中英对照：散文汉译英佳作赏析：许地山《落花生》

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母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然称们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园罢。

”我们几姊弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园；过不了几个月，居然收获了!At the back of our house there was half a mu of vacant land. "It's a pity to let it go to waste like that," Mother said. "Since you all enjoy eating peanuts, let us open it up and make it a peanut garden.” At that my brother, s ister and I were all delighted and so were the young housemaids. Some went to buy seeds, some dug the ground and others watered it and, in a couple of months, we had a harvest!妈妈说：“今晚我们可以做一个收获节，也请你们爹爹来尝尝我们底新花生，如何?”我们都答应了。

母亲把花生做成好几样食品，还吩咐这节期要在园里底茅亭举行。

"Let us have a party tonight to celebrate," Mother suggested, "and ask Dad to come for a taste of our fresh peanuts. What do you say?" We all agreed, of course. Mother cooked the peanuts in different styles and told us to go to the thatched pavilion in the garden for the celebration.那晚上底天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得!爹爹说：“你们爱吃花生么?”The weather was not very good that night but, to our great delight, Dad came all the same. "Do you like peanuts?" Dad asked.我们都争着答应：“爱!”"Yes!" we all answered eagerly.“谁能把花生底好处说出来?”。

《落花生》译文对比赏析作者：辛阳来源：《青年文学家》2017年第12期摘要：文从接受美学的角度，对杨宪益先生、戴乃迭女士和刘士聪先生的《落花生》英译本进行了对比分析。

本文首先分析了原文的写作风格，语言特点及其内涵意义，为两种译文的赏析对比奠定了一定的基础。

本文通过举例进行译文的对比分析，反映了译者的翻译目的受其期待视野的影响，而期待视野又受其职业经历和翻译观的影响。

这有助于把文本的不确定性和语义空白点具体化。

关键词：《落花生》；杨宪益夫妇；刘士聪；期待视野；翻译对比作者简介：辛阳（1991-），女，黑龙江省哈尔滨人，吉林大学2016级翻译专业硕士研究生，研究方向：英语口译。

[中图分类号]：H315.9 [文献标识码]：A[文章编号]：1002-2139（2017）-12-0-02一、原文的介绍《落花生》是中国著名作家许地山创作的一篇叙事散文。

这篇代表作语言朴实无华，通篇却传达出非凡的意义。

原文刻画出一个睿智的父亲形象，他以“落花生”作比喻教育子女，勉励儿女要做具有落花生品格的人，不图虚名，默默奉献。

原文具有以下几个功能：1、信息功能：这篇叙事散文运用平实的语言描述了在花生收获的时候，父亲从花生这种不起眼，平凡的事物中悟出了耐人寻味的做人道理，借助落花生的特点和用途教育子女。

2、审美功能：通篇语言简洁朴素，传达的感情真诚质朴。

文章却暗含了深刻的做人道理，彰显了其强大的艺术底蕴。

3、表达功能：这篇叙事散文通过自然朴实的叙事，借助落花生的特点，传达出非凡的道理，即做人要朴实无华，默默奉献，保持出淤泥而不染的品格。

4、祈使功能：虽然通篇叙述的主题是很平凡普通的花生，但字里行间却蕴含着深刻的道理，即“那么，人要做有用的人，不要做伟大、体面的人了。

”二、两种英译本对比分析原文的语言简洁平实，杨宪益夫妇和刘士聪先生的译文都秉承了原文的语言风格。

但他们译文的翻译风格有所区别。

接受美学的翻译观强调从读者的角度切入，要求译者把作者，作品和读者融为一体。

许地山《落花生》翻译赏析（张培基译）原文：落花生许地山我们屋后有半亩隙地。

母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然称们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园罢。

”我们几姊弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园；过不了几个月，居然收获了!妈妈说：“今晚我们可以做一个收获节，也请你们爹爹来尝尝我们的新花生，如何?”我们都答应了。

母亲把花生做成好几样食品，还吩咐这节期要在园里的茅亭举行。

那晚上的天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得!爹爹说：“你们爱吃花生么?”我们都争着答应：“爱!”“谁能把花生的好处说出来?”。

姊姊说：“花生的气味很美。

”哥哥说：“花生可以制油。

”我说：“无论何等人都可以用贱价买它来吃；都喜欢吃它。

这就是它的好处。

”爹爹说：“花生的用处固然很多；但有一样是很可贵的。

这小小的豆不像那好看的苹果、桃子、石榴，把它们的果实悬在枝上，鲜红嫩绿的颜色，令人一望而发生羡慕的心。

它只把果子埋在地的，等到成熟，才容人把它挖出来。

你们偶然看见一棵花生瑟缩地长在地上，不能立刻辨出它有没有果实，非得等到你接触它才能知道。

”我们都说：“是的。

”母亲也点点头。

爹爹接下去说：“所以你们要像花生，因为它是有用的，不是伟大、好看的东西。

”我说：“那么，人要做有用的人，不要做伟大、体面的人了。

”爹爹说：“这是我对于你们的希望。

”我们谈到夜阑才散，所有花生食品虽然没有了，然而父亲的话现在还印在我心版上。

译文：PeanutsBehind our house there lay half a mu of vacant land. Mother said, “It’s a pity to let it lie waste. Since you all like to eat peanuts so much, why not plant some here?”That exhilarated us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants. We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months!Mother said, “How about giving a party this evening to celebrate the harvest and inviting your Daddy to have a taste of our newly-harvested peanuts?” We all agreed. Mother made quite a few varieties of goodies out of the peanuts, and told us that the party would be held in the thatched pavilion on the peanut plot.It looked like rain that evening, yet, to our great joy, father came nevertheless.Night sky is not very good, but the father has come, it is hard to come by.“Do you like peanuts?” asked Father.“Yes, we do!” We vied in giving the answer.“Which of you could name the good things in peanuts?”“Peanuts taste good,”said my elder sister.“Peanuts produce edible oil,” said my elder brother.“Peanuts are so cheap,” said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanuts are everyone’s favorite. That’s why we call peanuts good.”“Peanuts are so cheap,” said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanuts areeveryone’s favorite. That’s why we call peanuts good.”“It’s true that peanuts have many uses,” said Father, “but they’re most beloved in one respect. Unlike nice-looking apples, peaches and pomegranates, which hang their fruit on branches and win people’s instant admiration with their brilliant colours, tiny little peanuts bury themselves underground and remain unearthed until they’re ripe. When you come upon a peanut plant lying curled up on the ground, you can never immediately tell whether or not it bears any nuts until you touch them.”“That’s true,” we said in unison. Mother also nodded. “So you must take after peanuts,” Father continued, “because they’re useful though not great andnice-looking.”“Then you mean one should be useful rather than great and nice-looking,” I said.“That’s what I expect of you,” Father concluded.We kept chatting until the party broke up late at night. Today, though nothing is left of the goodies made of peanuts, Father’s words remain engraved in my mind.译文赏析：就原文而言，作者用朴实的语言记录了自己生活中的一个小故事，朴素、清新。

经典散文赏析—许地山《落花生》原文：《落花生》许地山我们屋后有半亩隙地①。

母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然你们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园罢。

”我们几姊弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园; 过不了几个月，居然收获了!妈妈说：“今晚我们可以做一个收获节，也请你们爹爹来尝尝我们底新花生，如何?”我们都答应了。

母亲把花生做成好几样的食品，还吩咐这节期要在园里底茅亭举行。

那晚上底天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得! 爹爹说：“你们爱吃花生么?”我们都争着答应：“爱!”“谁能把花生底好处说出来?”姊姊说：“花生底气味很美。

”哥哥说：“花生可以制油。

”我说：“无论何等人都可以用贱价买它来吃;都喜欢吃它。

这就是它的好处。

”爹爹说：“花生底用处固然很多; 但有一样是很可贵的。

这小小的豆不像那好看的苹果、桃子、石榴，把它们底果实悬在枝上，鲜红嫩绿的颜色，令人一望而发生羡慕的心。

它只把果子埋在地底，等到成熟，才容人把它挖出来。

你们偶然看见一棵花生瑟缩②地长在地上，不能立刻辨出它有没有果实，非得等到你接触它才能知道。

”我们都说：“是的。

”母亲也点点头。

爹爹接下去说：“所以你们要像花生，因为它是有用的，不是伟大、好看的东西。

”我说：“那么，人要做有用的人，不要做伟大、体面的人了。

”爹爹说：“这是我对于你们的希望。

”我们谈到夜阑③才散，所有花生食品虽然没有了，然而父亲底话现在还印在我心版上。

(原载1922年8月10日《小说月报》第13卷第8号《空山灵雨》)赏析：《落花生》是老作家许地山1921年所写的一篇著名的回忆童年生活的散文。

这篇作品以平实清新的笔触，从花生的常见而有用，说到做人的道理，颇有哲理意味，寄寓着对现实人生的感触。

文章开头就说出屋后有“半亩隙地”，母亲觉得“让它荒芜着怪可惜”，便提议“辟来做花生园罢”。

姊弟们一听“都很喜欢”表示对这一提议的赞成和拥护。

接着作者只用“买种底买种，动土底动土，灌园底灌园”三个整齐的短句，形象、简洁的概括了种花生的全过程。

2402019年50期总第490期ENGLISH ON CAMPUS功能对等视角下的《落花生》英译本赏析文/黄蓓蕾as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants. We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months!分析：张培基先生讲原文中的排比句“——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园”译为“…, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants.”虽然译文没有按照原文的形式进行对应，但是却用“soon”一词让读者读到了时间上的连续，加强了文章内容的连贯性。

此外，在处理排比格式的时候，张培基先生以3个动名词结构分别表示孩子们的动作，内容传达准确，也实现了表达功能。

原文末，“居然收获了！”，字里行间中暗含一种惊喜的情感，“We gathered in a good harvest…” 这样的译文不仅表达出了惊喜，还突出了孩子们“一起完成”后的成就感，可以说是成功的增译。

这实现了情感功能的对等。

【分析2】原文：那晚上的天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得！译文：It looked like rain that evening, yet, to our great joy, father came nevertheless.分析：原文中的“实在很难得”在译文中并没有直接翻译出来，但在这个句子中可以见得一个隐含的逻辑关系，既是“虽然……但是……”，而在英文翻译中，张培基先生没有按照原文字面上的描述直译文本，而是阐释出了原文内在的逻辑，因为在英语语言国家，人们注重的是说话时语言的逻辑性，因此会将关系词、逻辑词都浮于表面，而中文的表达恰恰相反，翻译时如果不注意这个问题可能会出现表达上的落差，也可能会闹出笑话。

英汉译作落花生鉴赏《落花生》英译文对比赏析—20__130018杨莎莎《落花生》的作者是许地山现代作家、学者。

名赞字地山笔名落花生。

祖籍广东__生于台湾台南一个爱国志士的家庭。

回大陆后落籍福建龙溪。

1910年中学毕业后曾任师范、中学教员。

1917年考入燕京大学文学院1920年毕业留校任教。

期间与翟秋白、郑振铎等人联合主办《新社会》旬刊积极宣传革命。

“五·四”前后从事文学活动1921年1月他和沈雁冰、叶圣陶、郑振铎等12人在北平发起成立文学研究会创办《小说月报》。

1922年往美国入纽约哥伦比亚大学研究院哲学系研究宗教史和宗教比较学获文学硕士学位。

后转入英国牛津大学曼斯菲尔学院研究宗教学、印度哲学、梵文、人类学、民俗学等。

1927年回国在燕京大学文学院和宗教学院任副教授、教授同时致力于文学创作。

许地山一生创作的文学作品多以__、台、粤和东南亚、印度为背景主要著作有《空山灵雨》、《缀网劳蛛》、《危巢坠筒》、《道学史》、《达衷集》、《印度文学》；译著有《二十夜问》、《太阳底下降》、《孟加拉民间故事》等。

《落花生》是著名作家和翻译家许地山的一篇深受读者喜爱的散文。

文中的父亲借平凡的花生讲述人生的道理深入浅出富于哲理。

作者回忆自己童年时代的一个小小片段以朴实无华、清新自然的笔调从花生的平凡而有用谈到做人的道理富于哲理反映他身处旧社会的污泥浊流而洁身自好、不慕虚名的思想境界。

本文将从张培基和刘士聪的《落花生》译文入手进行对比赏析。

下面首先对译者进行一下介绍。

张培基教授1921年生福建省__市人。

1945年毕业于上海圣约翰大学英文系。

同年任《上海自由西报》英文记者、《中国评论周报》（英文）特约撰稿人。

翌年赴日本东京远东国际军事法庭任英文翻译约两载半随后赴美学习1949年于美国印地安纳大学英国文学系肄业后回国。

历任北京外文出版社编辑、中国人民解放军外国语学院教授、北京对外经贸大学教授。

中国译协第一、三届理事现任《英语世界》杂志顾问。

《落花生》三个英译版本对照赏析《落花生》是清朝著名文学家徐志摩的一首诗歌，是他的名作之一，也是中国文学的经典之作。

这首诗凝练而优美，语言深刻，被誉为“中国诗歌的经典”，深受中外读者的喜爱。

它被译成英文，被许多外国读者所欣赏，有三个不同的英文版本，其中最著名的是陈安之翻译的《The Peanut》，以及陆小曼翻译的《The Peanuts》和顾栋翻译的《The Peanuts Fall》。

陈安之的《The Peanut》是一首抒情的诗歌，它结合了古典诗歌和浪漫主义的特色，表达了徐志摩对落花生的情怀。

整首诗歌以落花生作为中心，将落花生含蓄而优美地表达为一种哲学思想，一种精神状态，一种生活方式，将落花生的象征意义深深地吸引了读者。

陈安之将落花生比喻为一种温柔而脆弱的精神，诗歌中强调了落花生的象征意义，表达了徐志摩对生活的热情，他说：“是生命的象征，也是对梦想的追寻”。

陆小曼的《The Peanuts》则更多的是用浪漫的叙事手法来表达落花生的意义。

诗歌中，陆小曼把落花生比喻为一种希望，一种新生的力量，一种勇敢地追求梦想的精神。

诗中写道：“它是希望的新生，它是梦想的追求”，这首诗透露出徐志摩对生命的深刻理解，用浪漫的叙事手法表达对生命的感悟，使得读者能够体会到徐志摩对生活的热情和渴望。

顾栋翻译的《The Peanuts Fall》以落花生为主题，把落花生比喻为一种坚强的精神，一种坚持不懈地追求梦想的信念。

顾栋用诗歌中落花生的精神，将梦想追求的意义表达得淋漓尽致，他强调：“它是坚强的精神，它是实现梦想的信念”。

他的诗歌表达的是徐志摩对梦想的执着追求，他坚持不懈地奋斗，让落花生变成了一种精神上的“宝贵财富”。

三个不同的英文版本都将徐志摩对落花生的哲学思想和精神状态表达得淋漓尽致，把落花生的象征意义深深地吸引了读者。

从三个版本中，我们可以深刻地感受到徐志摩对生活的热情，他的诗歌象征着一种哲学思想，一种精神状态，一种生活方式，这些都是徐志摩在诗歌中渗透出来的精神。

PeanutsBehind our house there lay half a mou of vacant land. Mother said, “It’s a pity to let it lie waste. Since you all like to eat peanuts so very much,why not plant some here?”That exhilarate us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants!Mother said, “How about giving a party this evening to celebrate the harvest and inviting your Daddy to have a taste of our newly-harvested peanuts?”We all agreed. Mother made quite a few varieties of goodies out of the peanuts, and told us that the party would be held in the thatched pavilion on the peanut plot.It looked like rain that evening, yet, to our great joy, father came nevertheless. “Do you like peanut?” asked father.“Yes, we do!” we vied in giving the answer.“Which of you could name the good thing in peanut?”“Peanuts tastes good,” said my elder sister.“Peanuts produce edible oil,” said my elder brother.“Peanuts are cheap,”said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanut are everyone’s favourite. That’s why we call peanut good.”“It’s true that peanuts have many uses,”said father, “but they are most beloved in one respect.Unlike nice-looking apples,peaches,and pomegranates, which hang their fruit on branches and win people’sadmiration with their brilliant colors, tiny little peanuts bury themselves underground and remain unearthed until they are ripe. When you come upon a peanut plant lying curled up on the ground, you can never immediately tell whether or not it bears any nuts until you touch them.”“That’s true,” we said in unison. Mother also nodded. “So you must take after peanut,” father continued, “because they are useful though not great and nice-looking.”“Then you mean one should be useful rather than great and nice-looking,” I said.“That’s what I expect of you,” father concluded.We kept chatting until the party broke up late at night. Today, though nothing is left of goodies made of peanuts, father’s words remain engraved in my mind.。

许地山《落花生》翻译赏析(张培基-译)许地山《落花生》翻译赏析（张培基译）原文：落花生许地山我们屋后有半亩隙地。

母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然称们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园罢。

”我们几姊弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园；过不了几个月，居然收获了!妈妈说：“今晚我们可以做一个收获节，也请你们爹爹来尝尝我们的新花生，如何?”我们都答应了。

母亲把花生做成好几样食品，还吩咐这节期要在园里的茅亭举行。

那晚上的天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得!爹爹说：“你们爱吃花生么?”我们都争着答应：“爱!”“谁能把花生的好处说出来?”。

姊姊说：“花生的气味很美。

”哥哥说：“花生可以制油。

”我说：“无论何等人都可以用贱价买它来吃；都喜欢吃它。

这就是它的好处。

”爹爹说：“花生的用处固然很多；但有一样是很可贵的。

这小小的豆不像那好看的苹果、桃子、石榴，把它们的果实悬在枝上，鲜红嫩绿的颜色，令人一望而发生羡慕的心。

它只把果子埋在地的，等到成熟，才容人把它挖出来。

你们偶然看见一棵花生瑟缩地长在地上，不能立刻辨出它有没有果实，非得等到你接触它才能知道。

”我们都说：“是的。

”母亲也点点头。

爹爹接下去说：“所以你们要像花生，因为它是有用的，不是伟大、好看的东西。

”我说：“那么，人要做有用的人，不要做伟大、体面的人了。

”爹爹说：“这是我对于你们的希望。

”我们谈到夜阑才散，所有花生食品虽然没有了，然而父亲的话现在还印在我心版上。

译文：PeanutsBehind our house there lay half a mu of vacant land. Mother said, “It’s a pity to let it lie waste. Since you all like to eat peanuts so much, why not plant some here?” That exhilarated us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants. We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months!Mother said, “How about giving a party this evening to celebrate the harvest and inviting your Daddy to have a taste of ournewly-harvested peanuts?” We all agreed.Mother made quite a few varieties of goodies out of the peanuts, and told us that the party would be held in the thatched pavilion on the peanut plot.It looked like rain that evening, yet, to our great joy, father came nevertheless.Night sky is not very good, but the father has come, it is hard to come by.“Do you like peanuts?” asked Father. “Yes, we do!” We vied in giving the answer.“Which of you could name the good things in peanuts?” “Peanuts taste good,” said my elder sister.“Peanuts produce edible oil,” said my elder brother.“Peanuts are so cheap,” said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanuts are everyone’s favorite. That’s why we call peanuts good.”“Peanuts are so cheap,” said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanuts areeveryone’s favorite. That’s why we call peanu ts good.”“It’s true that peanuts have many uses,” said Father, “but they’re most beloved in one respect. Unlike nice-looking apples, peaches and pomegranates, which hang their fruit on branches and win people’s instant admiration with their brilliant colours, tiny little peanuts bury themselves underground and remain unearthed until they’re ripe. When you come upon a peanut plant lying curled up on the ground, you can never immediately tell whether or not it bears a ny nuts until you touch them.”“That’s true,” we said in unison. Mother also nodded. “So you must take after peanuts,” Father continued, “because they’re useful though not great and nice-looking.”“Then you mean one should be useful rather than great and nice-looking,” I said.“That’s wh at I expe ct of you,” Father concluded.We kept chatting until the party broke uplate at night. Today, though nothing is left of the goodies made of peanuts, Father’s words remain engraved in my mind.译文赏析：就原文而言，作者用朴实的语言记录了自己生活中的一个小故事，朴素、清新。

许地山·《落花生》英译刘士聪；张培基；杨宪益、戴乃迭译我们屋后有半亩隙地。

母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然你们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园罢。

”我们几姊弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园；过不了几个月，居然收获了！妈妈说：“今年我们可以做一个收获节，也请你们爹爹来尝尝我们的新花生，如何？”我们都答应了。

母亲把花生做成好几样的食品，还吩咐这节期要在园里底茅亭举行。

那晚上的天色不大好，可是爹爹也到来，实在很难得！爹爹说：“你们爱吃花生么？”我们都争着答应：“爱！”“谁能把花生的好处说出来？”姊姊说：“花生的气味很美。

”哥哥说：“花生可以制油。

”我说：“无论何等人都可以用贱价买它来吃；都喜欢吃它。

这就是它的好处。

”爹爹说：“花生的用处固然很多；但有一样是很可贵的。

这小小的豆不像那好看的苹果、桃子、石榴，把它们底果实悬在枝上，鲜红嫩绿的颜色，令人一望而发生羡慕的心。

他只把果子埋在地底，等到成熟，对容人把他挖出来。

你们偶然看见一棵花生瑟缩地长在地上，不能立刻辨出它有没有果实，非得等到你接触他才能知道。

”我们都说：“是的。

”母亲也点点头。

爹爹接下去说：“所以你们要像花生，因为他是有用的，不是伟大、好看的东西。

”我说：“那么，人要做有用的人，不要做伟大、体面的人了。

”爹爹说：“这是我对于你们的希望。

”我们谈到夜阑才散，所有花生食品虽然没有了，然而父亲的话现在还印在我心版上。

The PeanutXu DishanAt the back of our house there was half a mu of unused land. “It’s a pity to let it lie idle like that,” Mother said.“Since you all enjoy eating peanuts, let us open it up and make it a peanut garden.” At that my brother, sister and I were all delighted and so were the young housemaids. And then some went to buy seeds, some began to dig up the ground and others watered it and, in a couple of months, we had a harvest!“Let us have a party tonight to celebrate,” Mother suggested, “and ask Dad to join us for a taste of our fresh peanuts. What do you say?” We all agreed, of course. Mother cooked the peanuts in a variety of styles and told us to go to the thatched pavilion in the garden for the celebration.The weather was not very good that night but, to our great delight, Father came all the same.“Do you like peanuts?” Father asked.“Yes!” We all answered eagerly.“But who can tell me what the peanut is good for?”“It is very delicious to eat,” my sister took the lead.“It is good for making oil,” my brother followed.“It is inexpensive,” I said. “Almost everyone can afford it and everyone enjoys eating it. I think this is w hat is good for.”“Peanut is good for many things,” Father said, “but there is one thing that is particularly good about it. Unlike apples, peaches and pomegranates that display their fruits up in the air, attracting you with their beautiful colors, peanut buries its fruit in the earth. It does not show itself until you dig it out when it is ripe and, unless you dig it out, you can’t tell it bears fruit or not just by its frail stem quivering above ground.”“That’s true,” we all said and Mother nodded her assent, too. “So you should try to be like the peanut,” Father went on, “because it is useful, though not great or attractive.”“Do you mean,” I asked, “we should learn to be useful but not seek to be great or attractive?”“Yes,” Father said. “This is what I expect of you.”We stayed up late that night, eating all the peanuts Mother had cooked for us. But father’s words remained vivid in my memory till this day.（刘世聪译）PeanutsXu DishanBehind our house there lay half a mou vacant land. Mother said: “It’s a pity to let it lie waste. Since you all like to eat peanuts so very much, why not plant some here?” That exhilarated us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants. We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months!Mother said, “How about giving a party this evening to celebrate the harvest and inviting your Daddy to have a taste of our newly-harvested peanuts?” We all agreed. Mother made quite a few varieties of goodies out of the peanuts, and told us that the party would be held in the thatched pavilion on the peanut plot.It looked like rain that evening, yet, to our great joy, father came nevertheless.”Do you like peanuts?” asked father.“Yes, we do!”we vied in giving the answer.“Which of you could name the good things in peanuts?”“Peanuts taste good,” said my elder sister.“Peanuts produce edible oil,” said my elder sist er.“Peanuts are so cheap,” said I, “that anyone can afford to eat them. Peanuts are everyone’s favourite. That’s why we call peanuts good.”“It’s true that peanuts have many uses,” said father, “but they’re most beloved in one respect. Unlike nice-looking apples, peaches, and pomegranates, which hang their fruit on branches and win people’s admiration with their brilliant colours, tiny little peanuts bury themselves underground and remain unearthed until they’re ripe. When you come upon a peanut plant lying curled up on the ground, you can never immediately tell whether or not it bears any nuts until you touch them.”“That’s true,” we said in unison. Mother also nodded. “So you must take after peanuts,” father continued, “because they’re useful though not g reat andnice-looking.”“Then you mean one should be useful rather than great and nice-looking,” I said.“That’s what I expect of you,” father concluded.We kept chatting until the party broke up late at night. Today, though nothing is left of the goodies made of peanuts, father’s words remain engraved in my mind.（张培基译）The PeanutXu DishanBehind our house there was a patch of land. “It would be a pity to let it go wild,” said Mother. “I suggest that since you are all so fond of peanuts you should grow some there.”We children and the little maidservants were all delighted. Some of us bought seeds, some dug up the plot and others watered it. In just a few months we had a harvest.Mother said, “Let’s have a harvest festival tonight and invite your father to taste our fresh peanuts.”We all agreed. Mother made a variety of dishes using our peanuts and instructed that the festival should be held in the thatched pavilion in the garden.The weather was not very good that evening, but even Father put in an appearance, which was a rare event.“Do you all like peanuts?” asked Father.“Yes!” we all clamoured to reply.“Who can tell me what’s good about peanuts?”“They taste good,” said older sister.“They can be made into oil,” said older brother.“Everybody can afford to buy them, whoever they m ight be, and everyone likes them. That’s what’s good about peanuts,” said I.Father said, “In fact the peanut has many uses, but the most valuable thing about this little nut is this: it’s not like the apple, peach or pomegranate, flaunting their bright, beautiful fruits on their branches for all to see and admire. The peanut lies buried in the soil, waiting until it is ripe before letting people dig it up. If ever you come across a shy peanut plant you cannot immediately tell whether or not it has any nuts. You have to find them to be certain.”We all agreed with this and Mother nodded her head too. Father continued, “So you should all try to be like the peanut, because it is neither grand nor beautiful, but useful.”“Does that mean that people should try to be useful rather than famous or great?”I asked.“That is what I hope of you all,” Father replied.We talked late into the night before dispersing. Although we ate all the peanuts that evening, Father’s words still remain embedded in my mind.（杨宪益、戴乃迭译）。

《落花生》英译文对比赏析-精品文档（精品文档）《落花生》英译文对比赏析【】The paper will compare and appreciate the two English versions―Peanuts written by Xu Dishan from the perspective of aesthetic process. The article will specifically appreciate these two English versions from these following three processes：cognition， process and reproduction. The translation of prose needs consideration of aesthetics and only in this way can the translators achieve an excellent likeness with the original text.一、关于落花生《落花生》是现代散文家许地山先生的杰作，发表于20世纪20年代，正是由于其“质朴淳厚、意境深远”，而被誉为现代散文的经典。

《落花生》一文主要追忆作者年幼时，父亲以花生为榜样，来告诫子女做人真理。

父亲的话对作者一生影响深远。

这篇散文以叙事的方式，进行了独具匠心的表达，语言平实、简明精当，但意趣深远，寓理于物。

本文从翻译美学理论之翻译审美过程来对《落花生》两个英译本进行对比赏析，分别为张培基先生译本（以下简称“张译”），刘士聪先生译本（以下简称“刘译”），来领略散文英译的妙处。

二、关于翻译美学之翻译审美过程1.认识。

要想成功地传译原文所具备的美学信息，须对源语有深刻、彻底地认识。

而这种认识既包括原文语言结构美，也包括风格、意境和文化内涵之美。

总之，译文一定要与原文达到“神似”的境界。

落花生赏析原文：我们屋后有半亩隙地。

母亲说：“让它荒芜着怪可惜，既然你们那么爱吃花生，就辟来做花生园罢。

”我们几姊弟和几个小丫头都很喜欢——买种的买种，动土的动土，灌园的灌园；过不了几个月，居然收获了！《落花生》许地山译文1（张培基）：Behind our house there lay half a mou vacant land. Mother said: “It’s a pity to let it lie waste. Since you all like to eat peanuts so very much, why not plant some here?” That exhilarated us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants. We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months!Peanuts Xu Dishan译文2（刘士聪）：At the back of our house there was half a mu of unused land. “It’s a pity to let it lie idle like that,” Mother said. “Since you all enjoy eating peanuts, let us open it up and make it a peanut garden.” At that my brother, sister and I were all delighted and so were the young housemaids.And then some went to buy seeds, some began to dig up the ground and others watered it and, in a couple of months, we had a harvest!Peanuts Xu Dishan译文3（中国文学出版社编）：Behind our house there was a patch of land. “It would be a pity to let it go wild”said Mother.“I suggest that since you are all so fond of peanuts you should grow some there.”We children and the little maidservants were all delighted. Some of us bought seeds, some dug up the plot and others watered it. In just a few months we had a harvest.赏析：散文是一种多以描写真实事件为基础的能够抒发个人感情的文章，在结构上注重层次，往往以生动简洁来打动读者的心扉。