| 看到有一篇“中翻英”的短文，譯的很不錯(cuò)，只是其中的一句話有點(diǎn)問(wèn)題。這句話是as stupid as a pig(像豬一樣愚蠢)，您看出問(wèn)題了嗎？在漢語(yǔ)中，我們確實(shí)經(jīng)常說(shuō)“蠢豬”這個(gè)詞，來(lái)形容某個(gè)人很笨，因此在一般中國(guó)人的感覺(jué)中，豬就代表愚蠢。但在西方文化中，代表愚蠢的動(dòng)物并不是豬，而是驢，因此這句話應(yīng)當(dāng)翻譯成as stupid as an ass。寫到這里，我想順便再多說(shuō)一句，在西方文化中，豬不僅不代表愚蠢，有時(shí)甚至還代表快樂(lè)，比如as happy as a pig(像豬一樣快樂(lè))，因此我們有必要在這里為豬先生平反昭雪(笑)。
通過(guò)這個(gè)小例子，我們可以看出，在翻譯這種與動(dòng)物有關(guān)的比喻性句子(metaphoric sentence)時(shí)，我們一定要考慮西方文化的因素，避免用中國(guó)人的習(xí)慣說(shuō)法代替西方人的習(xí)慣說(shuō)話。由于這個(gè)問(wèn)題并不是一個(gè)很重要的問(wèn)題，一般的英語(yǔ)教科書上很可能沒(méi)有介紹，因此我特意收集了一些常用的形容詞與動(dòng)物的搭配，供初學(xué)者朋友們參考，請(qǐng)看：
as blind as a bat (像蝙蝠一樣盲目)
as hungry as a bear (像熊一樣饑餓)
as busy as a beaver (像河貍一樣忙碌)
as busy as a bee (像蜜蜂一樣忙碌)
as songful as a bird (像鳥一樣動(dòng)聽)
as angry as a bull (像公牛一樣憤怒)
as changeful as a chameleon (像變色龍一樣多變)
as bald as an eagle (像鷹一樣禿頂)
as sly as a fox (像狐貍一樣狡猾)
as tall as a giraffe (像長(zhǎng)頸鹿一樣高)
as silly as a goose (像鵝一樣愚蠢)
as fast as a hare (像野兔一樣快)
as playful as a kitten (像小貓一樣喜歡嬉戲)
as gentle as a lamb (像小羊一樣溫和)
as brave as a lion (像獅子一樣勇敢)
as stubborn as a mule (像騾子一樣頑固)
as wise as an owl (像貓頭鷹一樣聰明)
as quick as a rabbit (像兔子一樣快)
as slow as a snail (像蝸牛一樣緩慢)
as graceful as a swan (像天鵝一樣優(yōu)美)
as slow as a turtle (像烏龜一樣緩慢)
as hungry as a wolf (像狼一樣饑餓)
最后我還想再補(bǔ)充一句：上面的搭配，并不是固定不變的，比如bull(公牛)這種動(dòng)物，經(jīng)常跟angry(憤怒)搭配，但它也可以跟mad(瘋狂)、strong(強(qiáng)壯)等搭配，因此初學(xué)者朋友們千萬(wàn)不要搞教條，一定要靈活運(yùn)用。 |
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