非文学翻译(口译) week 17.docVIP

Views on the World Wars 1) The Second World War in some ways gave birth to less novelty and genius than the First. 第二次世界大战在某些方面不像第一次世界大战那样产生了诸多新奇事物和天才伟人。（蔡基纲译） novelty 与 genius的所指应该是同一类的，不应一个是“事务”，另一个却是“人”。 genius: the prevalent character or spirit of something such as a nation or age(民族、语言、时代等的)特质，精神，传统，特征 ’s paintings did not suit the austere genius of neoclassicism.布歇的画作不适合新古典主义的严肃风格 改译： 从某些方面看，第二次世界大战不像一战那样催生了诸多新奇事物，也缺乏鲜明的时代特征。 2) It was, of course, a greater cataclysm, fought over a wider area, and altered the social and political structure of the world at least as radically as its prede