一翻譯,意思就失落了。讀許多世界文學的英文譯本,許多譯者在前言都會解釋:例如,普希金的詩,在俄文中,原來有一股俄文才體現出來的磅礡,一經英譯,原意多少就失落了。不是譯者筆拙,而是兩種語文,畢竟如兩個人的性格,要把他們匹配在一起,無論怎樣水乳交融,總有些字眼傳遞的感覺,是英文無法表達的。
Lost in Translation,是一個翻譯家無法訴說的遺憾。原文含蓄百轉千迴,話中有話,意外別有洞天,他十分清楚,但翻譯的搜索枯腸,確實找不到心心相印的字眼。此中有真意,欲說已無言,翻譯家常常有這樣的痛苦,不是不精通外文,而是翻譯時多方尋覓還是無法搭得上電線。
例如:中文一句:「捨不得啊」,怎樣英譯呢? Cannot afford?太冰硬了。 Miss it very much?也不是這個意思。中文的「依依不捨」,一硬譯成英文,原文的那股纏綿繾綣的意思就失落了,這就叫 Lost in translation。
還有,從前的中國少女,向男人撒嬌,一跺腳,喜歡說:「我不依你」。「我不依你」,有千般的嗲氣,萬分的嫵媚,在輕罵之中,帶有像絲一樣的溫情,不可能英譯,這是語文的一種奇特的意態,再高手的大師,在外文也找不到一項言詞的配混。
還是英文和法文之間比較易溝通。大量的法語詞彙,直接入侵英文,像 Deja-vu,乾脆用法文原文入英,市場不干預 Laissez-faire,法文最先發明,今天已無國界。連開演唱會,最後一句 Encore,也必定由千萬歌迷狂呼高喊才有地動山搖的震撼,用英語叫 Again,或者 Once more,不行,這就叫 Lost in Translation。
人世間的溝通,常有百詞莫辯的時候。一個詞彙的精緻,一碟小菜的美味,還有一個女人的溫柔,該怎樣來傳遞而表達呢?花能解語,但語不可詮花,一切的美感都凝聚在舌尖, Lost in Translation,是一種酥在骨子裡的痛苦。惟有經歷過這樣的折磨,才明白這世界,不止翻譯是徒勞,有時溝通也是白費,真情幻意的妙諦,盡在意會之中。
【誠徵翻譯評論】
clip #39 的主題為翻譯文學,以下摘錄自海明威作品《老人與海》的原文選段,並引張愛玲、藍婷和楊照的譯本,希望收集讀者對各譯本的評語,由編輯部整理後刊於專題。
讀者可於留言欄發表評論,字數不限。
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Original text by Ernest Hemingway:
“You better be fearless and confident yourself, old man,” he said. “You’re holding him again but you cannot get line. But soon he has to circle.”
The old man held him with his left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off of his face. He was afraid that it might nauseate him and he would vomit and lose his strength. When his face was cleaned he washed his right hand in the water over the side and then let it stay in the salt water while he watched the first light come before the sunrise. He’s headed almost east, he thought. That means he is tired and going with the current. Soon he will have to circle. Then our true work begins.
After he judged that his right hand had been in the water long enough he took it out and looked at it.
“It is not bad,” he said. “And pain does not matter to a man.”
He took hold of the line carefully so that it did not fit into any of the fresh line cuts and shifted his weight so that he could put his left hand into the sea on the other side of the skiff.
“You did not do so badly for something worthless,” he said to his left hand. “But there was a moment when I could not find you.”
張愛玲譯:
「老頭子,你還是顧你自己吧,你也得勇敢,有自信心,」他說。「你沒讓他掙脫,但是你收不回釣絲來。但是他不久就得要轉圈子了。」
老人現在用他的左手和肩膀來拉住他,他彎下腰來用右手掬起水來,洗掉他臉上糊著的稀爛的鯕鰍肉。他怕那腥氣會使他作嘔,他一嘔吐,就沒力氣了。他臉洗乾淨了,又把右手伸在船邊的水裏洗了洗,然後就讓它泡在那鹽水裏,同時他注視著日出前天剛剛亮起來的情景。他是差不多朝東走,他想。可見魚是疲倦了,跟著潮流走。不久他就得轉圈子了。然後我們真正的工作就開始了。
他認為他的右手泡在水裏時間夠長了,就把它拿出來,朝它看看。
「不壞,」他說。「疼痛是不礙事的,並不傷人。」
他小心地握住那釣絲,使它不至於嵌進新割破的地方,他向另一邊倚著,使他可以在船那一邊把左手插到水裏去。
「你這無用的東西,這次成績倒還不錯,」他對他的左手說。「但是起初有那麼一會子我找不到你。」
藍婷譯:
「你還是自己勇敢一些,對自己要充滿信心才是、老頭。」他對自己說:「你現在只能握住繩子,可是你還不能收回繩子。相信他很快就會繞圈子了。」
老人現在用左手和肩膀撐住繩子,彎下腰用右手掬起水來,洗掉臉上糊成一團的肉渣,他很怕那腥味會使自己作嘔,只要一嘔吐,就會沒力氣了。他把臉洗乾淨,又把右手伸到船邊的水裏洗一洗,然後就讓他泡在鹽水裏,並注視著太陽升起之前的第一道曙光,魚幾乎是朝東方前進,他想,這表示牠已經很疲倦了,所以只好順著海流前進。相信等一會牠就會開始轉圈子,到那時候我們便要一決勝負了。
他認為他的右手在水裡泡得夠久了,於是便把他拿回來瞧一瞧。
「還不算壞嘛!」他說:「疼痛並不礙事,也算不了甚麼。」
他小心地握住繩子,使它不致於又磨擦新割破的地方,然後,把繩子向另一邊轉移一下,以便左手可以在船的另一邊放進海水裏面。
「你這沒用的傢伙,你還不算太差勁!」他對著自己的左手說:「不過有一陣子我差點找不到你。」
楊照譯:
「你自己最好甚麼都不怕,充滿自信,老傢伙,」他說:「你又掌握住他了,不過你沒辦法把線拉回來。不過很快地,他得繞圈圈。」
老人用左手和肩膀掌握那魚,彎下身舀水在右手,把臉上黏著的海豚魚肉洗掉。他擔心魚肉讓他噁心,一旦吐了會失去力量。臉乾淨了,他將右手伸出船沿進到水裡,然後讓手留在鹹水裡,看著太陽升起前最早的光線出現。他幾乎是朝東了,他想。這意味著他累了,所以順著洋流游。很快地他就得繞圈圈了。那樣真正的活兒就開始了。
他判斷右手在水中夠久了,他把手拿出來,盯著手看。
「還不壞,」他說:「疼痛對一個男人來說不算一回事。」
他小心地握住釣線,避免碰到新割的傷口,然後移動重心,以便能夠將左手從小船的另一邊放進海中。
「你這次還算蠻有用的,」他對左手說:「但有一陣子我找不到你。」
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過3,600的網紅Kevin 英文不難,也在其Youtube影片中提到,你大學遇過恐怖的室友嗎?Teacher Kevin 在這次的英文 Podcast 分享網友在 Reddit 上訴說自己當年恐怖的遭遇。歡迎大家先不要看文稿,試著用聽的訓練自己的英文聽力。 訂閱: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-LfXeUtpvAczV1w1y...
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在另一半的家長面前,做自己就好啦:D
恬恬在這一年多跟Fabian的媽媽見面次數不算頻繁,但是漸漸的發現我可以不用像在台灣一樣畢恭畢敬的很怕做錯事,在聖誕節期間有幾次要跟媽媽單獨相處,一開始還有點緊張問Fabian我到底要跟媽媽做什麼,怕跟媽媽單獨有點尷尬......
那我想說乾脆跟媽媽一起佈置家裡的聖誕樹或是幫她打掃家裡,結果媽媽竟然覺得她的家沒有整理好,而且聖誕樹早該在我來之前佈置好,所以婉拒了恬恬的幫忙,說可以讓她靜一靜自己完成所有事情~那我就自己回到房間裡頭用電腦,但是在台灣時我都會想說我要不要幫忙,就算她說不用了我是不是不該自己待在房間內,但事實證明媽媽真的不介意恬恬有自己的活動或事情要做,不用因為拜訪她後就要這裡幫那裡幫的~
尤其我餐後想幫她收碗盤或洗碗時,媽媽都會說不用做事去等著吃甜點或是去洗澡~有時我們在聊天時媽媽還會把我想意見該怎麼治Fabian,像是他不練習中文的話,就把中文書擺在我們床中間XDDD
現在媽媽寄得卡片或是email在信末都會提及到我,有種甜甜的幸福感♥ 跟另一半的家長相處,就是儘量做自己也不用太刻意取悅對方,基本該做的做到就好~當然以上經驗不代表全體適用喔!
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Sometimes after meals I wanted to wash or cleaned up the dishes. She always told me just leave them to her and I sit down to enjoy desserts. Sometimes we joked together how to deal with Fabian if he doesn't do something that he should. For example, if he doesn't study Chinese, then I should put the Chinese book between our bed hehehhehe
Now when his mom sends emails or postcards, she always mentioned me at the end. I feel very touched and happy about it:) When we get along with your bf/gf's parents, just try to be yourself and you don't need to try to please them intentionally. Just do what you normally do.
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圖片下面有一點中文. 對不起,我剛剛沒有時間翻議那麼多.
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Podcast 連結
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上一部:恐怖大學室友 (1)|英文不難
https://youtu.be/ZpUJg_MBh7M
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#1
I had two roommates that kept eating all of my food. Although classes haven't started, I had already moved into my dorm. One day, I made myself a peanut butter sandwich. I put my sandwich on the table, and ten minutes later, it was gone. My roommate ate it. About a week later, I decided to make myself another peanut butter sandwich. I opened my cupboard and saw that my roommates left an empty jar in my cupboard. I flipped out because who eats a whole jar of peanut butter, without introducing themselves? These girls would scarf down all my food, and complain if they thought anyone was touching their food. So I started buying really fattening food such as doughnuts, pies, cakes. I was trying to teach them self-restraint, but these girls would go through these boxes within two days. So I kept buying doughnuts and desserts. And then one day they started complaining about how they couldn't fit their jeans. Success. I also put laxatives in my peanut butter.
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dorm 宿舍
cupboard 櫃子
flipped out 暴怒
scarf down 狼吞虎嚥
fattening 增肥
restraint 節制
laxatives 瀉藥
#2
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My roommate freshman year got completely hammered, came back to the room around 1 in the morning, and accused me of stealing the pudding in her fridge that she *had ate* an hour before she went out. She waited until I fell asleep and then stabbed me in the arm with one of those clicky pencils…I had to go to the hospital to get it cleaned/stitched. She got kicked out.
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freshman year 大一
hammered 嚴重酒醉
accused 指控
*had ate* 其實是錯的,應該是 had eaten。你有抓到嗎?XD
stabbed 捅
#3
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I got absolutely hammered and pissed all over my roommates desk the night before the end of the year. I woke up to him hanging up his money to dry out. Years later he ended up as my boss and ended up giving me a significant promotion. I guess he doesn't hold grudges.
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pissed 尿尿
ended up 變成
significant 大、有份量的
promotion 升遷
hold a grudge 記仇
#4
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It was move out day and my roommate was working on a paper last minute. I was packing my stuff. His parents walked in and were absolutely pissed that he wasn't packed yet. They immediately started scolding him while I was still in the room, but thankfully I had a final to go to and figured I'd dodge the storm. I said my goodbyes, assuming they'd be gone by the time I got back from my two hour final and went on my way. As it happens, my final only took twenty minutes so I got back much sooner than they'd have expected. I opened the door, saw my roommate bent over his bed with his bare ass showing just as his mom wound up for a spank. I quickly closed the door and went over to a friend's dorm until I felt safe enough to return. I never brought it up to him after that.
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paper 這裡是指報告
scolding 責罵
dodge the storm 避風頭
assuming 假設、預設
bare 沒穿衣服的、光溜溜
wound up 準備做某個動作
spank 打巴掌
bring something up 提及某事
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