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笔者：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: Ronggui, I think it is better to retain the marriage reference.
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故译文中应有所增译：Mom, your worries about my marrige have all come true.
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此外，后译使用了一非人称主语句After thirty the voice of Mom invariably triggers my crying，也为译文添色不少。此内容稍后再析。
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二十岁的时候，我直想往前冲，谁也别挡我。三十岁之后，我真想赖着不走啊，又快过年了。
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【原译】At the age of twenty, I dashed forward without any apprehension. In my thirties, I strive to hang on to the moment: another New Year is looming.
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【改译】At the age of twenty, I dashed forward without any concern for the passing days and years. In my thirties, I strive to hang on to every moment. Unfortunately, another New Year looms on the horizon.
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原句同样写得非常含蓄，没有末尾的“又快过年了”，上文的寓意有几分模糊，读者可能从字面意义去解读。学生原译文维系了原句的朦胧，英语的native speakers能接受吗？笔者与Bill Hofmann，之间有如下对话：
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笔者：The Chinese text seems to be vague and implicit; the literal version done by my student goes like this: “At the age of twenty, I dashed forward without any apprehension. In my thirties, I strive to hang on to the moment: another New Year is looming.” Could you understand and accept this literal version?
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Bill: The literal version is ok. But I would make a few changes: “At the age of twenty, I dashed forward without any concern for the passing days and years. In my thirties, I strive to hang on to every moment. Unfortunately, another New Year looms on the horizon.”
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由于添加了without any concern for the passing days and years，云飞雾散，朦胧顿消！
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二十岁的时候，我想出名要趁早，一个人到了三十岁还籍籍无名那还活个什么劲儿呀？三十岁之后，名是不指望了，只希望在四十岁的时候能像我老板一样有钱。
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【原译】At the age of twenty, I said, to gain fame, the earlier the better. How dull it should be one is still unknown in her thirties! In my thirties, reputation is no longer my desire. I only have a wish to be as rich as my boss in my forties.
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【改译】At the age of twenty, it’s better to be famous before it’s too late, I believed. What would be the spice of life for a person deserted by fame when approaching thirty? After thirty, fame seems still beyond reach, yet being as rich as my boss at forty becomes my new dream.
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英语既然是重分析的语言，其语法必有其特色。语言学家王力先生曾断言：西洋语法是硬的，没有弹性；中国语法是软的，富有弹性。中国语法以达意为主。所谓“硬”、所谓“没有弹性”，一个重要的标志是：英语是形合（Hypotaxis）语言，在句子的各成分之间必须用形形色色的含逻辑关系的Connectives将其串联起来。而汉语的所谓“软”和“弹性”，就是无须Connectives的串联，而其内部的逻辑关系自明。故汉语又被称为意合（Parataxis）语言。比如朱自清在他的短文《匆匆》中写道：
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燕子去了，有再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，有再开的时候。但是，聪明的，你告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？其相应的英译是：
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Swallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again. Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?
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英译出现了三个but，这三个but在native speakers的心目中是非加不可的。不加，即非正宗英语。让我们回过头再读朱自清原句。假设，将三个“但是”硬性插入，那将是何种滋味？
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英译中的黑体字即Connectives，它们的出现，顿令译文生色。
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另，《一个女人是这样衰老的》全文在频做20岁与30岁的对比，根据英语表达习惯，两项对比间，应用连词while，如At the age of twenty…, while at thirty…。但是，Bill教授对此有不同意见：
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The balance and parallelism is so strong in these statements, I think you could omit the WHILE. However, in the first set, I would probably repeat the phrase AT THE AGE OF THIRTY. Thereafter, even that could be dropped, keeping only AT THIRTY.
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可见，语言有规律可循，但并不存在万能的规律。
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二十岁的时候，挤在人头攒动的公共大巴上，吃着甜筒，挺开心。三十岁之后，看见破旧肮脏的的士都心烦，拜托！油价一跌，就去买车吧，一路开往小康。
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【原译】At the age of twenty, I felt happy squeezed in a crammed bus eating an ice-cream. After I have turned thirty, I hate to look at the dirty, worn-out taxis. Thank goddess! Once the oil price declines, I’ll buy a car to myself and drive all the way to a comfortable life.
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【改译】At the age of twenty, I felt so contented sandwiched in a jammed bus, eating ice cream. After thirty, even the sight of a shabby and sordid taxi may sicken me. Ok! When the oil price goes down, I’ll buy a car and drive along the road of Well-To-Do.
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