文档详情

翻译实践评析:ICanWorkLikeAnyGuy.ppt

发布:2017-07-10约4.37千字共11页下载文档
文本预览下载声明
翻译实践评析之一: I Can Work Like Any Guy 评析人:杨儒平 教授 I Can Work Like Any Guy 本篇是一篇小小说,原作者为澳大利亚的克里.理查兹。全篇文字浅近易懂,但是要想译好需要注意以下几点:本文属于文学作品,翻译起来可以说是一种“再创作”的过程,关键在于传神。所以不能象翻译法律、外交文件那样讲求具体词句的对应,而应着眼于在吃透原文的基础上运用适当的汉语表达手段,力求在整体上予以最近似的重视。 文中以主人公的口气自述一个年轻姑娘在中学毕业前后寻找工作的经历,娓 娓而谈,婉转动听。译文要保存口语化的特点,文字不宜过分雕琢,要在自然中 见功夫,力求用人民群众生活中锤炼出来的语言于平铺直叙之中使主人公明快、 开朗的性格跃然纸上,使读者看了如闻其声,如见其人。 在西方国家中澳大利亚的失业问题不算严重,一个中学毕业生想当汽车修理工,本来应当是不难找到雇主的。但是,只因为主人公是个女的,所以就颇费了一番周折。姑娘对此的种种反应,译时要力求传神。 随着故事情节的发展,主人公的情绪是有变化的。译时要注意把握好这种发 展变化。可将全文分作三大段处理:第一大段由三个段组成,讲述姑娘如何下决心当汽车修理工的经过,充分表现了这位姑娘无忧无虑、天真浪漫的性格特点。 但第三小段末尾人们对于她考试成绩的评论已经隐含着对妇女的世俗偏见,为后文埋下了伏笔。第二大段包括第四、第五两下段,讲述了姑娘找到工作之不易。尽管话说得很轻松,但是稍加品味,就不难体会到姑娘回想这些往事时自是别有一番滋味在心头。最后结尾一段讲述了姑娘以自己出色的工作表现,赢得人们赞 誉的情景,表露了她热爱工作,以此自豪的心情。 我干起活来比哪个小伙子也不差 「澳」克里.理查兹 题目的翻译: I Can Work Like Any Guy I Can Work Like Any Guy I didnt know what I wanted to be in my last year of High School. I changed my mind every week or so. For a while I thought of becoming a music teacher, or a science teacher. I also thought about becoming a vet, or getting some other sort of job where I could work with animals. Then, about halfway through the year, something which happened helped me decide what I really wanted to do. 中学上到最后一年,我还不知道毕业以后想当什么。差不多每个星期就有一个新的主意。有一阵子我想当音乐老师,或者是理科老师。我想过当兽医,或者找个别的同动物打交道的工作。后来,学年快过了一半,发生了一桩事情,使我拿准了自己究竟想干什么。 I Can Work Like Any Guy I got a driving licence. My sister was a driving instructor at the time, and I had a friend who was a motor mechanic. We used to spend every spare minute driving around in my mothers Cortina. I become crazy about cars. I got to the stage where I was reading car magazines every night instead of watching TV. My father got pretty tired of all this and suggested one evening that I should become a motor mechanic. He was only joking, but it started me thinking ── why shouldnt I? 我弄到了一张驾驶执照。当时我姐在作驾驶教练,我还有一个朋友是汽车修理工。我们常常一有空闲就开着我妈的科蒂纳轿车兜风。我迷上了汽车。迷到每天夜里不看电视而看汽车杂志的程度。我爸瞅着实在心烦,有天晚上说我真该去当个汽车修理工。他本来只是开玩笑,我却真动了心──可不是(嘛)!我干吗不去当个汽车修理工呢? I Can Work Like Any Guy Later that year I went o
显示全部
相似文档