請將下面這段話翻譯成英文:
書是我青春期的戀人,中年的知己,暮年的伴侶。有了它,我就不再憂愁寂寞,不再怕人情冷暖,世態(tài)炎涼。它使我成為精神世界的富翁。我真的是“不可一日無此君”。當我忙完了,累極了;當我憤怒時,苦惱時,我就想親近它,因為這是一種絕妙的安撫。
參考答案:
Books are my beloved in youth,my soul mate in middle age,and my companion in my later years.With books at my side,I will never feel lonely,nor fear social snobbery or fickleness of the world.Books have made me wealthy in the inner world.I cannot do without them even for a single day.When I am tired after finishing my work,or when I am angry or in a bad mood,I will try to get close to books for comfort,fot it is a wonderful way for me to find spiritual consolation.
1.有了它,我就不再憂愁寂寞,不再怕人情冷暖,世態(tài)炎涼。
分析:
原文存在兩個“不再”的并列否定結構,宜使用連詞結構“never…nor…”將其意義緊密地聯系起來?!坝辛怂庇谩皐ith”引導的介詞短語來呈現。“人情冷暖”: social snobbery;“世態(tài)炎涼” fickleness of the world。
2.我真的是“不可一日無此君”。
分析:
“不可一日無此君”采用英文結構“can not do without”,表示“沒有…而不能活,難受”,故譯成“I cannot do without them even for a single day”,符合原文的意思。
節(jié)選自柯靈的《書的抒情》,原文作者將書籍比作“良友”,“青春期的戀人”,“中年的知己”,“暮年的伴侶”,字里行間對書籍充滿了深厚的感情。