英汉翻译lecture 27.pptVIP

山西省地处我国华北区西部的黄土高原，其东邻河北，西界陕西，南接河南，北连内蒙古自治区。 Shanxi province is situated on the loess plateau, in the western part of North China. Its neighboring provinces are Hebei on the east, Shaanxi on the west and Henan on the south. Its north end borders Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 分析：①依英语习惯先小后大翻译位置；②译文根据意群分类，译成三个句子；③汉语动名词搭配丰富，英语根据习惯使用介词。 山西省因东有巍巍太行山作天然屏障，西、南皆以滔滔黄河为堑，它的北面还直抵绵绵长城脚下，所以自古有“表里山河”的美称。Shanxi has long been called the land of security as the Yellow River runs along its south and west borders to form a natural chasm, the Taihang Mountains stand aloft preventing invaders from coming west, and the Great Wall, the longest defense works in the world, winds its way past its northern frontier. 评论：①汉语多用归纳法，而英语多用演绎法，译文据此作顺序调整；②为适应英语读者，采用意译，增添对原文扼要语言的释意（释意法）。 Lecture 27:Fidelity ＆treason Fidelity ＆treason Loanwords Translation studies I Comments on assignment 25 One hundred years of the life and influence of Lincoln is the story of the struggles, the trials, ambitions, and triumphs of the people of our complex American civilization. Interwoven into the warp and woof of this human complexity is the moving story of men and women of nearly every race and color in their progress from slavery to freedom, from poverty to wealth, from weakness to power, from ignorance to intelligence. Knit into the life of Abraham Lincoln is the story and success of the nation in the blending of all tongues, religions, colors, races, into one composite nation, leaving each group and race free to live its own separate social life, and yet all a part of the great whole. 阅读这段原文时应体会到，原文风格因长句而典雅，因排比而雄辩，因娓娓道来而贴近读者。译文应保持这种风格。 原文和参考译文选自英汉对照《名人演说一百篇》由北京师范大学石幼珊教授翻译。 One hundred years of the life and influence of Lincoln is the story of the struggles, the trials, ambitions, and triumphs of the people of our complex American civilization. 林肯出生已经有一百年了，在这一百年中，我们具有复杂文明的美国人民所经历的斗争、考验、雄心和胜利，都受到他生前以及身后的影响。 评论：原文的life and influence应理解为从林肯诞生以来已经过去100年了，美国人民的政治生活一直受到林肯的思想影响。翻译中应不受原文形式影响，将这一内容用译入语表现出来