2022翻译硕士(MTI)考研复习:英译中国现代散文选(四十七)
The Grave
Guo Moruo
Yesterday morning, while wandering about alone in a pine forest, I amused myself by piling up a small sand-hill under an old pine tree.
“Let this be my own grave,” said I.
Picking up a piece of white stone, I scribbled my name on it and said, “Let this be my own gravestone.”
On either side of the grave, I transplanted a pine sapling to keep it company.
This morning, recalling the grave, I went to pay a visit to it.
But the grave was nowhere to be found though I searched every nook and corner of the dense forest. Where was it gone to?
O ye remains of my yesterday’s dead self, it was your own soul that had come to mourn at the grave! Where was my grave gone to?
注释:
(1)“戏筑了一座砂丘”的意思是“堆起一座砂丘以自娱”,现译为I amused myself by piling up a small sand-hill,也可译为I piled up for fun a small sandhill。“筑”在这里作“堆积”解,故译为piling up,不宜按字面译为building或constructing等。译文中的small是添加成分,原文虽无其词而有其意。
(2)“这便是我自己的坟墓了”含有说话者的意图,故译文用祈使句表达:Let this be my own grave,和This shall be my own grave同义。
(3)“稚松”即“松树苗”,故译为pine sapling。
(4)“凭吊”在此作“探望”解,译to pay a visit to即可,不必译为to pay homage to或to pay respects to等。
(5)“啊,死了的我昨日的尸骸哟”译为O ye remains of my yesterday’s dead self,其中ye作“你”解,属古语,在此用以烘托散文诗的格调。
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