许地山《落花生》译文对比赏析翻译PPT.pptVIP

落花生 两个英译文的对比赏析 那晚上的天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得!爹爹说：“你们爱吃花生么?” 刘译：The weather was not very good that night but, to our great delight, Dad came all the same. Do you like peanuts? Dad asked. 张译：It looked like rain that evening, yet, to our great joy, Father came nevertheless. “Do you like peanuts?” asked Father. 我们都争着答应：“爱!” “谁能把花生的好处说出来?”。 刘译：Yes! we all answered eagerly. But who can tell me what the peanut is good for? 张译：“Yes, we do!” We vied in giving the answer. “Which of you could name the good things in peanuts?” 姊姊说：“花生的气味很美。” 哥哥说：“花生可以制油。” 刘译：It is very delicious to eat, my sister took the lead. It is good for making cooking oil,” my brother followed. 张译：“Peanuts taste good,” said my elder sister. “Peanuts produce edible oil,” said my elder brother. 我说：“无论何等人都可以用贱价买它来吃；都喜欢吃它。这就是它的好处。” 刘译：It is inexpensive. I said. Almost everyone can afford it and everyone enjoys eating it. I think this is what it is good for. 张译：“Peanuts are so cheap,” said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanuts are everyone’s favorite. That’s why we call peanuts good.” 爹爹说：“花生的用处固然很多；但有一样是很可贵的。 刘译：“Peanut is good for many things,” Dad said, “but there is one thing that is particularly good about it. 张译：“It’s true that peanuts have many uses,” said Father, “but they’re most beloved in one respect. 这小小的豆不像那好看的苹果、桃子、石榴，把它们的果实悬在枝上，鲜红嫩绿的颜色，令人一望而发生羡慕之心。他只把果子埋在地底，等到成熟，才容人把他挖出来。 刘译：Unlike apples, peaches or pomegranates that display their fruits up in the air, attracting you with their beautiful colors, peanut buries its fruit in the earth. 张译：Unlike nice-looking apples, peaches and pomegranates, which hang their fruit on branches and win people’s instant admiration with their brilliant colors, tiny little peanuts bury themselves underground and remain unearthed until they’re ripe. 你们偶然看见一棵花生瑟缩地长在地上，不能立刻辨出他有没有果实，非得等到你接触他才能知道。” 刘译：It does not show itself until you dig it out when it is ri