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Lecture one (for student use)（September 18，2010） 文化翻译引论（introducing Cultural translation) 1. 语言中的文化因素（） To talk horse To work like a horse 辛勤工作 As strong as a horse 身体强健 ，精力充沛 A willing horse 努力工作的人 A dead horse 旧债；已预付工钱的工作；琐事；已解决的问题；令人厌烦的工作 To buy a white horse 浪费金钱 To change horse in midstream 中流换马， 在危急中做出重大改变 To ride on the high horse 趾高气扬 盛气凌人 To come off the high horse 放下架子 To hold one’s horse 忍耐点 A good horse should be seldom spurred 好马无须加鞭（比喻工作积极的人，无须催促） 2. 文化与翻译 【译例1】真是 ‘天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福’。? 杨译：“Truly, ‘storm gathers without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight.’... ” 霍译：“I know ‘the weather and human life are both unpredictable’” 【译例2】这也难说，但凡家庭之事，不是东风压了西风，就是西风压了东风。 杨译：“Well, it’s hard to say,” she answered. “In every family, if the east wind doesn’t prevail over the west wind, then the west wind is bound to prevail over the east wind.”霍译：‘It’s hard to tell,’ she said. ‘In every family affair, one side or the other has to win. If it’s not the East Wind it’s the West.’ 【译例3】“天下真有这样标致的人物，我今儿才算见了！况且这通身的气派，竟不象老祖宗的外孙女儿，竟是个嫡亲的孙女，怨不得老祖宗天天口头心头一时不忘，只可怜我这妹妹这样命苦，怎么姑妈偏就去世了！” 杨译：“this is the first time Ive set eyes on such a ravishing beauty. Her whole air is so distinguished! She doesn’t take after her father, son-in-law of our Old Ancestress, but looks more like a Jia. No wonder our Old Ancestress couldn’t put you out of her mind and was for ever talking or thinking about you. But poor ill-fated little cousin, losing your mother so young!” 霍译：‘She’s a beauty, Grannie dear! If I hadn’t set eyes on her today, I shouldn’t have believed that such a beautiful creature could exist! And everything about her so distingue’! She doesn’t take after your side of the family, Grannie. She’s more like a Jia. I don’t blame you for having gone on so about her during the past few days - but poor little thing! What a cruel fate to have lost Auntie like that!’ 【译例4】周瑞家的听了笑道：”阿弥陀佛，真坑死人的事儿！等十年都未必这样巧的呢。”杨译：“Gracious Buddha!” Mrs. Zhou chuckled. “How terrible chancy!