground and others watered it and, in a couple of months, we had a harvest. (by Liu Shicong) Excited by Mother’s words, we children and the little maidservants immediately went about buying the seeds, breaking the ground, and watering the garden. Believe it or not, we had a harvest a few months later. (by Zhang Chunbai) 妈妈说：“今晚我们可以做一个收获节，也请你们的爹爹来尝尝我们的新花生，如何”。 Mother’s said, “How about giving a party this evening to celebrate the harvest and inviting you Daddy to have a taste of our newly-harvested peanuts.” (by Zhang Peiji) The harvest over, Mother said, “Shall we make it a harvest festival tonight and invite your father to have a taste of our new peanuts?” (by ZCB) “Let us have a party tonight to celebrate,” Mother suggested, “and ask Dad to come for a taste of our fresh peanuts. What do you say?” (by Liu Shicong) 我们都答应了。母亲把花生做成了好几样食品，还吩咐这节期要在园里的茅亭举行。 We all agreed. Mother made quite a few