论矫情翻译讲解 (2).pptVIP

节选自英国著名政治家切斯菲尔德勋爵（Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773）散文《论矫情》（“Upon Affectation”），语言优美，是英国散文精品。;散文翻译的注意点;散文的翻译注意点;How Natural Talents are Made;;;;And the kinder they think the latter has been to them, the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former. 同学译本： 上天越对他们眷顾有加，他们越会埋怨命运的不公平。 他们对天赋差异计较得越少，对命运不公抱怨得便越多。 ;;;并列性词语的语体色彩和感情色彩;of such and such，of such and such others;正确理解词组;忠实，语势;;;The truth is that, nature, seldom profuse, and seldom niggardly, has distributed her gifts more equally than she is generally supposed to have done. ;主体与客体;; I make no doubt but that there are potentially, if I may use that pedantic word, many Bacons, Lockes, Newtons, Caesars, Cromwells, and Marlboroughs at the plough-tail, behind counters, and perhaps, even among the nobility; but the soil must be cultivated, and the season favourable, for the fruit to have all its spirit and flavour.;;spirit and flavour; 我并不怀疑在农田间，在柜台后，在贵族中庶几（若我可以用这么文绉绉的词）蛰伏着很多培根们，洛克们，牛顿们，凯撒们，克伦威尔们和马尔伯勒们，但是就如要培育出生机盎然，芳香扑鼻的果实一样，必须要有辛勤耕耘过土地，并辅之以合适的季节。 ; 大多数人都对命运满腹牢骚，却鲜少有人抱怨天性。他们越是想到天性对他们厚爱有加，就越是嘀咕命运的所谓不公。对于命运，人们常常发出这样的诘难：凭什么我不像某某那样家财万贯，位高权重；而对于天性，人们很少甚至从不会有这样的责备：为什么我没有某人那样的优点，才貌双全？ 事实上，自然远比人们想象中的更为公平，她总是不偏不倚地把天赋均分给每个人,既不过分慷慨，也不过分吝啬。而真正造就不同的是后天的教育和环境。天才的培养，既有赖于个人教养的促进，也仰仗机缘的诱导。我并不怀疑在农田间，在柜台后，在贵族中庶几（若我可以用这么文绉绉的词）蛰伏着很多培根，洛克，牛顿，凯撒，克伦威尔和马尔伯勒，但是就如要培育出生机盎然，芳香扑鼻的果实一??，必须要有辛勤耕耘过土地，并辅之以合适的季节。 ;Summary;