[英语学习]2Hiroshima.ppt

Hiroshima: the “Liveliest” City in Japan by Jacques Danvoir Comment on the 2 translations Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai… 1. 不管在哪一条街，不管你在清真寺还是客栈的门前，都可以透过门洞瞥见一个阳光满地的庭院。（史正永 3） 2. 门口透出阳光的庭院随处可见1 ，或许是一座清真寺的门口2 ，或许是一家商旅客栈的门口。（李正林，张名高 20） My comments on Example 1 Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai… 1. 不管在哪一条街，不管你在清真寺还是客栈的门前，都可以透过门洞瞥见一个阳光满地的庭院。（史正永 3） 1. Every here and there means quite often at one place or another, not everywhere. Hence, the expression of 不管…都… is not an equivalent to the original idea. 2. The fact is that you are now (and actually throughout the whole text) definitely inside the bazaar, not in a Mosque or a caravansary. This translation, however, either obscures or misinterprets this fact, seeming to suggest that the writer (or any visitor) is looking into the bazaar from outside. My comments on Example 2 Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai… 门口透出阳光的庭院随处可见1 ，或许是一座清真寺的门口2 ，或许是一家商旅客栈的门口。（李正林，张名高 20） My comments: 1. Every here and there means every now and then, often at one place or another or quite often, not everywhere 随处（可见）. 2. Before a Mosque 是 “在清真寺的前面”，未必是“清真寺的门口”。 （“主楼前面有一些汽车”不等于“主楼门口有一些汽车”。） Therefore I think this translation is at least not accurate. In a bazaar In a bazaar courtyard: an area enclosed by walls or buildings, often opening off a street my translation Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai… 不时地，透过这个市场的一个个门口，你可以瞥见外面日照下的场院，这场院或许是在一个清真寺的前面，或者是在一个客栈前面… Background Information 1. Hiroshima, the city By the beginning of WWII, Hiroshima was the 7th largest city in Japan, with a population of 350,000. During the war it was a regional army headquarters as well as a major rail centre and producer of war materials. 2. The atomic