《色,戒》小说的英译
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《色,戒》英译本出自Julia Lovell 女士之手。Lovell 女士是剑桥大学中国历史和文学教授,已出版多部中国题材的著作和译作。比如最新的《长城:中国面对世界》(The Great Wall: China Against the World, 1000 BC-AD 2000)以及韩少功的《马桥词典》英译本等。

张爱玲小说的翻译,似乎只有女性能胜任。不说文思细密,就是那服装和打扮的描写,比如王佳芝在麻将桌上的装扮,令我等望而却步:“云鬓蓬松往上扫,后发齐肩,光着手臂,电蓝水渍纹缎齐膝旗袍,小圆角衣领只半寸高,像洋服一样。领口一只别针,与碎钻镶蓝宝石的'纽扣'耳环成套。”

Lovell 女士却信笔译来,举重若轻: “She had her hair pinned nonchalantly back from her face, then allowed to hang down to her shoulders. Her sleeveless cheongsam of electric blue moiré satin reached to the knees, its shallow, rounded collar standing1 only half an inch tall, in the western style. A brooch fixed2 to the collar matched her diamond-studded sapphire3 button earrings4.”

我另外摘录小说中关键场景译文如下,作为汉译英范例,与英语同好们共同学习:

在珠宝店,王佳芝心神不宁,在钻戒的璀璨里,为情而伤。

“这个人是真爱我的,她突然想,心下轰然一声,若有所失。”

He really loves me, she thought. Inside she felt a raw tremor5 of shock—then a vague sense of loss.

易先生脱险后,余悸未消,心系红颜,悔愧交加。

“她临终一定恨他。不过'无毒不丈夫'.不是这样的男子汉,她也不会爱他。”

She must have hated him at the end. But real men have to be ruthless. She wouldn't have loved him if he'd been the sentimental6 type.

“得一知己,死而无憾。他觉得她的影子会永远依傍他,安慰他。虽然她恨他,她最后对他的感情强烈到是什么感情都不相干了,只是有感情。他们是原始的猎人与猎物的关系,虎与伥的关系,最终极的占有。她这才生是他的人,死是他的鬼。”

But now that he had enjoyed the love of a beautiful woman, he could die happily-without regret. He could feel her shadow forever near him, comforting him. Even though she had hated him at the end, she had at least felt something. And now he possessed7 her utterly8, primitively-as a hunter does his quarry9, a tiger his kill. Alive, her body belonged to him; dead, she was his ghost.



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1 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
2 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
3 sapphire ETFzw     
n.青玉,蓝宝石;adj.天蓝色的
参考例句:
  • Now let us consider crystals such as diamond or sapphire.现在让我们考虑象钻石和蓝宝石这样的晶体。
  • He left a sapphire ring to her.他留给她一枚蓝宝石戒指。
4 earrings 9ukzSs     
n.耳环( earring的名词复数 );耳坠子
参考例句:
  • a pair of earrings 一对耳环
  • These earrings snap on with special fastener. 这付耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tremor Tghy5     
n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震
参考例句:
  • There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
  • A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。
6 sentimental dDuzS     
adj.多愁善感的,感伤的
参考例句:
  • She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定。
  • We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。
7 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
8 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
9 quarry ASbzF     
n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找
参考例句:
  • Michelangelo obtained his marble from a quarry.米开朗基罗从采石场获得他的大理石。
  • This mountain was the site for a quarry.这座山曾经有一个采石场。
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