中級筆譯必備實(shí)用翻譯技巧(2) | |
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eging 發(fā)表于 2017/6/14 7:18:55
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中級筆譯必備實(shí)用翻譯技巧(2) 二、英語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)(成語(yǔ))翻譯的多樣性
例:to be on tenterhooks(心情煩亂、焦急、緊張) 1)She was on tenterhooks when she heard of hermother's illness. 她得知母親病了,坐立不安。 2)He was on tenterhooks of expectation duringour conversation. 在我們談話(huà)時(shí),他因有所期待而如坐針氈。 3)I found him on tenterhooks when he was waiting for his girlfriend. 我發(fā)現他在等女朋友時(shí)顯得局促不安。 4)The President,being told of the strong earthquake in his country, was on tenterhooksevery minute. 得知本國發(fā)生了強烈地震,總統一直心亂如麻。 5)His parents were on tenterhooks all the time until they got his letter. 他的父母在收到他的信前,一直是那樣的心煩意亂。 6)The students were on tenterhooks before the examination began. 考試開(kāi)始前,學(xué)生們的心里七上八下。 7)The poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for a stick. 那個(gè)可憐的男孩見(jiàn)父親到處找棍子,感到六神無(wú)主。 8)The hen-pecked man was on tenterhooks when his wife scolded her way into the room. 當妻子罵罵咧咧闖到房間來(lái)時(shí),這個(gè)得了“氣管炎”的男人便有些手足無(wú)措。 權威的英語(yǔ)詞典Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English對英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)to be on tenterhooks的釋義有兩個(gè):(1)to be in a worried,anxious,or nervous state of mind(心情煩亂、焦急、緊張);(2) tobe in a state of anxious expectation(急切等待)。上面除了第二和第三個(gè)例句,里面的成語(yǔ)to be ontenterhooks都屬于第一個(gè)釋義。盡管第二、第三個(gè)例句中的成語(yǔ)有“等待”之意,但其側重點(diǎn)還是在于“等待造成的心情煩亂”。如果把上面例句中的英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)全都簡(jiǎn)單地譯成“心情煩亂”或“心情緊張”,譯文就會(huì )顯得蒼白無(wú)力、枯燥無(wú)味。上面8個(gè)例句對句中同一個(gè)成語(yǔ)卻采用了多樣性譯法,譯文全部都采用了四字格:“坐立不安”、“如坐針氈”、“局促不安”、“心亂如麻”、“心煩意亂”、“七上八下”、“六神無(wú)主”、“手足無(wú)措”。這8條漢語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)都是“心情煩亂、焦急、緊張”的寫(xiě)照。但是,我們也須仔細體會(huì )不同譯文之間在詞義的輕重程度上所存在的細微差距。它們中的大多數并不能相互替換。 |
nihaota 發(fā)表于 2022/9/28 6:15:29
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