时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:英语口译


英语课

   原文:The girl soon laid the table for dinner.


  译文:那女孩很快就放好了桌子准备吃饭。
  辨析:Lay是英语常用词,首要意思相当于汉语的“放”。但把lay the table译为“放桌子”意思不清,将物体由高处往下安置才称“放”,当然这里也不是“支桌子”或“摆桌子”。除了“放”之外,lay还有“准备、布置”的意思,其实可以将lay the table看成固定说法,其意思为“在桌子上放好吃饭的餐具(如盘子、刀叉或筷子等,还包括盐、胡椒等调料和冷盘,但不包括主食面包、米饭等,也不包括热菜和汤)”。所以此句应译为:那女孩很快布置好了吃饭的桌子(或很快放好了餐具)。如:
  She laid the table for five.
  她放好了五份餐具。
  Tea was laid.
  茶点已准备好了。
  还要注意,lay有些习惯用法不宜译做“放”,如:lay an ambush设埋伏,lay a mine埋地雷,lay a coat of paint涂/刷一层漆,lay a ghost驱鬼,lay的a question(正式)提出/提交问题,layarumor辟谣,lay the blame 1 on somebody责备某人,lay one's pen to the pa-per落笔(写),lay one's life以性命打赌(注意:lay down one'slife是“捐躯/牺牲”)。
  翻译中的搭配很重要,翻译动词要根据其后的宾语而定。lay做不及物动词时,后接不同介词可构成许多习语。

vt.责备,责怪,把…归咎于;n.过错,责任
  • Why don't you blame me?为什么你不责怪我?
  • You have only yourself to blame.你只能怪你自己。
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