张培基英译散文《雨前》
第1篇:张培基英译散文《雨前》
张培基英译散文《雨前》
雨前Praying For Rainfall
何其芳He Qifang
译文摘自:张培基《英译中国散文选二》
中文:
最后的鸽群带着低弱的笛声在微风里划一个圈子后,也消失了。也许是误认这灰暗的凄冷的天空为夜色的来袭,或是也预感到风雨的.将至,遂过早地飞回它们温暖的木舍。
英文:
The last flock of pigeons have also gone out of sight after doing their final circling in the soft breeze, the sound of their whistles barely audible. They are hastening back to their warm wooden dovecote earlier than usual perhaps because they have mistaken the bleak leaden sky for nightfall or because of their presentiment of a storm.
要点:
1,此题目可译为Before the Rain, 现按久旱盼甘霖的主题,把它译为praying for the rain,其中,praying for 的意思是”求“或”祈祷“。
2,“带着低弱的笛声“译为the sound of their whistles barely audible,即”勉强能听到“或”几乎听不到“,译为faint sound of their whistle也是可以的,张培基中还提供了一种译法,即the sound of the whistle trailing off, 但我认为不如前两种确切。
3,hasten to someplace意即赶往某地,之前见到过。
4,误认为=mistaken for
综述:
本文的妙处在于大量拟人的运用。作者托物言志,借景抒情,流露出不满现实,的心态。而拟人体现在翻译中,大部分是通过动词的运用,本段还有presentiment等词,也给文章增色不少。
中文:
几天的阳光在柳条上撤下的一抹嫩绿,被尘土埋掩得有憔悴色了,是需要一次洗涤。还有干裂的大地和树根也早已期待着雨。雨却迟疑着。
英文:
The willow twigs, daubed with a light green by several days of sunshine, are now covered all over with the dust and look so sickly that they need to be washed. And the perched soil and tree roots have likewise been dying for rainfall. Yet the rain is reluctant to come down.
要点:
1、“几天的阳光在柳条上撤下的一抹嫩绿,被尘土埋掩得有憔悴色了,是需要一次洗涤。“译为The willow twigs, daubed with a light green by several days of sunshine, are now covered all over with the dust and look so sickly that they need to be washed.此处作者采取了顺译的方法,重点注意译者对”洒下“”埋掩“的处理。这句话中的嫩绿也可以直译为柳条上的枝叶。译为the light green willow leaves brought on by several days of sunshine now, covered all over with dust ,look so sickly and hence need to be washed.
2、期待着=dying for, 与前文的pray for相呼应,与主题相呼应;迟疑着即“不愿意下“=be reluctant to
综述:注意译者对于细节描写的处理,dying for,和be reluctant to,生动贴切。
第2篇:张培基英译散文赏析
张培基英译散文赏析
在日复一日的学习、工作或生活中,大家应该都对散文很熟悉吧?狭义上的散文是指与诗歌、小说、戏剧并行的一种文学体裁。相信很多人都觉得散文很难写吧?下面是小编为大家整理的张培基英译散文赏析,希望能够帮助到大家。
雨前
Praying For Rainfall
何其芳
He Qifang
| 译文摘自张培基《英译中国散文选二》
中文:
我怀想着故乡的雷声和雨声。那隆隆的有力的搏击,从山谷返响到山谷,仿佛春之芽就从冻土里震动,惊醒,而怒茁出来。细草样柔的雨丝又以温存之手抚摸它,使它簇生油绿的枝叶而开出红色的花。这些怀想如乡愁一样萦绕得使我忧郁了。我心里的气候也和这北方大陆一样缺少雨量,一滴温柔的泪在我枯涩的眼里,如迟疑在这阴沉的天空里的雨点,久不落下。
英文:
I can never forget the thunderstorm we often had in my home town. Over there, whenever the rumble of thunder reverberated across the valley, the buds of spring would seem to sprout freely after being disturbed and roused up from their slumber in the frozen soil. Then tenderly stroked by the soft hands of fine rain, they would put forth bright green leaves and pink flowers. It makes me nostalgic and melancholy to think about the old times and my mind is as depressed as the vast expanse of North China is thirsty. A tear stands in my dull eye and, like the rain lingering in the murky sky, is slow to roll down.
要点:
1,“那隆隆的有力的搏击,从山谷返响到山谷,仿佛春之芽就从冻土里震动,惊醒,而怒茁出来。“译为Over there, whenever the rumble of thunder reverberated across the valley, the buds of spring would seem to sprout freely after being disturbed and roused up from their slumber in the frozen soil. 原文中的3个动词。”振动惊醒,和怒茁“其实是递升的关系,张先生在翻译时同时运用了主动语态和被动语态,使得原文的递升意义不复存在。现提供另一段译文。Those mighty crashes rumbled and reverberated from mountain valley to mountain valley, as if the new shoots of spring were shaking in the frozen gound, awakening, and bursting forth with a terrifying vigour.。这段译文很好地体现了递升的手法,同学们可以对比记忆。
2,“细草样柔的雨丝又以温存之手抚摸它,使它簇生油绿的枝叶而开出红色的花。“突出地使用书面语或文学性词汇,也是本文的特色之一,加之这句话既有通感,又有拟人,因此在选词方面要尤为注意
3,“我心里的气候也和这北方大陆一样缺少雨量“不宜按字面直译,可理解为” 我的心情抑郁,和北方大地干旱达到同样严重的程度。“将其比喻的意思翻出来,译为my mind is as depressed as the vast expanse of North China is thirsty.
4,“久不落下“汉语的否定结果比较单纯,否定词只有“不”、“非”、“否”、“勿”、“别”、“无”、“未”、“莫”、“不是”、“没有”、“决不”、“毫无”、“几乎没有”、“几乎不”等简单的词汇,汉语的传统是倾向于动词否定。
而英语的否定除借助词汇手段外,还借助句子结构和特殊表达方式来表达否定概念,既有动词否定,也有名词否定的习惯。
此处译者译为is slow to roll down, 是使用系表结构~表达了了形式上肯定,意义上否定的方法。
综述:
注意本段讲的否定句的译法~实际翻译时为了符合英语表达习惯,我们可以“形肯意否“或采取否定转移的方法~
中文:
白色的鸭也似有一点烦躁了,有不洁的颜色的都市的河沟里传出它们焦急的叫声。有的还未厌倦那船一样的徐徐的划行。有的却倒插它们的长颈在水里,红色的蹼趾伸在尾后,不停地扑击着水以支持身体的.平衡。不知是在寻找沟底的细微食物,还是贪那深深的水里的寒冷。
英文:
White ducks have also become somewhat impatient. Some are sending out irritated quacks from the turbid waters of an urban creek. Some keep swimming leisurely and tirelessly like a slow boat. Some have their long necks submerged headfirst in the water while sticking up their webbed feet behind their tails and splashing them desperately so as to keep their balance. There is no knowing if they are searching for tiny bits of food from the bottom of the creek or just enjoying the chill of the deep water.
要点:
1.在处理多层定语句“有不洁的颜色的都市的河沟里传出它们焦急的叫声“是译者采用了后置定语来翻译,译为the turbid waters of an urban creek,
2,第二个多层定语句“那船一样的徐徐的划行“译者巧妙地按其功能处理为了方式状语
swimming leisurely and tirelessly like a slow boat
3,“不知是在寻找沟底的细微食物,还是贪那深深的水里的寒冷。“中的”不知…”=there is no knowing…,并且对于“寒冷”一词的处理也比较贴切。
综述:
汉语定语一般为前置,而且很少使用超过两层以上的多层定语,这是汉语的传统。在英语翻译语言的影响下,现代汉语的多层前置定语已经成为普遍现象。与汉语相比,英语名词常常有多层定语限制,这些定语或前置或后置,或前后合并使用。明白了这些汉英差异,做起翻译也会稍微得心应手。
第3篇:文学英语翻译:张培基英译散文《哭》
文学英语翻译:张培基英译散文《哭》
那年,我坐夜车去朝拜圣地——到茂陵瞻仰霍去病墓前的雕刻。
Years ago ,I went by night train to Mao Ling ,a sacred place in Shaanxi Province,to pay homage to the sculptures standing before Huo Qubing's tomb.要点:
1,题目虽然是《哭》但根据文章内容,题目更确切的意思应为“快要流泪”,或“几乎流泪”,因此译为On the Verge of Tears 2,“那年”即“有一年”或“几年前”,译为that year会造成读者困扰,因为that 通常指前面提到过的事物,现译Years ago 综述:
题目的翻译看似简单,其实是建立在对于全文的理解上。
夜车到了终点站,霍去病墓还老远。在那满天星斗的西北草原上,我时而顺着大车道,时而踏着羊肠小径往前赶路,及至霍去病墓地,天色才开始曙明。附近没有行 人,我迫不及待的扑向墓前那几座庞然
第4篇:从翻译美学看张培基英译散文《匆匆》中的审美再现
从翻译美学看张培基英译散文《匆匆》中的审美再现
摘 要:汉语散文与英语散文存在这很大的差异,因此汉语散文的英译具有一定的难度。张培基先生长期致力于中国现代散文翻译研究,为中国现代散文的翻译提供了很好的参考和借鉴,值得进行深入研究。散文的特点决定了散文翻译可以从翻译美学的角度去研究,本文将运用刘宓庆教授提出的翻译美学理论,对张培基英译散文《匆匆》进行分析和研究,希望本文对中国现代散文翻译的理论与实践具有一定的参考价值。
关键词:翻译美学;散文翻译;张培基;《匆匆》
一、引言
散文是与诗歌、小说和戏剧并重的文学体裁,具有上千年的历史,是中西方文学不可或缺的部分。中国以散文历史悠久、成果丰硕而骄傲,中国现当代散文由“五四运动”以后初见雏形。《匆匆》是朱自清先生的代表作之一,著于1922年,正逢“五四运动”尾声,其语言优美,结构精巧。朱自清先生背负着当时作为文化人的历史责任,在《匆匆》一文中,他细致地描写了自己对时间流逝的感叹与无奈,并揭示了当时年轻人对国家命运感到迷茫的现实。文中关于时间匆匆的思考不仅对
