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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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1.富贵功名,前缘分定。(《西游记》)5 i. u1 s$ P/ o

! |( z/ o$ P! A# }# v$ w6 g( XWealth and honor, glory and fame, are predetermined by fate. (W.J.F. Jenner 译)
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$ F2 x0 `( e6 L: {  [( d) C$ E9 V( Y2.[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》)  
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( K& ?# ]' q" G. T* u" L/ C2 O2 BIt‘s partly fate, and partly a case of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."(杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)  
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+ X0 r! ~; K& g/ ~( W# Z3.[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》)! \4 Z# Z9 @0 U3 {- N

7 @' X- j$ ^  z: ?6 k) FWho says there isn‘t? It‘s just that my marriage luck has been bad. I‘ve never met the right one. (S. Shapiro 译)) d" J0 i1 `* o! j

  A$ w: v3 x0 ~- J- n4.她无缘,小生薄命。 (《西厢记》)  / L+ v* k, ?/ z* T

% V* Q! u4 u4 R/ Z- c- bShe lacks the karma; I‘m out of luck. (S. H. L. Idema 译)
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) z0 f& d4 x7 z1 U/ V# b. S) U' ~5.[刘备送别徐庶时说]备分浅缘薄,不能与先生相聚。(《三国演义》)
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4 K# ^/ |4 Y- C# ]My meagre lot, my partly destiny keep us from remaining together.( M. Robers 译)# n* a! z5 w; {8 x
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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》)1 G. x# O2 G/ l
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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)1 j$ }. s, C( c4 |9 G( k% A
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7.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》). |1 j' Q& g# s+ R; Q+ P& o5 I; a
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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 me
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3 S# R: `* G- ], r* psuch 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》)' c, f5 q0 {8 L# s% d+ w1 [) ^
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Miss 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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with you. (J. Kelly、 N. K. Mao 译): G* W3 J! V8 R9 h6 N
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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。* u' b7 e" [( A

/ o. R1 `  K: G1 F8 J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:) g2 @/ t, v- ~- Y  p
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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。- c- @. A; ]# A) |2 h
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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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4 {5 Y8 N+ b7 O/ X7 a+ D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:4 l+ Y& f* c: J7 P

/ S6 K! C, o8 Z( k11.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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9 c+ G0 \; f9 w2 A! }+ TThis is very strange. So LiBai is your bosom friend, Bai Juyi is your first tutor and yours band‘s literary name is Sanbai. It seems
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: P& G/ h. C; e' X( }  V( pthat 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,5 L8 |$ V3 f6 D, z: {8 t. r( K( U8 d
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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