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The height of Hua Shan Mountain is really beyond my imagination. I regretted that I had climbed without carrying food. （作者登山而未携带食物）
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The mountain was so high that our food could not be sufficient to support our trip to the top. （作者登山却半途而废）
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其实，上句可译：
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I have no idea how many thousand feet high the Huashan Mountains are and regret very much not having been able to pack up some dry provisions and go exploring them for a few days.
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以下一段文字，略含文言：
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某君昆仲，今隐其名，皆余昔日在中学时良友；分隔多年，消息渐阙。日前偶闻其一大病，适归故乡，迂道往访，则仅晤一人，言病者其弟也。
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译者却无法理解其中的“昆仲”、“阙”、“迂道”、“晤”等表达。由于对“昆仲”二字理解有误（将“昆仲”理解为某君之姓名），其译成了典型“乱译”：
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A person called Kunzhong, whose name I am not going to mention, was my good friend in high school. After long time no see, news about him gradually arrived. I heard that he was seriously sick one day, and he was just at hometown, so I went to call him in a roundabout way. But I did meet himself alone, who told me that his younger brother was also sick.
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略有文言基础者，便能译成：
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Twobrothers，whose name I need not mention here, were both good friends of mine in high school. After a separation of many years we gradually lost touch. Some time ago I happened to hear that one of them was seriously ill, and since I was going back to my old home I broke my journey to call on them. I saw only one, however, who told me that the invalid was his younger brother.
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这是一个“无错不成书”的年代，笔者曾请硕士生帮忙校对（proofread）一书。请硕士生校对，岂非杀鸡用牛刀？开始，我也这么想。结果却很失望。错字、别字明明白白地放在那里。比如“按步就班”、“机器按装”、“不贬眼睛”、“不卑不坑”等等，均从硕士生的眼皮底下溜走了！错的没有改正，正确的却被改歪了！让人哭笑不得也。比如：
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那猴子原来第一回爬树偷果子。他把金击子鼓了一下，那果子扑的落将下来。（《西游记》第二十四回）
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Now there is nothing that monkeys are better at than climbing trees to steal fruit, and one blow from the golden rod sent the man fruit tumbling down.
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贾政笑道：“倒是此处有些道理。固然系人力穿凿，此时一见，未免勾起我归农之意，我们且进去歇息歇息。”（《红楼梦》第十七回）
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“I see the point of this place,” declared Jia Zheng. “Although artificially made, the sight of it tempts one to retire to the country. Let us go in and rest a while.”
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在校对以上汉语原文时，一硕士生做以下“校正”：
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那果子扑的落将下来→那果子扑的落了下来（此君认为“落将下来”表达错了，因而改成“落了下来”。）
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未免勾起我归农之意→未免勾起我归田之意（此君认为“归农”应该改成“归田”，因为汉语有“解甲归田”的成语呀！）
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面对此君振振有辞的辩解，笔者一时语塞。走入书房，取出《西游记》，翻到第二十四回（万寿山大仙留故友/五庄观行者窃人参），再取出《红楼梦》翻到第十七回（大观园试才题对额/荣国府归省庆元宵）。对照了原文之后，此君方才醒悟。
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多少年来，在许多人的意识里，似乎只有用纯粹的白话才是翻译之正道，而“半文不白”、“文白夹杂”的译文则多遭贬斥。
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语言要走向现代，其表现应该是多元的，不仅依靠增加新词和外来语，还应依靠传统。推陈出新，丰富自身。只有当语言有较多的传统文化积淀和继承时，它才会有品位，更前卫。若是一味拒斥文言，追求百分之百的白话，语言将丧失典雅，而味同嚼蜡。
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文言的介入，语言一下子就浓缩了，雅化了。因为浓缩，就有了令人回味的余地；因为雅化，就有了书卷味和文采。相对英语而言，这是现代汉语的具有鲜明个性的美之所在。
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请欣赏：
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建筑也是新式的，简洁不罗嗦，痛快之至。……威尼斯的玻璃器皿，刻花皮件，都是名产，以典丽风华胜，缂丝也不错。大理石小雕像，是著名大品的缩本，比出于名手的还有味。
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“痛快之至”、“以典丽风华胜”、“出于名手”都散发浓郁的文言味，又与“简洁不罗嗦”、“还有味”等典型的口语自然地融为一体。
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