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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:$ i) H* `3 a( ~" T
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1.富贵功名,前缘分定。(《西游记》)% \3 P- w  Q  [; y  {, g: l1 D
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Wealth and honor, glory and fame, are predetermined by fate. (W.J.F. Jenner 译)& C3 F% D6 g& a9 D2 v$ |
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2.[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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It‘s partly fate, and partly a case of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."(杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)  : s& X/ Z/ p- Y0 T& x0 S; \% J0 g& Z
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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》)0 b- z. q% B( t/ Q! w
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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)  T1 e# ?2 j4 _; E6 |2 L

8 [- q/ F# j  N* k( Q$ K7 ~4.她无缘,小生薄命。 (《西厢记》)  
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3 G/ A: J4 \9 d8 a- TShe lacks the karma; I‘m out of luck. (S. H. L. Idema 译)
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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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. Y! G0 T5 i( g6 _/ @+ O" Q8 oMy meagre lot, my partly destiny keep us from remaining together.( M. Robers 译)
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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》)- H( b& W0 o5 b- a9 Z
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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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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》)
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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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4 ^  t" b7 i( i: qsuch 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》); `$ @! i3 J, q. T+ t, z) H. H+ j
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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& f0 O0 F" J3 W6 [

, x* ?6 ~1 X5 K  Q3 A: S  B! i3 Vwith you. (J. Kelly、 N. K. Mao 译)
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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。5 R; y$ b. j" s# i) Q- W: B* M* x
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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:  p7 f+ A: w& B

; o& E- d1 F4 `. t3 \# C" f. h9.[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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) d# r6 p- K5 l$ Y: q' Q& a# w# F" j. yYour 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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( S3 c2 m" i3 W  z" E5 w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:: b5 X. G  k; K5 n
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11.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?* ^! q' R1 B5 M

! y. |8 [/ \1 cThis is very strange. So LiBai is your bosom friend, Bai Juyi is your first tutor and yours band‘s literary name is Sanbai. It seems6 V2 K" {7 b2 `' y2 W4 h4 ]

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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,
" Q; I0 e" q, B$ C  t- i% K- j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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