研究生英语课后翻译答案第2单元翻译答案.ppt

Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Pay special attention to the translation of the words in bold. Post-reading activities 3: -- Translation Ref. Book p.61 marry在英文中兼有“嫁”、“娶”的意思，所以应当根据语境作出准确的选词。如果不加区分地译成“和……结婚”，虽然意思准确，但不符合原作的口吻和意境。 1. I had always dreamed of being proposed to in a Parisian café, under dazzling stars, like the one in a Van Gogh knockoff that hangs in my studio apartment. Instead, my boyfriend asked me to marry him while I was Windexing the bathroom mirror. 我一直有这样的梦想：星光灿烂的晚上，在一家巴黎咖啡馆能有人向我求婚。那个咖啡馆就像凡高所画的“夜晚的咖啡馆”，我的画室墙上就挂着一幅此画的翻印本。然而，我男朋友却是在我用“稳得新”擦洗卫生间镜子的时候叫我嫁给他。 available在汉语中没有直接对应词，双语词典中的解释一般是“可用的，可获得的，有资格的”，显然无法直接用在译文中，因此应结合上下文灵活处理，译作“没有请到”。在选词时，不妨借鉴双语词典的例证翻译，例如“He is not available for the job. 他不适宜做这个工作。”(《现代英汉综合大词典》) 但是，我投入的时间和精力越多，万事就越和我过不去。没有请到我想要的洛杉矶希腊乐队。我到教堂时所戴面纱的针线活也很糟，不是我原来所要求的。我订的象牙色的丝绸礼服被隔离在新加坡的某个地方。 2. But the more time and effort I put in, the more the universe tried to thwart me. The Greek band from Los Angeles that I wanted wasn’t available. The stitching I had requested for my cathedral veil was all wrong. My ivory silk gown was being quarantined somewhere in Singapore. 3. I realized that a Big Day without my mother would be no day at all. Not having my dad, who passed away three years before, to walk me down the aisle was painful, but the thought of not having Mom there was unbearable. 我认识到没有妈妈的大喜日子不可思议。老爸已经在三年前过世，不可能牵着我的手到教堂圣坛完婚，这已经让我觉得凄苦。但是一想到妈妈那天也不能在教堂就让我觉得无法忍受。 walk的最常见用法是作为不及物动词表示“走路”，但翻译时不能望文生义，而应当细心查词典，选择“陪同走路”这一义项，并结合婚礼现场这一文化语境，改为“牵手”更符合汉语习惯的说法。 在翻译中，人称指代关系是一个不起眼却非常重要的问题。翻译技巧常常要求对句序做出重大调整，从而影响到了译文中人称代词指示关系的位置，若不谨慎对待，容易造成误解。在本例中，Dad从句子中间提到了句首，与句末的his距离较远，若此时仍然拘泥于原文，译成“他的”，读者可能无法想到这个人称所指的关系。因此，从语篇视角审视翻译，跳出句子的局限，做好译文的衔接与连贯，是非常重要的。 4. Our baby sister, who’d been looking after Mom since Dad’s death, was gripped by fear as the familiar sights and smells were eerily reminiscent of his final days. After consulting with doctors, we learned that stomach surgery was Mom’s only option. We took the first opening.