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not see the Winter Palace with their own eyes→不能目睹圆明园的丰姿
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could dream about it→能在梦幻中身临其境
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in the gloaming→在冥冥之中
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a breath-taking masterpiece→令人叹为观止的艺术杰作
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不难窥见,“丰姿”、“身临其境”、“在冥冥之中”、“令人叹为观止”等的推出均基于吃透原文后的顺理成章的逻辑演绎,译文的文采胜过原文。
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2.2.2.2 形象演绎
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He rose joint by joint, as a carpenter’s rule opens.
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像打开一支木工曲尺似的,他一节一节地从地上硬撑起来。
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a carpenter’s rule→一支木工曲尺
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he rose→他……从地上硬撑起来
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译文中的“曲”、“硬撑”等表达,皆不可小视,系据原文的内涵形象作了合情合理的演绎,译文的形象感在原文之上。
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The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad, deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest.
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山岩壁立,不可逾越。岩顶上一道瀑布,飞流直下,水花四溅,雾气弥漫,山泉轰然落入一个宽广的深潭,周围树林的影子,使得潭水一片黝黑。
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over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam…
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→岩顶上一道瀑布,飞流直下,水花四溅,雾气弥漫
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此译让读者见到了山涧水流的一幅动势图,译者的形象思维成功发力,译文之写景,忠于原文,却更趋逼真生动,甚至令原文中的个别遣词(如a sheet of feathery foam等)显得苍白。
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2.2.2.3 意境演绎
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意境为语言艺术作品通过形象描写所表现出来的境界和情调。它是所描述的景象和所表现的情意相交融的产物。意境的追求和创造,是修辞上获得最佳表达效果所必需的。在文学翻译中,译者以追求原作的意境为己任,以再创造等同的意境为目标。意境美是翻译的重要属性之一。需要采取何种译法,才能表现出此一属性?从戏剧作家玛丽安(Maryann)的翻译经验谈中可以找出上述问题的答案。玛丽安用形象语言描述翻译之艰难:“求译一词,犹如怀胎十月。一词改译,不啻孕期流产。一词难译,甚于辗转难产。一词译成,犹如一朝分娩。”下文续云:“译者必须置身于剧中,有如亲临其境(present at the very spot),亲历其事(invloved in the very occurrence),亲睹其人(witnessing the very parties concerned),亲道其语(iterating the very utterances);亲尝其甘,亲领其苦(experiencing the very joy and annoyance);亲受其祸,亲享其福(sharing the very weal and woe);亲得其乐,亲感其悲(partaking of the glee and grief)。”〔6〕上述引文的主旨是要求翻译戏剧必须进入角色。请看以下诸例:
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Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.
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其后,河面逐渐展宽,两岸相距愈远,水流趋缓,最后则流入大海,与海水融为一体,海天一色,平心静气地结束其单独存在的那一段历程。
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without any visible break→海天一色
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painlessly→平心静气地
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原句中的without any visible break和painlessly均为翻译难点,译者居高临下,不受制于字词转换,而立足于一种意境的造设与渲染。“海天一色”拔高了原词的意境,而“平心静气地”则强化了拟人意境。译文用几个长短相近的句式的舒缓排列,烘托了大江下游烟波浩渺、天水合一之景。
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Some fishing boats were becalmed just in front of us. Their shadows slept, or almost slept, upon that water, a gentle quivering alone showing that it was not complete sleep, or if sleep, that it was sleep with dreams.
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曾经有人如此“忠实”地翻译了上段:
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