主题：翻譯練習簿

The U.S. does have many men and women of concience, more than anywhere else in the world. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right place. :) Onward and Upward!

全世界許多國家現在房地产炒得过热。

1. “全世界”是贅詞﹐不譯。 2. “現在”可以用時態表達﹐不譯。　 3. "炒得过热"是投機者操操縱市場﹐將物品的價格哄抬過高﹐超越其所值。英文叫做 "bubble"﹐意思是說這種不合理的現象﹐像氣泡一樣﹐不可能持久﹐終會破滅。

==> There exists a severe housing bubble in many countries.

Hope so.

Like the Deep Throat appeared in the news yesterday. He showed a politician's integrity in Watergate. Looking at such a 97 years old man, I believe our world still has hope.

Amen to that! Onward and Upward!

Japan still refuses to apologize for the egregious war crimes its troops committed in World War II. 二战时，日本皇军犯下的战争罪行，彰明昭著，骇人听闻，但至今日本仍拒绝道歉。

Egregious 是一个很重的字，我的辞书说 egregious 是 conspicuously and outrageously reprehensible。这定义里有三个高级单词：conspicuously 是彰明照着，看得一清二楚；outrageously 是骇人听闻，令人听了十分震惊；reprehensible 是应该受谴责的。

日軍的罪行，當然应该受谴责﹐但光是 reprehensible，实在無法表達我們的觀感，这些罪行全世界看得一清二楚，令人发指，所以，egregious 这形容词还可真是为日本人的滔天大罪量身打造的呢。

疾風知勁草 Adversity is the best testing ground for moral stamina.

abrupt (1) = 陡

走到一處險峻路段，一邊是陡山，一邊是深谷。

陡是“坡度峻峭，近於垂直”的意思。大家都知道，垂直是 perpendicular，近於垂直就是 nearly perpendicular 或 almost perpendicular”，所以，陡山当然可以翻为 nearly perpendicular hills，只是总共有8音节，太长气了些，远不如原文精简。另外有个字 precipitous，也有陡削的意思，可惜是长了些，而且不在四级词汇里，虽是我的独爱，也只好割弃。

剩下的几个常用字有 bold, abrupt 和 steep。bold 确实有陡削的意思﹑可我不敢碰，怕人家说我乱用字。一番淘汰后，剩下两个字，一个用来形容山，另一个描述谷：

The road led us to a sharp slope, with abrupt hills on one side and a steep valley on the other.

翻的好.真好

Thanks! You are being too kind.

When we become satisfied in business, we become obsolete. -- J. Willard Marriott, Sr 事业躊躇滿志日，即是陈腐过气时。 -- tx译, 2005/06/13 译注：西文主语标举分明，中文可省则省，不必一一译出。

ABANDONED

During WWII six Navy pilots left their aircraft carrier on a mission. After searching the seas for enemy submarines, they tried to return to their ship shortly after dark. But the captain had ordered a blackout of all lights on the ship. Over and over the frantic pilots radioed, asking for just one light so they could see to land. But the pilots were told that the blackout could not be lifted. After several appeals and denials of their request, the ship's operator turned the switch to break radio contact--and the pilots were forced to ditch in the ocean.

二戰時﹐六名美國飛官出任務﹐飛離航母﹐出海搜索敵人潛艇。飛機回航﹐天黑後不久﹐到達母艦。但艦長已下令全艦燈火管制﹐這些飛官心慌意亂﹐一再請求﹐但開一燈﹐以便降落。但艦上回說﹐燈火管制不能違背。飛官請求﹐艦上回絕﹐來回數次後﹐艦上操作員關機﹐切斷無線電接觸--這些飛官只得迫降海上。

ditch: colloq Said of an aircraft or a pilot: to bring or come down in the sea.

ABSENT-MINDED 心不在焉

Dr. Harold C. Urey was a Nobel prize winner in Chemistry. One day he was out to lunch when he ran into another professor. They chatted for a few minutes, then, as they parted, Dr. Urey asked the other: "John, which way was I going when I met you?" "That way," said the other, pointing. "Oh, good. That means I've already had my lunch," muttered the professor as he walked away.

尤瑞博士是諾貝爾化學獎得主。有一天﹐出外午餐﹐碰到另一位教授﹐兩人閑聊了幾分鐘。 分手時﹐尤瑞問說﹕約翰﹐我們碰頭時﹐我是往哪頭走﹖ 那人伸手一指﹐說﹕那頭。 尤瑞走開時喃喃自語的說﹕那好﹐那表示我已用過中餐了。

mutter 喃喃自語 v. To utter (words) in a quiet, barely audible or indistinct voice.

Thesaurus: mumble, murmur, grumble, rumble, grunt, sputter

She's Been Waiting

For several years a woman had been having trouble getting to sleep at night because she feared burglars. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he did find a burglar. "Good evening," said the man of the house. "I am pleased to see you. Come upstairs and meet my wife. She has been waiting 10 years to meet you."

William Marshall, Eternity Shut in a Span.

幾多愁思盼君來

有個女人﹐痛苦多年﹐夜不成眠﹐但愁樑上君子光顧。有一夜晚﹐先生聽到屋裡有怪聲﹐下樓巡看﹐赫然發現一名小偷。屋主人說﹕晚安﹐見到你真高興。上樓見見我太太吧﹐她等你已經等了足足10年了。

Worry Box

J. Arthur Rank, an English executive, decided to do all his worrying on one day each week. He chose Wednesdays. When anything happened that gave him anxiety and annoyed his ulcer, he would write it down and put it in his worry box and forget about it until next Wednesday. The interesting thing was that on the following Wednesday when he opened his worry box, he found that most of the things that had disturbed him the past six days were already settled. It would have been useless to have worried about them.

百懮盒

阮克是英國一家公司的執行長。每周的煩惱事﹐他決計﹐集中于一日處理。他選定了星期三。遇到懸腸掛肚事﹐他就寫下來﹐放進百懮盒﹐不到周三不去煩它。

有趣的是﹐到了周三﹐打開百懮盒﹐一周來的煩惱事大多已經解決﹐若是整周懮心焦慮﹐也是白費心神。

坚持就是胜利

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-- 旧作失而复得，暂存于此 -- 至少还有你 4'32" 词 : 林夕 曲 : Davy Chan Translated by 唐吉。德客 (a.k.a. tx) ---- To : MMW ----- 我怕来不及 / It's frightening that things are so fleeting 我要抱着你 / I want to hold onto you, 直到感觉你的皱纹 有了岁月的痕迹 / Until time wrinkles your smooth face 直到肯定你是真的 / Until I am sure you're true 直到失去力气 / I am ready to hold onto you, 为了你 我愿意 / Until I am exhausted and turn blue 动也不能动 也要看着你 / My love, let me gaze at you 直到感觉你的发线 有了白雪的痕迹 / And watch your hair turn gray 直到视线变得模糊 / Until my eyes see only a blur 直到不能呼吸 / Until I am weak and fray'd 让我们 形影不离 / We'll be together forever, / Until we spend our last day 如果 全世界我也可以放弃 / If I can exchange the world for thee 至少还有你 值得我去珍惜 / I'll keep you and treasure you, My love. 而你在这里 就是生命的奇迹 / You're here with me / That's a miracle by itself, My Love. 也许 全世界我也可以忘记 / I may lose track of the world 就是不愿意 失去你的消息 / But I won't forget the slightest things about you. 你掌心的痣 我总记得在那里 / It sounds funny / But I’ll remember that little mole on your palm 我们好不容易 我们身不由己 / Life isn't easy / When the tempo of time is never right 我怕时间太快 不够将你看仔细 / It goes too fast, / When I enjoy you with delight 我怕时间太慢 日夜担心失去你 / It runs too slow, / When I fret losing you day and night 恨不得一夜之间白头 永不分离 / Wish we'll be together forever / And grow gray overnight

2002/05/22 07:19pm　 http://202.99.99.202/bbs/topic.cgi?forum=15&topic=212&show=250

xia xia nong!

他拿起相機，連續拍了好幾張。 He raised his camera and snapped off a string of shots.

他舉起酒杯，把杯裡的餘酒喝完。

He raised his glass and drank it off with a gulp. He raised his glass and finished it off with a gulp. He raised his glass and polished it off with a gulp.

He raised his glass and downed the rest of it in one gulp/at a gulp.