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英文中关于“缘分”的译法及例句

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发表于 2009-1-30 16:59 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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缘分”是所谓命中注定的人与人遇合的机缘。英译“缘分”(亦作“天缘”)以及“有缘”、“无缘”常用的英文词有fate, luck, lot, destiny 等。请看几个例子:
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8 }, Z6 ?2 {+ ]- N: J  S1.富贵功名,前缘分定。(《西游记》)
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. ~6 X. h) y2 v4 HWealth and honor, glory and fame, are predetermined by fate. (W.J.F. Jenner 译)
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- h6 {. _. `0 s2 U; t2.[宝玉问香菱为何薛蟠相亲定下了金桂,香菱笑道] 一则是天缘,二来是“情人眼里出西施”(《红楼梦》)  8 `+ p' F/ `  O. y' Q6 o

$ @/ A( ]* D+ S( HIt‘s partly fate, and partly a case of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."(杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)  , e# C7 ]5 L* E+ ^# Q0 _
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3.[王婆为了撮合西门庆和潘金莲,故意问前者是不是妻子死后,没有别的女人他中意的。西门庆争辩说]做甚么了便没?只恨我夫妻缘分上薄,自不撞着!(《水浒》)
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Who says there isn‘t? It‘s just that my marriage luck has been bad. I‘ve never met the right one. (S. Shapiro 译)7 ]8 k: m( s4 S+ s/ y
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4.她无缘,小生薄命。 (《西厢记》)  . M. \/ G% `' Z6 h1 b1 t# S; n
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She lacks the karma; I‘m out of luck. (S. H. L. Idema 译)
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( T: b5 B+ g& C1 l- F, X5.[刘备送别徐庶时说]备分浅缘薄,不能与先生相聚。(《三国演义》)$ f' B( w, g% f

* N+ a8 c$ r. b* \My meagre lot, my partly destiny keep us from remaining together.( M. Robers 译)
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9 G4 I3 S' }. _' _6.[杜慎卿向季苇萧诉说自己没有知心朋友]只为缘悭分浅,遇不着一个知己,所以对月伤怀,临风洒泪!(《儒林外史》); q: }# ?% W7 Z& q* J- R
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But I have not been lucky enough to find a true friend, and that is why I so often give way to melancholy! (杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)
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2 y% P+ q) _  Q6 I; Q# s9 U7.君琴瑟之好,自相知音;薄命人乌有此福。如有缘,再世可相聚耳。(《聊斋.宦娘》)  H: j$ }0 j4 A9 z$ X
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You are like a matching lute and zither set. You can appreciate each other‘s music. Fate has been too unkind to allow me2 D8 M4 X8 @7 `$ i/ Q' c9 F! V- f: Z
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such blessings. If we are linked by the ties of destiny, we will meet again in the next life.  (D.C. & V. H Mair 译)
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8.[方鸿渐看不中张小姐,心中暗说]“我你他”小姐,咱们没有“举碗[案]齐眉”的缘分,希望另有好运气的人来爱上您。  (《围城》)2 D+ \7 T0 N! q# Z; B; q" y

& W) @) X+ g" P: U# }7 ^* R: KMiss Wo-Ni-Ta, we just weren‘t meant to "raise the bowl To the eyebrows." I hope some other lucky guy falls in love
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9 Y. X1 ?, g7 cwith you. (J. Kelly、 N. K. Mao 译)$ F7 r! I: o1 x0 w
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可以看出,以上句子里的中心词都含有“命运”的意识,英译亦然。《围城》一例所mean,据New World Dictionary 等词典的解释也有 to destine or seem to destine 的意思,颇为妥帖。, @# v+ G; n4 P3 t, a3 Z/ ]# T
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然而,“缘分”等词和命运的关联在有的用法里变得淡化了,甚至完全消失了。它只是泛指一种机遇或者机会。所以M. Roberts翻译《三国演义》的以下两句,用的词语和上边英译句子中的相应部分不同:( ?- t4 j$ d8 e: G) J7 E; z
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9.[刘备二顾草芦时误认诸葛均为为诸葛亮,说]备久慕先生,无缘拜会。
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Your talents and your virtue have ever been the objects of my esteem. But I have not had the honour of being presented to you.
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不仅如此,这种机遇还可以发生在人和事物之间。体育报道里说的“无缘(进入)决赛(be barred from entering the finals; be disqualified for the finals) 即其一例。《浮生六记》的作者沈复(字三白)因妻子陈芸喜欢李白和白居易的诗,就跟她说:
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/ f* J* B& n$ O11.异哉!李太白是知己,白乐天是启蒙师,余适逢字三白,为卿婿;卿与“白”字何其有缘耶?
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This is very strange. So LiBai is your bosom friend, Bai Juyi is your first tutor and yours band‘s literary name is Sanbai. It seems4 c- M1 ]$ q& e" J

' X. V1 U: y: qthat your life is always bound up with the Bai‘s.  (林语堂 译)
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发表于 2009-1-30 20:08 | 显示全部楼层
哈哈,我怎么觉得缘分更多用的MEAN TO BE,- f, k7 [! Q5 w5 H
我老板以前总说,IF  IT  IS  MEAN TO BE, IT IS MEAN TO BE.
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发表于 2009-2-2 19:25 | 显示全部楼层
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