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You must know such people. They are not rich people, perfectly healthy, or people without sorrows. On the contrary, they have had a full measure of misfortune. But they have never faltered in their outlook on life, in their supreme faith in all things working together for good, in their belief that they are in this world to help where help is needed. What a consolation such people are! We go to them in entire confidence. We leave them the better and the brighter, with a firmer step, and the determination to win through our difficulties. They are “facing south”.
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我们肯定认识这样的人。他们并不富有，并非身强体健，也非事事顺心。相反，他们曾经遭遇过形形色色的不幸。但是，他们从未动摇过自己的人生观，他们崇尚一切都会变得更好，相信他们在这个世界上就是为了帮助那些需要帮助的人。这样的人能给我们多大的安慰啊！我们信心十足地投奔他们，离开时，我们豁然开朗、步伐坚定，并带着战胜一切困难的决心。他们是“朝南”的人。
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We go to them in entire confidence. We leave them the better and the brighter…一句写得何等畅快淋漓！译者将原句的go to them译成“投奔”他们，在口吻上，在语义的传递上，岂不更值得玩味？
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2 以精确译模糊
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汉语在“模糊中传递语义，朦胧中孕育意境”，而英语则反其道而行之，逻辑与分析携手，语义清朗，表述精确。
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审美再现，即译者将自己经过识别、转化、加工的审美体验赋之于目的语。将汉语译成英语，译者所进行的审美再现的主要工作就是以逻辑驱走模糊，以分析排斥朦胧。换言之，即以精确译模糊。如：
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满树金花，芳香四溢的金桂；花白如雪，香气扑鼻的银桂；红里透黄，花多味浓的紫砂桂；花色似银，季季有花的四季桂；竞相开放，争妍媲美。进入桂林公园，阵阵桂香扑鼻而来。
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上段文字，可谓以神驭形之汉语表达之典范。词意重复，词藻堆砌，在很大程度上是出于行文工仗的需要，一些文字意义模糊，且有些花名很难找到相应的英译。亦步亦趋的英译只会使译文读者莫名其妙，因此就必须以精确译模糊，尽量使原文的含义摆脱朦胧，走近明朗。
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The Park of Sweet Osmanthus is noted for its profusion of osmanthus trees. Flowers from these trees in different colours are in full bloom which pervade the whole park with fragrance of their blossoms.
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若将译文再“回译”为汉语，其汉语表达可以是：
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桂花公园以其众多的桂花而著名，园内桂树上色彩各异的桂花盛开，使公园充满了花的香味。
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妙哉，回译！回译，如黑夜的闪电，顿时照亮了英语和汉语的本质区别，让我们怦然心动！回译，如登山之索道，把我们送上了陡峭的顶峰，让我们从容鸟瞰英语和汉语之异同！汉语，就是这样，意境细腻，文采斐然，表意朦胧；英语，就是这样，干净利落，句意豁然，逻辑明晰！
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上海东方网上有一篇短文《一个女人是这样衰老的》，其中有这样一个段落：
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二十岁的时候，老妈打电话，不等说完三句就恨不能挂了电话。三十岁之后，一听到妈的声音就禁不住哭出声来：“妈呀，您老的所有担心现在都应验了……”
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此句貌似句意晓畅明朗，其实却暗藏模糊。“您老的所有担心”的具体内容到底是什么？汉语，就是如此玄妙！明言，则拙，不言，则灵。不言而喻，不言自明！一个女孩，从20到30岁的光阴逝于瞬间，母亲的最大心事是什么？女儿之终身大事也。悲哉，30出头，仍形影相吊，孑身一人！
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你不能如此猜度西方人士：照汉语原文的直译，特别是那种朦胧模糊的表达的直译，他们也一定能懂，能像我们一样去感悟影射、感受内涵、感觉弦外之音、感应无穷奥妙。不能期望以英语为母语者具有我们所具有的“听话听音”的能力，不能期望以英语为母语者和我们一样心有灵犀。
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依样画葫芦的译文，或者说保留了模糊的译文，便是老外们的一粒苦果，至少有雾里看花的窘迫。不知此理的译者，有如此译文：
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At the age of twenty, when mother phones me, I am anxious to hang up immediately. After the age of thirty, on hearing mother’s voice on the phone, I cannot help crying out, “Mom, all that you worried about have come true.”
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“您老的所有担心”直译成了all that you worried about。如此直译，如此以模糊译模糊，是否行得通呢？西方人是否能接受呢？笔者就这个具体问题请教了美国教授Bill Hoffman，让他谈谈自己的感受。我们之间的对话如下：
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Mao: Bill, the Chinese text does not contain “my marriage”. If in the version I do not add “about my marriage”, could you native speakers understand the implied meaning?
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Bill: Mao, I think it is better to retain the marriage reference.
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Bill的回答，又让我想起了傅雷先生的一个观察：“东方人与西方人之思想方式有基本分歧，我人重综合，重归纳，重暗示，重含蓄；西方人则重分析，细微曲折，挖掘惟恐不尽，描写惟恐不周。”
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上句参考译文：
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At the age of twenty, while talking with my mother over the phone, I would hang up before my mother had hardly any utterance. After thirty the voice of Mom invariably triggers my weep and wail, “Mom, your worries about my marriage have all come true.”
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