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2023年韩素音国际翻译大赛往届参考译文(5)

韩素音大赛往届真题与参考译文
 
韩素音国际翻译大赛,是以纪念韩素音女士及表彰她为中国外交事业做出的杰出贡献为宗旨的重要赛事之一。自2001年创办以来,该比赛已成为全球翻译界公认的高水平、高质量的赛事之一。

01汉语原文:
 
1再狭小范围,就欧洲文化的观点说,歌德确是代表文艺复兴以后近代人的心灵生活及其内在的问题。2近代人失去了基督教对一超越上帝虔诚的信仰。3人类精神上获得了解放,得到了自由;4但也就同时失所依傍,彷徨摸索,苦闷,追求,欲在生活本身的努力中寻得人生的意义与价值。5歌德是这时代精神伟大的代表,他的主著《浮士德》是这人生全部的反映与其问题的解决。6歌德与其替身浮士德一生生活的内容就是尽量体验这近代人生特殊的精神意义,了解其悲剧而努力以解决其问题,指出解救之道。7所以有人称他的浮士德是近代人的圣经。8但歌德与但丁莎士比亚不同的地方,就是他不单是由作品里启示我们人生真相,9尤其在他自己的人格与生活中表现了人生广大精微的义谛。
 
02参考译文:
 
1 In a narrower sense, viewed in the perspective of European culture, Goethe indeed represents people of the post-Renaissance period in terms of their intellectual life and their inner problems. 2 In modern times people have abandoned their strong Christian faith in an omnipotent God. 3 Their spirit has been emancipated and they have acquired freedom. 4 Yet, on the other hand, they have lost what gave them strength. They are nervously groping in the dark; they are spiritually tormented; they engage in a quest, trying to find the true meaning and value of life through their mundane efforts. 5 Goethe is a great representative of our Zeitgeist. His most important work, Faust, is a reflection of everything in this kind of life and a solution to its problems. 6 All that Goethe and Dr Faust, his stand-in, do throughout their lives is to experience to the fullest the peculiar spirit and meaning of life in modern times, try to understand its tragedy, strive to solve its problems and show people the way of deliverance. 7 This is why his Faust is deemed the Bible of modern times.8 But Goethe is different from Dante and Shakespeare, in that he does not merely enlighten us about the true meaning of life through his works. 9 His personal character and behavior does even more in demonstrating the great and subtle truth of life.
 
03译文解析:
 
本语篇节选自第13届韩素英青年翻译大赛。原文为著名美学家、哲学家宗白华的《歌德之人生启示》,于1932年3月歌德百年忌日所写,原载天津《大公报》文学副刊第220至222期。译文为官方参考译文。
 
1.再狭小范围 = 在更狭小的意义上讲:in a narrower sense 再 = 更
 
就……观点说 = 就……方面看来:viewed in the perspective of ...
 
代表文艺复兴以后近代人的心灵生活及其内在的问题 = 在其精神生活及其内在问题方面代表着后文艺复兴时期的人们:represents people of the post-Renaissance period in terms of their intellectual life and their inner problems.
 
心灵生活 = 精神生活:intellectual life
 
2.近代人推动了基督教对一超越上帝虔诚的信仰 = 在近代,人们曾经抛弃他们对万能上帝的强烈的基督教信仰:In modern times people have abandoned their strong Christian faith in an omnipotent God.
 
3.本句相对较长,可以从分号处断句,分别译成独立句子。参考译文将分号后部分进一步译成两个句子,其中“但也就同时失所依傍”为后半部分的总领,可以与其他部分分开来译。
 
人类精神上获得了解放 = 他们的精神得到了解放:Their spirit has been emancipated
 
emancipate:vt. 解放,使不受(法律、政治或社会的)束缚。
 
4.同时 = 另一方面:on the other hand
 
彷徨摸索,苦闷,追求,欲在生活本身的努力中寻得人生的意义与价值 =他们正在黑暗中紧张地探索;他们精神上受到折磨;他们参与探索,试图通过世俗的努力发现人生的真正意义和价值:They are nervously groping in the dark; they are spiritually tormented; they engage in a quest, trying to find the true meaning and value of life through their mundane efforts
 
5.Zeitgeist:n.(德语)时代精神 (歌德是德国人,所以这里“时代精神”用德语)
 
主著 = 最重要著作:most important work
 
《浮士德》:Faust
 
这人生全部问题的反映 = 这种人生中所有事情的反映:a reflection of everything in this kind of life
 
6.歌德与其替身浮士德一生生活的内容 = 歌德与其替身浮士德他们整个人生所做的所有事情:All that Goethe and Dr Faust, his stand-in, do throughout their lives
 
这近代人生特殊的精神意义 = 近代人生的这种特殊精神和意义:the peculiar spirit and meaning of life in modern times
 
解救之道:the way of deliverance deliverance:n. 释放,解救;救助
 
7.所以 = 这就是为什么……:this is why ...
 
称A为B = A被视为B:A is deemed B
 
8.原文本句句子较长,所以可以在适当处断句。其中后面一句可以单独成句。
 
……与……不同的地方,就是……:... is different from ..., in that ... (that引导从句,充当介词in的宾语)
 
由作品里启示我们人生真相 = 通过他的作品向我们启示人生的真正意义:enlighten us about the true meaning of life through his works
 
enlighten sb about sth:启示某人某事物
 
9.尤其在他自己的人格与生活中表现了人生广大精微的义谛 = 他的个人性格和行为在展现人生的广大的和精微的真理方面做得更多:His personal character and behavior does even more in demonstrating the great and subtle truth of life.
 
人格 = 个人性格:personal character 或 personality
 
生活 = 行为:behavior
 
人生广大精微的义谛:the great and subtle truth of life

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