2008专业八级英译汉后半节.ppt

1、2008年英译汉,朱宇光 倪梦瑶,Instead of being freer and happier than ever before, they had assumed new responsibilities; they had established a new household, and must fulfill in some way or another the obligations of it. They looked back with affection to their engagement; they had been longing to have each ot

2、her to themselves, apart from the world, but it seemed that they never felt so keenly that they were still units in modern society. 本文选自美国小说家Sarah Orne Jewett（萨拉奥恩朱厄特）的文章 The New Life 新生活。 萨拉奥恩朱厄特 (1849-1909) 生于缅因州南贝里克镇，十几岁时就已开始写作。她笔下的女主人公独立,富有个性，深受女权主义者的喜爱。本段主要描述了女性在婚后的感受和对婚姻的思考。,Instead of being f

3、reer and happier than ever before, they had assumed new responsibilities; Keys: instead of : 代替，不是而是。英语正说，汉语反译。这里 不是代替，译为没有更好些。 freer ： 这里是指 free的比较级，比较特殊，需牢记。 assume ： vt. 承担，假定，采取，呈现 vi. 装腔作势，多管闲事 因为后面的宾语接的是 responsibilities，所以这里是指承担责任的意思。,Instead of being freer and happier than ever before, they

4、had assumed new responsibilities; 译文一： 生活并没有比以前更自由、更幸福，因为他们要去承担新的责任。 译文二： 比起从前，他们不仅没有更自由，更幸福，反倒得肩负起新的责任。 译文三： 他们意识到他们不是比以前更自由和开心，而是要承担新的责任。,they had established a new household, and must fulfill in some way or another the obligations of it. Keys: establish : vt. 建立，创办。这里对应家庭， 译为成立好些。 household : adj

5、. 家庭的，日常的 n. 家庭，一家人 established a new household ：组成新的家庭 fulfill : vt. 履行，实现 这里和obligations搭配，有履行义务之意。 in some way or another： 想方设法,they had established a new household, and must fulfill in some way or another the obligations of it. 译文一： 既然成立了一个新的家庭，那就无论如何也要尽一点家庭的义务。 译文二： 他们既然成立了一个新家，就必须在这方面或者那方面承担起这

6、个家的义务。 译文三： 他们意识到他们要建立一个新的家庭，必须通过其它的方式履行他们的义务。,They looked back with affection to their engagement; they had been longing to have each other to themselves, apart from the world, but it seemed that they never felt so keenly that they were still units in modern society. Keys: look back：回首回顾 engagement

7、 : n. 约会，订婚。这里对应marriage，应译为订婚 。 long to：这里 是渴望的意思 apart from the world : 相当于away from the world，这里的world 指的是二人以外的一切尘世的东西。 keenly：原指敏锐地，强烈地，这里指深刻的体会到 unit : 这里不可译为单元，可译为一份子。,They looked back with affection to their engagement; they had been longing to have each other to themselves, apart from the world, but it seemed that they never felt so keenly that they were still units in modern society. 译文一： 他们深情地回想起订婚的那段时光，曾经如此地渴望拥有彼此而忘掉这个世界，然而现在最深切的感受却是自己仍是这个世界的一份子。 译文二： 回首订婚之时，他们心中充满爱意；他们曾经如此渴望拥有彼此的