第十一章隐喻翻译TranslationofUnderstatements.ppt

第十一章综合练习及参考答案 翻译短文，注意隐喻的处理 But there is more wisdom in this. “Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them. 【续】但我却认为“爱吾及书”则更富于哲理。书是人们交友更为诚实而高尚的情谊纽带。人们可以通过共同爱好的作家来沟通思想，交流情感。他们的思想共同在作者的作品中得到反映，而作者的思想情感反过来又在他们身上体现出来。 例1：The weather smiled on us. 【译文】天气很好。 【解析】只有会说话的动物才会笑，人是会说话的动物，那当然就是指人。可这里却说是天气在向我们笑或天气使我们笑，能对人们笑的天气一定是好天气，所以这里隐喻的是“天气很好”。 例2：Of me, my mother would say, with characteristic restraint, “this bandit. He doesn’t even have to open a book —‘A’ in everything. Albert Einstein the second.” 【译文】妈妈总是以特有的矜持说我，“这个小鬼头，连书本都不打开，——就门门功课都能得个优秀，活脱脱一个爱因斯坦。” 【解析】实际上妈妈是在夸耀自己的儿子，聪明过人，善于动脑，学习成绩很好，是块科学家的材料。从中可见这位母亲说这句话时的骄傲自豪的姿态、那种心满意足的心理和无限夸耀的语气，所以，运用联想，把“Albert Einstein the second”译成“活脱脱一个爱因斯坦”，非常符合这位母亲说话的语气。 例3： The Daffodils (William Wordsworth) I wander’d lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’ver vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 【参考译文】 水仙 （威廉 · 华兹华斯） 独自漫游似浮云， 青山翠谷上飘荡； 一刹那瞥见一丛丛、 一簇簇水仙金黄； 树荫下，明湖边， 和风吹拂舞翩跹。 Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretch’d in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. 仿佛群星璀璨， 沿银河闪霎晶莹； 一湾碧波边缘， 绵延，望不尽； 只见万千无穷， 随风偃仰舞兴浓。 【续】 The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company! I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought; 花边波光潋滟， 怎比得繁花似锦； 面对如此良伴， 诗人怎不欢欣！ 凝视，凝视，流连不止； 殊不知引起悠悠情思： 【续】 For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. 兀自倚榻憩息， 岑寂，幽然冥想； 蓦地花影闪心扉， 独处方能神往； 衷心喜悦洋溢，。 伴水仙，舞不息。