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26-07-01 08:41 微博认证:校园博主 超话主持人(国家博物馆超话)

#CATTI[超话]# 翻译词条(第3564期)
♦ 世上本没有路,走的人多了也便成了路。
♦ 英文译文
译法一:There is no path in the world; only when many walk it does it become a road.
译法二:Paths are not made by themselves; they are formed by the footsteps of many.
译法三:The world has no roads; only when many pass do they become paths.
【出处:鲁迅《故乡》。译法一为杨宪益、戴乃迭;译法二为意译;译法三为通用流传版】
♦ 注释:原文是哲理句式,强调“从无到有”的过程。杨戴译法(译法一)用分号分隔,后半句倒装(only when... does it),保留了原文的递进关系。译法二用被动式 are formed 改写,将主动“走出”转为“形成”,稍显被动。译法三用 paths 替代 road,更口语,但 pass 偏“经过”而非“走”。学习点:倒装句型(译法一)在英语中能有效强调“多数人走”的条件,比平铺直叙(译法二)更贴近原文的“也便成了”的因果语气。#校园##CATTI##四六级英语##IELTS#

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