同時,我們悟到,門和窗有不同的意義
At the same time it also becomes clear that the door has a different significance from the window
“悟到”和上一句中的“明白”是相同的意思,it become clear that 這一說法比it seems that 要肯定一些。
當然,門是造了讓人出進的
Of course, doors were made for people to pass through
出進可以譯成to come out and go in,但譯成to pass through就顯得句子緊湊、精煉一些。
但是,窗子有時也可作為進出口用
but a window can also sometimes serve as an entrance or as an exit
entrance和exit這兩個詞比door和window抽象化了,充分表明了“進出口”的字面意思和含義。
譬如小偷或小說里私約的情人就喜歡爬窗子
and is used as such by thieves and by lovers in novels
譯文用了by thieves and by lovers,而不說by thieves and lovers,因為這本來就是兩類人,不能放在一起混為一談。
所以窗子和門的根本分別,決不僅是有沒有人進來出去
In fact the fundamental difference between a door and a window has nothing to do with them being either entrances or exits
比較一下different between和前文的different (from):說兩者之間的區別,用different between A and B;而說A怎樣不同于B則說 A is different from B.
若據賞春一事來看,我們不妨這樣說
When it comes to the admiration of spring, it could be put this way
When it comes to是比較中庸的說法,不那么正式,但也不那么隨意,意思是“說起賞春……”,讓人們對下文有一個期待。
有了門,我們可以出去
a door makes it possible for one to go out
“有了門”不能譯成with a/the door,因為這里不是說有還是沒有,而是有門存在,人們就可以進出房屋。
有了窗,我們可以不必出去
whereas a window makes it possible for one not to have to
Whereas而……。這是一個連接詞,表示一種前后的比較或對照。這里的句型和上面是一樣的,但是后面的not to have to 是不定式的否定形式,后面省略了go out。
窗子打通了大自然和人的隔膜。
A window helps to pull down the partition between man and nature
“由于有了窗子,人和大自然之間的隔膜才得以打破”,窗子起的是一種促進作用,其本身并不能去“打破”什么,因此用了helps to pull down。partition隔離墻。“隔膜”是解剖學詞匯,這里用的是其引申意義,不能按字面譯成diaphragm,那樣意思就不對了。man and nature:man是指整個人類,所以不用任何冠詞;nature則是不可數名詞。
把風和太陽逗引進來,使屋子里也關著一部分春天
It leads breezes and sunlight in, and keeps part of the spring in the house
Lead:引導,引領。keep…in the house:使停留在屋里不能外出。
讓我們安坐了享受,無需再到外面去找。
It allows one to sit and enjoy the spring in peace, and makes it unnecessary to go looking for it outside
原文是說“安坐”,而實際上“安”的意思也應當能涵蓋“享受”,只是從詞的節奏上感覺“安坐”和“享受”都是兩個字的詞,似乎是并列的。譯文里譯成了 sit…in peace,等于將狀語移了一個位。注意這句中幾個it的含義,第一個it指代window,第二個it是形式賓語,引出后面的to go…,第三個it是指代the spring。
(來源:catti.net.cn)
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