英語四級翻譯積累訓練3
和諧源自人的內(nèi)心。健康的人格,良好的心態(tài),既關(guān)乎個人的身心和諧,也關(guān)乎社會的和諧穩(wěn)定。一個內(nèi)心失調(diào)、失衡的人,一個心中充溢著焦躁、郁悶甚至仇恨的人,往往自己會同自己過不去,還會同周圍環(huán)境過不去,人生是無法和諧得起來的。心平才能氣和,內(nèi)和才能外順。保持身心和諧,我們要以平和之心思考問題,多一點理性、少一點感性,多一點睿智、少一點混沌,多一點冷靜、少一點浮躁,多一點淡然、少一點癡迷,多一點大度、少一點偏執(zhí)。
【答案解析】
Harmony
Harmony is derived from the inner heart of people.Wholesome personality and sound mentality are concerned not only with the harmony of individual's mind and body,but also with the social harmony and stability.A mentally disturbed and imbalanced person infatuated with anxiety ,oppression or even hatred tends to make things difficult for himself and also finds it difficult to get along with his surroundings,it is impossible to have harmony in his life.Only a calm mind can ensure an even temper;and only the inner harmony can make one get along smoothly.Therefore,we should think with a calm mind,with more rationality and less sensitivity,more wit and less confusion,more calmness and less fickleness,more indifference and less obsession,more generosity and less prejudice.
分析:
一個內(nèi)心失調(diào)、失衡的人,一個心中充溢著焦躁、郁悶甚至仇恨的人,往往自己會同自己過不去,還會同周圍環(huán)境過不去,人生是無法和諧得起來的。
本句很長,如果譯成一個句子,會造成英文太過于復雜,因此把同前面的意思銜接不是很緊密的部分“人生是無法和諧得起來的”另起一句。同時注意“同自己過不去”的翻譯方法,譯成“make things difficult for himself”。
英語四級翻譯積累訓練二:
書是我青春期的戀人,中年的知己,暮年的伴侶。有了它,我就不再憂愁寂寞,不再怕人情冷暖,世態(tài)炎涼。它使我成為精神世界的富翁。我真的是“不可一日無此君”。當我忙完了,累極了;當我憤怒時,苦惱時,我就想親近它,因為這是一種絕妙的安撫。
【答案解析】
答案:
Books are my beloved in youth,my soul mate in middle age,and my companion in my later years.With books at my side,I will never feel lonely,nor fear social snobbery or fickleness of the world.Books have made me wealthy in the inner world.I cannot do without them even for a single day.When I am tired after finishing my work,or when I am angry or in a bad mood,I will try to get close to books for comfort,fot it is a wonderful way for me to find spiritual consolation.
分析:
1.有了它,我就不再憂愁寂寞,不再怕人情冷暖,世態(tài)炎涼。
原文存在兩個“不再”的并列否定結(jié)構(gòu),宜使用連詞結(jié)構(gòu)“never…nor…”將其意義緊密地聯(lián)系起來。“有了它”用“with”引導的介詞短語來呈現(xiàn)。“人情冷暖”: social snobbery;“世態(tài)炎涼” fickleness of the world。
2.我真的是“不可一日無此君”。
“不可一日無此君”采用英文結(jié)構(gòu)“can not do without”,表示“沒有…而不能活,難受”,故譯成“I cannot do without them even for a single day”,符合原文的意思。