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0301点评《Palmerston: The island at the end of the earth》

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0301点评《Palmerston: The island at the end of the earth》 Empty 0301点评《Palmerston: The island at the end of the earth》

帖子 由 Admin 周日 三月 02, 2014 10:31 pm

疑难句:

1. This extreme journey prevents all but the most determined of visitors from ever reaching Palmerston, a tiny patch of green surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean.
原译文:帕墨斯顿岛是一小片被汪洋大海围绕着的绿色岛屿,但这段极端的旅程却阻扰了几乎大部分已做出决定的人们前往该岛。
审校后:这段极端的旅程阻挡了人们的脚步,只有最有决心的旅行者才会前往帕墨斯顿——一片被汪洋大海围绕着的绿色小岛。

2. ...revel in the extra company.
原译文:……非常乐意在这样一个“大公司”中工作。
审校后:……非常乐意有更多人光临小岛。

3. Our fathers and mothers went to move back the building. They rolled the building on coconut logs. They rolled it all the way back.
原译文:我爸爸妈妈又得依着原路用椰子木滚动房屋将其移回到原处。
审校后:老前辈们把教堂向后移动,把建筑放在椰子木上,一路拖到后面。

4.  but while some intend to visit, others have the experience forced upon them.
原译文:但是,当有些人想来游览的时候,其他人却把自己的经验强加给他们。
审校后:但是,尽管有些人只想游览一番,另一些人却是被逼无奈不得不去。

5. He also plays them, very well as it happens.
原译文:正当发生时,他还在很好地演奏。
审校后:他也会演奏,偶尔效果绝佳。

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翻译中改变比喻(Metaphor)形象

为了符合汉语习惯,适合中国人对某些比喻形象的概念,在翻译中需要改换比喻形象。

1. I've got the devil of a toothache.
我牙痛死了。

2. He lives a hell of a long way off.
他住的地方远在天涯。

3. It would make the deuce of a scandal.
这会弄到声名扫地的。

4. at a stone's throw
一箭之遥

5. to cry up wine and sell vinegar
挂羊头,卖狗肉

6. to set a fox to keep one's geese
引狼入室

7. to live a dog's life
过牛马生活

8. a flight of fancy
想入非非

9. a shadow of smile
一丝笑意

10. a mountain of wave
滔天巨浪
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