张培基英译散文《书的抒情》
书的抒情的作家把自己写的书，送给亲友，献与读者，是最大的愉快。接下来，小编给大家准备了张培基英译散文《书的抒情》,欢迎大家参考与借鉴。
张培基英译散文《书的抒情》
书的抒情
Eulogizing Books
柯灵
Ke Ling
| 译文摘自张培基《英译中国散文选二》
说到书，我很动感情。因为它给我带来温暖，我对它满怀感激。
I always think of books with profound feeling, being deeply indebted to them, as I am, for the warmth they have brought me.
要点：
1，题目“书的抒情“在此不宜直译，通过文章内容，我们可以将其理解为”书赞“译为Eulogizing Books或A Eulogy on Books,简译为On Bookes也是可以的，但缺乏感情色彩，不及前者贴切~
2，“说到书，我很动感情”即“我对书有很深的感情”，故译为I always think of books with profound feeling
3，“因为它给我带来温暖，我对它满怀感激。“译为being deeply indebted to them, as I am, for the warmth they have brought me。英汉差异的原因，英语中表示原因的句子通常后置(如果不是表特殊强调的话~)，这点在英译汉时尤为凸显综述：柯灵的散文一项讲究文字的优美洗脸，他的文章在文字上非常讲究，这点在文章的题目上就可以就看出，因此我们在翻译时，在选词和理解上要尤为注意书是我的恩师。贫穷剥夺了我童年的幸福，把我关在学校大门的外面，是书本敞开它宽厚的胸脯，接纳了我，给我以慷慨的哺育。没有书，就没有我的今天。——也许我早就委身于沟壑。
Books are my beloved teachers. In my childhood, when I was deprived of happiness and schooling by poverty, books took me to their large bosoms and nurtured me generously. It is to them that I owe what I am today. Without them, I would probably have ended up in abject misery long ago.
要点：
1，”贫穷剥夺了我童年的幸福，把我关在学校大门的外面，是书本敞开它宽厚的
胸脯，接纳了我，给我以慷慨的哺育”注意本句在合译时，，将“贫穷剥夺了我童年的
幸福，把我关在学校大门的外面”译为时间状语从句，取“书本”作主语，这种译法很巧
妙地将分句意思串联在了一起，也值得我们学习和借鉴
2，“剥夺了我童年的幸福，把我关在学校大门的外面”译者将其视为一个意思，即“剥夺了我童年的幸福和受教育的机会”，进行合译，译为was deprived of happiness and schooling by poverty
3，“沟壑”本指“溪谷”山沟，常引申指“野死之处”，因此本句意为“死无葬身之处”，
译为would probably have ended up in abject misery，意思是“结局悲惨”
综述：可以借鉴本段的合译技巧~句中出现时间状语，可将时间状语单独拿出来独立作一分句~
书是我的良友。它给我一把金钥匙，诱导我打开浅短的视界、愚昧的头脑、闭塞
的心灵，它从不吝惜对我帮助。
Books are my good friends. They have offered me a golden key to broadening
my horizons and ridding myself of stupidity and ignorance. They spare no efforts to help me.
要点：
1，注意本段词语搭配问题，中文可以说“打开视界，头脑，心灵”但译为英语就要分别找其对应的搭配了~分别为“开拓视野”以及“使我摆脱愚昧和物质”，分别译broad horizon, rid sb of sth
书是我青春期的恋人，中年的知己，暮年的伴侣，有了它，我就不再愁寂寞，不
再怕人情冷暖，世态炎凉。它使我成为精神世界的富翁。我真的是”不可一日无此君”。当我忙完了，累极了;当我愤怒时，苦恼时，我就想亲近它，因为这是一种绝妙的安抚。
Books are my sweethearts in my youth, my bosom friends in my middle age,
and my companions in m y declining years. Accompanied by books, I never feel lonely, nor fear social snobbery or fickleness of the world. They have made a rich
man of me in the inner world. I cannot do without them even for a single day. When I feel tired out after finishing my work, or when I am in a bad mood, I’ll try to get close
to books for comfort ----the best way for me to find spiritual consolation.
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