上海高级口译口试备考材料：董卿朗读《红楼梦》

2017-10-17 15:35:05来源：网络

　　伍

　　两弯似蹙非蹙笼烟眉，一双似喜非喜含情目。态生两靥之愁，娇袭一身之病。泪光点点，娇喘微微。闲静似娇花照水，行动如弱柳扶风。心较比干多一窍，病如西子胜三分。

　　译文：

　　Her dusky arched eyebrows were knitted and yet not frowning, her speaking eyes held both merriment and sorrow; her very frailty had charm. Her eyes sparkled with tears, her breath was soft and faint. In repose she was like a lovely flower mirrored in the water; in motion, a pliant willow swaying in the wind. She looked more sensitive than Bi Gan, more delicate than Xi Shi.(杨戴)

　　Her mist-wreathed brows at first seemed to frown, yet were not frowning;

　　Her passionate eyes at first seemed to smile, yet were not merry.

　　Habit had given a melancholy cast to her tender face;

　　Nature had bestowed a sickly constitution on her delicate frame.

　　Often the eyes swam with glistening tears;

　　Often the breath came in gentle gasps.

　　In stillness she made one think of a graceful flower reflected in the water;

　　In motion she called to mind tender willow shoots caressed by the wind.

　　She had more chambers in her heart than the martyred Bi Gan;

　　And suffered a tithe more pain in it than the beautiful Xi Shi.(霍克斯)

　　解析：

　　两版译文虽用词不同，但都算忠实完整地呈现了原文的描述。这里，英大想说说最后一句“心较比干多一窍，病如西子胜三分”的译文，比干和西子(西施)是中国古代的人物，如果要铺开讲需要很大的篇幅，两种译文都省去了对他们的解释。

　　那么要想准确传达文中的意思就需要在前文中多下功夫，这里英大很喜欢杨戴版本的处理。一贯秉承信息完整的杨戴在这句话的处理上撇开了异化，采取了归化的方式。用sensitive和delicate恰到好处地表现了林黛玉的两大特质：敏感、美丽。而霍译对读者的理解力和想象力都是不小的挑战。

　　中华文学博大精深，很多东西是不可译的，有些庆幸我们能享有这些精致而美丽的语言，有些遗憾不能把它们分享给更多人。感谢杨戴和霍克斯给出了如此磅礴的两个译本，让我们能学到更多。

　　这段宝黛初见乍一看没什么玄机，其实为后续的进展埋下了许多伏笔。林黛玉和贾宝玉的爱情源于木石前盟，他们一个是赤瑕宫神瑛侍者，另一个是西方灵河岸上三生石畔的绛珠仙草，长期以来，神瑛侍者一直用甘露灌溉这株仙草，使其修成女体。双双入凡间成了表兄妹，初见便似曾相识，别人只当是宝玉胡说，却不知道这是前世的缘分。

　　一个是阆苑仙葩，一个是美玉无瑕，可惜木石前盟没有比得过金玉良缘(贾宝玉和薛宝钗)，最后只能是水中月镜中花，一场悲剧。

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