《淮安舟中寄舍弟墨》 -英语翻译教程-中英双语赏析

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以人为可爱,而我亦可爱矣;以人为可恶,而我亦可恶矣。东坡一生觉得世上没有不好的人,最是他好处。愚兄平生漫骂无礼,然人有一才一技之长,一行一言之美,未尝不啧啧称道。橐中数千金,随手散尽,爱人故也。至于缺阨欹危之处,亦往往得人之力。好骂人,尤好骂秀才。细细想来,秀才受病,只是推廓不开,他若推廓得开,又不是秀才了。且专骂秀才,亦是冤屈。而今世上那个是推廓得开的?年老身孤,当慎口过。爱人是好处,骂人是不好处,东坡以此受病,况板桥乎! 老弟亦当时时劝我。
 

淮安舟中寄舍弟墨

To Brother Mo, Written On a Boat At Huaian
 
🎈背景知识:信中作者以自警、自解、自戒之言与阿弟侃侃而谈,既是对大半生的回顾,也是对即将开始的为官生涯的心理准备。信中强调与人为善,以德待人。作者自幼家贫,久居民间,深知民生疾苦,故有一颗难能可贵的爱民之心。由于“爱人故”,他常常是“橐中数千金,随手散尽”,以至晚年竟无立锥之地,而寄居同乡斋第;即使后来由于“爱人故”,赈救饥民而丢官弃职也终无悔意。对于自己“爱骂人”,信中以“而今世上那个是推廓得开的”来自解自劝。作者明知“骂人是不好处”,并以“东坡以此受病”自警,然而正如东坡屡遭贬谪依然“言必中当世之过”一样,待一年后板桥做了县官,进一步接触社会的黑暗,他便情不自禁,化胸中的愤懑与不满为作品中的嬉笑怒骂,全然忘记了“慎防口过”,而不顾一切地揭发和鞭挞那民不聊生的黑暗现实了。
正如清人郑方坤所言:“板桥徒以狂故不理于口,然其为人内行醇谨。”他的家书写得忠厚恳挚,直达肺腑,抒情议论,脱口而出,体现了板桥打破陈规定矩、自由抒写的精神。

 
以人为可爱,而我亦可爱矣;以人为可恶,而我亦可恶矣。
If one loves other people,he himself becomes worthy of love; if one hates other people,he himself deserves hatred.
🎈“可爱” 此处指的并非cute
🎈“值得”有两个说法,be worthy of 和 deserve
🎈中文两个分句结构一致,英文也要做到一致,但要注意词语的多样表达。

 
东坡一生觉得世上没有不好的人,最是他好处。
The best point about (Su) Tungp’o is that he felt all his life that there was no bad man in this world. 
🎈注意主从句前后时态一致。
🎈“世上没有不好的人”和“最是他好处”是事实和评价的关系,中文评价在后,英文评价在前。

 
愚兄平生漫骂无礼,然人有一才一技之长,一行一言之美,未尝不啧啧称道。
I,your foolish elder brother,have all my life criticized people without mincing words, but whenever someone has one good point or special ability,or said one good word or done one good deed, I have never failed to praise it with all my heart.
🎈“愚兄”在《板桥家书》第一篇就出现过,这恰好说明翻译要质量兼顾,翻译新材料的同时,不要忘记以前的文章,随着水平的提到,不同时间段翻译同一篇文章也会有不同感觉。
🎈“未尝不啧啧称道”即从不吝啬赞美之词。
🎈mincing words对应文中的“无礼”指闪烁其词,羞羞答答。
🎈Word和deed经常同时出现即“言行”。

 
橐中数千金,随手散尽,爱人故也。
It is because I love people that whenever I have several thousand dollars, I must use it all.
🎈“橐中数千金,随手散尽”有李白《将进酒》“千金散尽还复来”之势。
🎈橐,拼音是tuó,是指口袋,古代也指一种鼓风吹火器。出自《东周列国志》。

 
至于缺阨欹危之处,亦往往得人之力。
And when I find myself in difficult straits, other people have often helped me.
🎈欹危的意思倾斜危险貌;倾斜欲坠貌;歪斜不平貌。
宋陆游《永秋》诗:“小彴欹危度,邻园曲折通。”
清吴伟业《归云洞》诗:“万载长欹危,撑拄良亦苦。”
唐杜甫《江畔独步寻花》诗之二:“稠花乱蕊裹江滨,行步欹危实怕春。” 
宋欧阳修《和丁宝臣游甘泉寺》:“欹危一径穿林樾,盘石苍苔留客歇。”

 
好骂人,尤好骂秀才。
I always love criticizing people, particularly the government graduates.
🎈particularly为副词,此处加名词,也可以直接加形容词或者短语,比如We are hoping to expand our business, particularly in Europe.我们希望扩大业务,尤其是在欧洲。

 
细细想来,秀才受病,只是推廓不开,他若推廓得开,又不是秀才了。
But, come to think about it, the trouble with the graduates is that they are so bound up with themselves. On the other hand, if they were not so bound up with themselves, they wouldn’t be graduates.
🎈“受病”此处并非“生病”,而是“遇到麻烦”。
🎈推廓,读音是tuī kuò,汉语词语,意思是扩展。
🎈if they were not so bound up with themselves, they wouldn’t be graduates.此句为if引导的虚拟语气。注意从句时态变化,主句也要相应变化。
 

且专骂秀才,亦是冤屈。而今世上那个是推廓得开的?
But I think it is unfair to criticize the graduates alone-who nowadays are not bound up with themselves?
🎈“亦是冤屈”表态度,上文提到过事实在后,态度观点在前,这一点和中文恰恰相反。
🎈who此处引导定语从句。

 
年老身孤,当慎口过。
I am an old man now and living alone. I must watch out for this habit of mine. 
🎈“年老身孤”也可以作同位语,如I, an old man now and living alone, must watch out for this habit of mine.

 
爱人是好处,骂人是不好处,东坡以此受病,况板桥乎! 老弟亦当时时劝我。 
It is good to love people,and a bad habit to criticize people. Su Tungp’o suffered on account of this habit’. And certainly a person like myself should be more careful than he. You must also often remind me of this point,old brother.
🎈“好处”“坏处”此处表观点态度,上文提及多次,英文置于句首,中文置于句末。
🎈“以此受病”指的是深深受其困扰,可译suffer from, be bothered by, be disturbed by等。
🎈“况板桥乎”要译出完整意思,即“我要更加小心谨慎”。
 
🔥重点词汇
be worthy of
值得;配得上;对得起;当之无愧;相称
例句
to be worthy of attention
值得注意
I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.
我认为他不值得信赖.
The desire to be worthy of them could bring out the best in their admirers.
他们的敬慕者为了要配得上他们,就会尽量表现出他们自身的美德来.
 
mincing
adj. 装腔作势的
v. 切碎;切碎( mince的现在分词 );剁碎;绞碎;用绞肉机绞(食物,尤指肉)
例句
No point in mincing words or hiding behind euphemisms.
没必要闪烁其词或者羞羞答答.
She came to the park with mincing, and light footsteps.
她轻移莲步来到了花园之中.
This knife is good for mincing vegetables.
这只刀子适于切青菜.
 
deed
n. 行为,行动;房契
例句
a mortgage deed
抵押证书
Everyone sins at some time, in thought if not in deed.
人人都会犯罪,不是在行动上就是在思想上。
a brave/charitable/evil/good deed
勇敢的行为;善举;恶行;善行
 
watch out for
当心, 注意;警惕
例句
Watch out for cars when you cross the road.
过马路时当心车辆.
Children are told to watch out for strangers when they are out without parents.
小孩子被告知在单独出门时要小心那些陌生人.
Health: Watch out for colds or fevers.
健康运: 留意感冒、发烧等小病.
 
🔥重点表达
可爱become worthy of love
可恶 deserve hatred
漫骂无礼criticize people without mincing words
啧啧称道praise it with all my heart
至于缺阨欹危之处be in difficult straits
秀才the government graduates
推廓不开be so bound up with 
 
🔥表达对比
有关「小心、注意」的表达对比
文中用watch out for
 
若是上色的时候不小心弄坏了那些地图,他们可承担不起。
They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发,坐了起来。
Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.
不小心撞到了桌子,把花打翻了。
He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.
你一定注意到他有时候显得特别疲惫。
You must have noticed how tired he sometimes looks.
他正挥手以起他们的注意
He was waving his arms to draw their attention.

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