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沉默了很长时间的丈夫，突然说出这样的话来，而且在声音中还带着一丝藏不住的伤感。
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A tinge of melancholy was tangible in my husband’s voice, which broke the long silence.
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原文动词“说”的主语是丈夫。译者笔力不凡，变汉语的人称主语为英语非人称主语A tinge of melancholy！更妙的是，定语从句的关系词which的先行词也是非人称的voice。一个非人称主语（A tinge of melancholy）接另一个非人称主语（voice），让读者品味再三的竟是定语从句中的动宾结构：broke the long silence。
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反观汉语原文，英译似乎更符合“一气呵成”（Coherence）的行文原则！英译A tinge of melancholy was tangible in my husband’s voice, which broke the long silence的上句是“丈夫”突然说出的一句话，话既出口，英译马上跟着描绘丈夫的语音——A tinge of melancholy，如此紧密契合，汉语原句所不如也。
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声音是那么肯定而平静。而我好像突然明白了一直不做声的丈夫心中的那一份痛惜的感觉，就像是一个顽童突然看到了他顽劣的后果。
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His voice was so sure yet so calm. It suddenly dawned on me that taciturn as he had been all the time, there was regret deep in his heart. I was awe-struck like a mischievous boy brought face to face with the damage he had done.
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汉语原句的“我好像突然明白了……”系句子核心，主语“我”则是核心之核心。不料相应的英译又心裁别出，采用了一个英语广为使用的句式：It suddenly dawned on somebody that…。
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细辨It指代的内容，不是也不可能指代“我”，而是用于固定句型中的一种非人称的指式。英译以It suddenly dawned on me牵头，同样短小精干，构成了英句之美。此外，主语It隐含了一种逻辑力量；它是模糊的，又是清晰的。这个It囊括了上句的全部内容——his voice, sure, calm等等。从逻辑上汉语原句的逻辑就显得松散，因为在“声音是那么肯定而平静”之后，必须绕到人称主语“我”上去。
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浏览我国古典名著的英译本，常令人赞叹英语的非人称主语句为英译增色添彩。如：
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偌大景致，若干亭榭，无字标题，也觉寥落无趣，任有花柳山水，也断不能生色。（《红楼梦》第五回）
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上句是典型的汉语的无主句，但是读者并不计较，“也觉寥落无趣”一句已足以暗示，主语是人也。而杨戴译本译文如下：
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On the other hand, if we leave the chief sights and pavilions without a single name or couplet until her visit, the garden, however lovely with its flowers and willows, rocks and streams, cannot fully reveal its charm.
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“生色”二字被自如地译成了reveal its charm，已经别致。寻其主语，原来是the garden! the garden cannot fully reveal its charm即为句子的主干，是典型的Impersonal Subject Sentence，与汉语原句相映成趣。
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我们所说的Impersonal Subject Sentence，并非只限于一种简单的句型，即S＋V＋O的句型，请看以下两个译例：
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原来这藕香榭盖在池中，四面有窗，左右有曲廊可通，亦是跨水接岸，后面又有曲折竹桥暗接。（《红楼梦》第九回）
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杨戴译本的译文是：
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This pavilion, built in the middle of the lake, had windows on all four sides, twisting corridors on left and right leading to both shores and, behind, a winding bamboo bridge connecting it with the bank.
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英译twisting corridors on left and right leading to both shores就是不可多得的佳译，这不是Impersonal Subject Sentence，而是一个独立主格结构，一个具有Impersonal Subject Sentence性质的结构。
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句子共计36个单词，洋洋洒洒，但若计算其谓语动词，仅有一个词而已——had！句子结构稳妥，短的在前，长的在后，是地道的英语结构。
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又如，在《儒林外史》第三回有这样一句：
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屠户被众人局不过，只得连斟两碗喝了，壮一壮胆，把方才这些小心收起，将平日的凶恶样子拿出来。
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杨戴译文是：
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Butcher Hu had to give in. Two bowls of wine bolstered up his courage, making him lose his scruples and start his usual rampaging.
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Two bowls of wine bolstered up his courage已是精彩的Impersonal Subject Sentence，但是，紧跟其后的现在分词短语making him lose his scruples and start his usual rampaging也值得我们咀嚼，它同样具有Impersonal Subject Sentence的性质！短短一句，尽现Impersonal Subject Sentence之风采。英译的句子结构更趋紧密，行文更趋流畅，逻辑也就更一致。
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4.2.4 扮靓Impersonal Subject Sentence之关键：动词
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