标题: Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day [打印本页] 作者: Xiaowen 时间: 2008-8-11 18:11 标题: Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)" Z* i( N5 p, W
. M/ D2 c2 X3 a& jShall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day q. \9 V* l" _5 A0 K: U- w* H
Thou art more lovely and more temperate. 3 g1 g% w( Z9 z0 ^Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / R4 l, @ i( nAnd summer's lease hath all too short a date: - k7 h- R) |$ e# Q
2 y( c) @7 z/ V& X2 c6 tSometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, : R2 e) e& Y) g5 x. O& s+ B& F
And often is his gold complexion dimmed; , q4 A- S) z" l5 A* y9 l
And every fair from fair sometime declines, 9 s2 Z) m& ^9 H+ o6 z# F/ WBy chance,or nature's changing course, untrimmed: ( K- N3 n7 N8 N
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But thy eternal summer shall not fade, % r7 ?* q* U9 v+ P+ Z0 X" qNor lose possession of that fair thou owest; ! } O' d, z" l* f( `/ q8 ]* B
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade, ) b5 k: @$ K# v m8 V2 Z! q. l
When in eternal lines to time thou growest. - |4 v8 \( J7 |, \! [' h/ g* A2 C0 w- R4 ~
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, ! O3 g0 }3 m% l1 O; H% f
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 1 B" i" H. @* K1 a( m, Y , C+ u) b. n1 N! G$ P7 Z: ?[attach]1029[/attach]作者: Xiaowen 时间: 2008-8-11 18:13
我想是这样,诗歌的翻译,肯定是给不懂外文的现在人看的,所以表达出大概意思就行了,不必非也用古文。否则对于很多中国人,古文也看不懂,还得翻译成现代文。9 @ b) g, G8 n& u2 X, M$ A' \& z
而对于懂外文的,根本就没有翻译的必要,译文只是做个参考,再好也已经失去了神韵,所以更没必要大费周折了。作者: 仇仁仨伍仟 时间: 2008-8-14 00:03
这就看个人喜好啦~ ) |$ g6 n! P0 I9 y; y: f# [我比较注重作品本身的味道,所以像诗歌这种不易翻译的文件,一般来说能看懂则看,看不懂也不太勉强,除非情况所需才特地找参考译文帮助理解。当然我这种想法不值得称道,假如人人如此,中西文化也就不用交流了。我只是觉得,古老的东西像酒一样,有种独特的醇香,一旦美味散失,或者掺进了其它味道,欣赏价值大打折扣,也就不像原来那么吸引人了。# y2 {4 @7 K1 z( X* O4 }$ A( F9 d
说到古语,其实也不一定要多复古,比如说古白话文,并不见得有多难理解。最好是古今双译同时具备,让读者各取所需,那就太妙了。 ) n+ S9 t$ m; r5 Y- M, e# v. B* E
我记得有几个英译本的“床前明月光”,当时看到的时候没有记录,现在一时也找不回来。其中有一个确实还不错的,可惜我把作者大名都忘了。。不太厚道哈?作者: Xiaowen 时间: 2008-8-14 00:17 标题: 回复 9# 的帖子