翻译欣赏Ofstudies.pptVIP

Of Studies Francis Bacon Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. parallel structure 翻译原则：原句是排比句，为了更好的在译文中还原原句的意境，译文也应使用排比。 译文1：读书能给人乐趣、文雅和能力。人们独居或退隐的时候，最能体会到读书的乐趣；谈话的时候，最能表现出读书的文雅；判断和处理事务的时候，最能发挥由读书而获得的能力。 译文2：读书足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以长 才。其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；其傅彩 也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于 处世判事之际。 For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but