时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:英语口译


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 英语口译之翻译笔记10《鹊桥仙》英译


原文: 纤云弄巧,飞星传恨,银汉迢迢暗度。金风玉露一相逢,便胜却人间无数。
柔情似水,佳期如梦,忍顾鹊桥归路!两情若是久长时,又岂在朝朝暮暮!
Clouds float like works of art;
Stars shoot with grief at heart.
Across the Milky 1 Way the Cowherd meets the Maid
When Autumn’s Golden wind embraces Dew of Jades 2
All the love scenes on earth,however many, fade
Their tender love flows like a stream;
This happy date seems but a dream.
Can they bear a separate homeward way?
If love between both sides can last for aye,
Why need they stay together night and day? . (许渊冲 译)
翻译笔记:
诗词翻译是一个很容易遭人吐槽的话题……某蕉其实一直倾向于认为诗歌是无法翻译的,并且对所有试图翻译古诗词的人及译本抱着怀疑以及否定的态度——但是面对许渊冲先生这样的大师,某蕉是万万不敢吐槽的。不管怎么说,我们还是从语言学习的角度来欣赏一下大师的译本吧,虽然某蕉自己内心还是……Poetry is the forbidden city for translation。
金风玉露
金风玉露其实就是指代秋天,大家可能不赞同许渊冲先生这里的直译:golden wind,dew of jades,但是某蕉有看过更扯的翻译:celestial winds and dews,还有什么heavenly dew for gods to drink——这个~发挥得太过了吧。许渊冲先生这里一句When Autumn’s Golden wind embraces Dew of Jades,就从字面来看,也还是很有意境很优美的。
忍顾鹊桥归路
某蕉赞同这里没有直接写出magpie 3 bridge,鹊桥——在我们的语境中,“鹊桥”是个很有诗意的画面,而且又和七夕的传说联系在一起,但是文化差异的原因,magpie在英语中并没有什么美好的象征意义,而且老外对七夕的传说基本上也没什么深刻印象,哪怕对此有所了解,也未必就能对“鹊桥”这个词产生审美和诗意的联想。所以许渊冲先生在这里将“鹊桥”虚化成了homeward way:回家的路。其实这里这句“忍顾鹊桥归路”也翻译得相当简单:Can they bear a separate homeward way? 如何能忍受独自归家?就是这个意思。也许homeward这个词有点难想到吧,本身不难的一个词,但是我们也不常用:homeward way=回家之路。
两情若是久长时,又岂在朝朝暮暮
If love between both sides can last for aye,
Why need they stay together night and day?
点睛之笔。其实原句不难,也就是说,如果我们要用英文表达出这个意思,是不难的。这里先不谈整首诗的翻译,如果是在谋和引言中出现这两句,我们自己是可以用简单一点的语言表达出意思,当然如果这里能记住许渊冲先生的译本,以后留作备用是最好啦。
这里last for aye中,aye意为“永远”,古英语,这里用看上去比forever要典雅。除此之外,两句译文也够简单了。七夕节啊,拿这两句英文去骗骗人吧。写在送出去的卡片上,效果一流!
总结:诗歌翻译……吃力不讨好的一件事,吾辈只有仰慕大师的份。

adj.牛奶的,多奶的;乳白色的
  • Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
  • I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。
n.玉,翡翠(jade的复数形式)v.(使)疲(jade的第三人称单数形式)
  • Nephrite is one of China's most five famous jades. 和田玉是中国五大名玉之一。 来自互联网
  • Raman spectroscopy is applied to the identification of jades. 本文提出玉石品种鉴定的新方法———激光拉曼光谱法。 来自互联网
n.喜欢收藏物品的人,喜鹊,饶舌者
  • Now and then a magpie would call.不时有喜鹊的叫声。
  • This young man is really a magpie.这个年轻人真是饶舌。
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