英汉翻译讲义1.doc

Bilingual Reading 1The QuestTaking the train, the two friends arrived in Berlin in late October 1922, and went directly to the address of Chou En-lai. Would this man receive them as fellow countrymen, or would he treat them with cold suspicion and question them cautiously about their past careers as militarists? Chu Teh remembered his age. He was thirty-six, his youth had passed like a screaming eagle, leaving him old and disillusioned.When Chou En-lais door opened they saw a slender man of more than average height with gleaming eyes and a face so striking that it bordered on the beautiful. Yet it was a manly face, serious and intelligent, and Chu judged him to be in his middle twenties.Chou was a quiet and thoughtful man, even a little shy as he welcomed his visitors, urged them to be seated and to tell how he could help them.Ignoring the chair offered him, Chu Teh stood squarely before this youth more than ten years his junior and in a level voice told him who he was, what he had done in the past, how he had fled from Yunnan, talked with Sun Yat-sen, been repulsed by Chen Tu-hsiu in Shanghai, and had come to Europe to find a new way of life for himself and a new revolutionary road for China. He wanted to join the Chinese Communist Party group in Berlin, he would study and work hard, he would do anything he was asked to do but return to his old life, which had turned to ashes beneath his feet.As he talked Chou En-lai stood facing him, he head a little to one side as was his habit, listening intently until the story was told, and then questioning him.When both visitors had told their stories, Chou smiled a little, said he would help them find rooms, and arrange for them to join the Berlin Communist group as candidates until their application had been sent to China and an answer received. When the reply came a few months later they were enrolled as full members, but Chus membership was kept a secret from outsiders.(from Agnes Smedley, The Great Road)译 文：探 索他们两个人坐火车于一九二二年十月到达柏林，立即去周恩来的住处。 这个人会不会像同胞手足一样接待他们呢？会不会疑虑重重，详细询问他们在军阀时代的经历呢？朱德想起自己的年龄，他已三十六岁，青春像一路鸣叫的鹰， 早已一闪而逝，留给他的是衰老和幻灭。周恩来的房门打开时，他们看到的是一个身材瘦长、比普通人略高一点的人， 两眼闪着光辉，面貌很引人注意，称得上清秀。可是，那是个男子汉的面庞，严肃而聪颖，朱德看他大概是二十五六岁的年龄。周恩来举止优雅，待人体贴，在招呼他们坐下，询问有何见教的时候，甚至还有些腼腆。朱德顾不得拉过来的椅子，端端正正地站在这个比他年轻十岁的青年面前，用平稳的语调，说明自己的身份和经历：他怎样逃出云南，怎样会见孙中山，怎样在上海被陈独秀拒绝，怎样为了寻求自己的新的生活方式和中国的新的革命道路而来到欧洲。他要求加入中国共产党在柏林的党组织，他一定会努力学习和工作，只要不再回到旧的生活里去它已经在他的脚底下化为尘埃了派他做什么工作都行。他娓娓而谈，周恩来就站在他面前，习惯地侧着头，一直听到朱德把话说完，才提出问题。两位来客把经历说完后，周恩来微笑着说，他可以帮他们找到住的地方，替他们办理加入党在柏林的支部的手续，在入党申请书寄往中国而尚未批准之前，暂作候补党员。过了几个月，回信来了，两人都被吸收为正式党员，但朱德的党籍对外界保持秘密。（选自梅念译伟大的道路）Exercise 1将下列短文译成汉语：Bill Morrows Birthday PartySeveral times on his trips to China, which he made as a guest of the Chinese Government, Bills birthday occurred while he was in Beijing. On these occasions he was given a dinner in his honor and Premier Zhou En-lai would attend. He remembered the first occasion:At the hotel always finished the meal with icecream and the girls there would laugh because I liked it so much. Zhou En-lai was at my birthday party and at the end he got up, went over to the counter and got an icecream and he put it down in front of me this is the Prime Minister you know! He said This is for you. I said “I didnt know you could speak English. He laughed and he said a little bit measuring with his finger and thumb. Sometimes when we were alone then hed speak to me in English. This is for you, Bill Morrow heard on many occasion he would never forget such as when he was taken in a boat down the Grand Canal, and every boat that passed sounded its siren in salutation. Or when he was shown over the great Nanjing bridge, built where the ferries used to carry trains across the Changjiang River. He was given a chair and asked to wait a little as darkness came on, then suddenly the whole bridge was outlined in lights. This is for you. You mustnt use all that electricity to please me, he protested, all Nanjing will enjoy it too, he was told.Zhou En-lai arranged for experts from Beijing University to give Bill Morrow some up-to-date information he wanted. Im just an old bum at home, Bill said, but here you treat me like a VIP. We know what you have done, said Zhou En-lai.(from Audrey Johnson, Fly a Rebel Flag) 参考译文：比尔莫罗的寿宴比尔作为中国政府的客人访问中国，好几次者赶上在北京过生日。每次，主人总要为他举行宴会，周恩来总理也出席。他还记得第一次生日宴会的情景：我在饭店吃饭，最后总是吃冰激凌。我吃得津津有味，惹得那些女服务员发笑。这次生日宴会，周恩来在场。快到结束的时候，他站起来，走到柜台前，要了一杯冰激凌，放在我面前别忘了，他可是总理呀！他对我说：“这是为您准备的。”我说：“没想到您会说英语呀。”他笑了起来，接着说：“一点点。”一面说着，一面用食指和拇指比划着。后来有时候我们单独在一起，他就跟我说英语。“这是为您准备的。”这句话，比尔莫罗在许多难忘的场合听到过比如在他乘般沿大运河南下的时候，从旁边驶过的每一条般都拉响汽