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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》)  C) D. S9 ^- w2 K0 i
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Wealth and honor, glory and fame, are predetermined by fate. (W.J.F. Jenner 译)6 r! ?: w( }8 h  Y

; O% K1 m+ L! ~  q2.[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)  " E' k( p1 I; E5 p9 o6 p4 |

, P: a$ I8 p: r3.[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)
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4.她无缘,小生薄命。 (《西厢记》)  
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She lacks the karma; I‘m out of luck. (S. H. L. Idema 译)% q1 H4 J9 a) O+ L& R- y+ t6 B

1 v! V, }( }) y: ?3 B2 I2 s5.[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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My meagre lot, my partly destiny keep us from remaining together.( M. Robers 译); j, ]# B' }3 ?& F( C$ b

( Q4 E1 v2 N" C/ H# A" V3 R' j- |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》)2 X6 w+ y- E/ p- V9 l( Q, ~3 a8 A

* @% R& s7 E* D6 B' G0 b; ~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》)1 X1 U% @$ N2 x

- i! s: ]" z, T# [$ L( a8 t; KYou 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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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)1 v- U! T( s# G4 @
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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》)
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) w6 J5 ?# A) E5 w3 w7 sMiss Wo-Ni-Ta, we just weren‘t meant to "raise the bowl To the eyebrows." I hope some other lucky guy falls in love3 U; C8 ]* P3 k* y3 ~$ H$ E

% K- V  _& p( `. o4 w. R- w, wwith you. (J. Kelly、 N. K. Mao 译)& g0 q6 {' p" W5 U$ r
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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。) L" o4 R+ P' T9 d$ ~( x& L3 \8 h

+ U7 }0 M' p( u8 m! E" B' z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:5 }( g  A* {0 ?, G" _: \

4 d8 j  ~3 K2 k* \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。/ Z; ^& A/ `3 C7 K" ~5 C
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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.! ?+ y9 m5 N5 T: \9 k6 _9 `

/ ?2 D' b' R  L) X8 r& f/ F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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4 O1 Y- T" p3 \% D# D11.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 seems0 O- n- a7 g6 D: [# y# a
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that 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,! @- C% C* Z2 v# K# x! ~
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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