第六講 散文的翻譯風(fēng)格-荔枝蜜

1、第六講 散文的翻譯風(fēng)格-荔枝蜜 第六講 散文的翻譯風(fēng)格-荔枝蜜 第六講 散文的翻譯風(fēng)格-荔枝蜜 荔枝蜜 花鳥草蟲，凡是上得畫的，那原物往往也叫人寵愛。蜜蜂是畫家的愛物，我卻總不大喜愛。說起來可笑。孩子時(shí)候，有一回上樹掐海棠花，不想叫蜜蜂螫了一下，痛得我差點(diǎn)兒跌下來。大人告知我說：蜜蜂輕易不螫人，準(zhǔn)是誤以為你要損害它，才螫；一螫，它自己耗盡生命，也活不久了。我聽了，覺得那蜜蜂可憐，原諒它了。可是從今以后，每逢觀察蜜蜂，感情上疙疙瘩瘩的，總不怎么舒適。 a: the subjects of atistspaintings flowers, birds, grass and insects are

2、also found attractive by most people. however, although bees, are a popular feature in paintings, i do not like them. the reason behind this is quite funny. in my childhood, i once climbed a crabapple tree to pick some flowers and unexpected was stung by a bee. it was o painful that i almost fell of

3、f the tree. the grown-ups told me that bees do not ordinarily sting people, but do so only when they feel threatened. and soon after they sting you, they die. after hearing this, i took pity on the bee and forgave it. but since then, whenever i see a bee, i feel all knotted inside and very uncomfort

4、able. b: flowers, birds, grass and insects are lovely objects often appearing in paintings. ridiculously i dont like bees though they are often depicted by artists. when a child i climbed up a cherry-tree to pick some flowers and nearly fell off from a bee sting. grownups told me that bees never stu

5、ng unless they believed they were in danger, and when they did they died afterwards too. i forgave the bee for its sorrowful end. nevertheless, the very sight of it always gave me an awkward feeling since then. c: flowers, birds, grass and insects which are popular with painters, are usually delight

6、ful things. yet i never had much liking for bees though they often appear in paintings. the reason is laughable. one day when i was a child i climbed a cherry-tree to pick some blossom and got stung by a bee and the pain nearly made me fall off. grownups told me that bees never stung unless they wer

7、e afraid you were going to hurt them, and stinging someone would cost a bee its own life. when i heard that, i felt sorry for the bee and forgave it. still, after that, the sight of a bee always filled me with misgivings. 今年四月，我到廣東從化溫泉小住了幾天。四圍是山，懷里抱著一潭春水，那又濃又翠的景色，簡直是一幅青綠山水畫。剛?cè)サ漠?dāng)晚，是個(gè)陰天，間或倚著樓窗一望，驚奇啊，怎

8、么樓前憑空涌起那么多黑黝黝的小山，一重一重的，起伏不斷？記得樓前是一片比較平坦的園林，不是山。這究竟是什么幻景呢？趕到天明一看，忍不住笑了。原來是滿野的荔枝樹，一棵連一棵，每棵的葉子都密得不透縫，黑夜看去，可不就像小山似的！ a: last april i went to conghua hot-spring in guangdong for a few days stay. the spring was encircled by hills, thick with greenery, a regular painting of blue hills and green waters. it

9、was a cloudy evening when i arrived. i happened to look out the window and was surprised by the sight of dark little mounds outside the window. one after another, crowding together, they turned the grounds outside, which i remembered as level, into hilly land. what was this mysterious scene? i wonde

10、red. the next day i took a 第六講 散文的翻譯風(fēng)格-荔枝蜜 quick look and broke out laughing. what i had seen were lychee trees that grew so close together and with such thick leaves that they looked like little mounds in the evening. b: last april, i went for a short stay in the conghua spa, guangdong province in

11、the south of china. beautiful as a landscape painting, the spa was a pool of clear spring water surrounded on all sides by verdant mountains. i arrived in an overcast evening. looking out of the window by chance i was astonished to see layers upon layers of rolling dark hills rising before me. my me

12、mory had it that the hotel building faced a garden, not hills. was that an illusion? i had to laugh next morning when i looked again at a wide stretch of lychee trees, with sense foliage. they resembled small hills in the dark. c: last april, i went for a short stay in the conghua hot spring, guando

13、ng. beautiful as a traditional blue-and-green landscape painting, the spring was a pool of clear spring water surrounded on all sides by verdant mountains. i arrived one overcast evening. happening to look out of the window i was astonished to see undulating dark hills looming tier after tier before

14、 me. the view from the guest house, as i remembered it, was of a level garden, not of hills. had my eyes played me false? i had to laugh the next morning when i looked again and saw a wide stretch of lychee trees with dense foliage. they had resembled small hills in the dark. 荔枝或許是世上最鮮最美的水果。蘇東坡寫過這樣的

15、詩句：“日啖荔枝三百顆，不辭長作嶺南人”，可見荔枝的妙處。偏偏我來的不是時(shí)候，滿樹剛開著淺黃色的小花，并不出眾。新發(fā)的嫩葉，顏色淡紅，比花倒還中看些。從開花到果子成熟，大約得三個(gè)月，看來我是等不及在從化溫泉吃鮮荔枝了。 a: lychee is perhaps the sweetest and tastiest fruit in the world. su dongpo (1037-1101) wrote: were i to eat three hundred lychees each day, to become a lingman native i shant fuse. from th

16、is you can see the marvel of lychees, that they could impel even a mandarin like su dongpo to wish to live in the then comparatively desolate provinces of guangdong and guangxi, which were known as lingnan in those days. unfortunately, i did not come at the right time. the trees were full of small,

17、light yellow flowers, not very pretty, not even as pretty as the pink, tender leaves that had just sprouted. i would take about three more months for the fruit to ripen. it looked as though i would not be able to stay long enough in conghua to eat fresh lychees. b: lychee is perhaps the most delicio

18、us fruit in the world. su dongpo, an ancient chinese poet wrote, “im willing to stay for even in lingnan, eating three hundred lychees a day.” this showed how much the fruit was catered after. i had come at a time hwen the small yellow flowers, less attractive than the pale red leaves, were just blo

19、ssoming when the fruit ripened three months later. so i wouldnt be eating lychees here. c: lychee is perhaps the most delicious fruit in the world. su dongpo, an ancient chinese poet wrote, “i would gladly stay for ever in lingnan, eating three hundred lychees a day.”this indicated how much the frui

20、t was sought after. i had come at a time 第六講 散文的翻譯風(fēng)格-荔枝蜜 when the small and light yellow flowers, less attractive than the pink leaves, were just beginning to blossom. i would take another tree months for the fruit to ripen, so i would not be eating fresh lychees here this time. 吃鮮荔枝蜜，倒是時(shí)候。有人或許沒聽說這希

21、奇物兒吧？從化的荔枝樹多得像汪洋大海，開花季節(jié)，那蜜蜂滿野嚶嚶嗡嗡，忙得遺忘早晚，有時(shí)還趁著月色采花釀蜜。荔枝蜜的特點(diǎn)是成色純，養(yǎng)分多。住在溫泉的人多半喜愛吃這種蜜，滋養(yǎng)精神。熱心腸的同志為我也弄到兩瓶。一開瓶子塞兒，就是那么一股甜香；調(diào)上半杯一喝，甜香里帶著股清氣，很有點(diǎn)鮮荔枝味兒。喝著這樣的好蜜，你會覺得生活都是甜的呢。 a: but it was the right time to eat lychee honey. maybe there are people who have never heard of this rare food. in conghua, lychees gro

22、w into an ocean. during the blomming season, bees buzz about everywhere from morning till night, sometimes even under the moonlight. the speciality to lychee honey is its purity and its rich nourishment. those who live by the hotspring like the honey for its nourishment. a warm-hearted comrade got t

23、ow jars for me. as soon as i opened one of them, the fragrance surged out. stirring some of the honey into half a glass of water, i found a freshness to its sweet taste, very much like lychee. to drink such good honey makes you feel that life is indeed sweet. b: it was the best time for lychee honey

24、 though. maybe some people had not heard of this rarity? at flowering time, bees buzzed all over the ocean of lychee trees in conghua, gathering nectar from from dawn till dusk and under the moonlight too. the honey they produce were pure and nutritious. the local people all like this honey for a to

25、nic. a warm-hearted friend got me two bottles too. a sweet aroma emitted as soon as the bottle was open. mixed with water it tasted like fresh lychee, fragrant and delicate, sweetening the life for one sipping this heavenly honey. c: it was the best time for lychee honey though. maybe some people have not heard of this rarity? at this time of year, when the conghua lychee trees seem a sea of lossom ther