02月 You Translate（翻譯擂臺(tái)）

上月回顧

時(shí)下的物價(jià)，不僅正成為學(xué)者和官員利用統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)做武器的爭論，更是普通百姓當(dāng)下最熱門的問候語，尤其是針對(duì)接連不斷的食品漲價(jià)——“還有什么沒有漲？明天還會(huì)漲什么？”中國的老百姓們正經(jīng)歷著自2004年以來最強(qiáng)的一波漲價(jià)浪潮。

河南鄭州 王俐偉

The price nowadays has not only become an argument among scholars and officials who use statistics as their weapons， but also become a hottest greeting among the mass， especially the successive rise in food price…\"what prices still remain the same， and what prices will go up tomorrow?\" The Chinese civilians are experiencing the strongest wave of price soaring ever since 2004.

本篇譯文大部分譯文比較通順，但仍有幾處小問題。在段落中關(guān)于食品物價(jià)上漲的部分“especially the successive rise in food price”與前句邏輯不是很清晰，究竟是指向官員、學(xué)者間的爭論還是人們間的問候。該句可譯為“…but has also become the hottest greeting among the masses， especially regarding the successive rise in food price.”另外，形容詞最高級(jí)前應(yīng)使用定冠詞the。譯文中“普通百姓”mass應(yīng)改為masses。

北京 劉小金

Nowadays the prices， especially the increasing food prices， are becoming not only the controversy between academics and government officials who use the statistical data as weapons， but also the most popular greeting exchanged by the present ordinary people. \"What price hasn't grown? What price will increase tomorrow?\" The Chinese people have been experiencing the biggest wave of price increases since 2004.

譯文通順。我個(gè)人建議將譯文中的“the controversy” 改為“a point of controversy”。另外，在“statistical data”和“present ordinary people”前不必使用定冠詞。當(dāng)我們說物價(jià)上漲時(shí)通常使用the price has increased而不用the price has grown。

北京理工大學(xué)珠海學(xué)院外國語學(xué)院 楊龍

The current cost of living has been a controversial issue over which the scholars and officials have been arguing by employing statistics as a weapon. It has even become the most popular (hottest) greeting between common citizens， especially as far as the ever-increasing food price is concerned - \"What else remains unchanged? What items else are going to be more expensive tomorrow?\" Chinese people are going through the strongest wave of a price increase ever since 2004.

本篇譯文的譯者要么對(duì)英文駕馭能力很好，要么就是請(qǐng)英語國家的人幫助修改過，實(shí)在是令我眼前一亮。言歸正傳，問題仍然是出在定冠詞the上，“scholars and officials”前無需使用定冠詞。“items else” 應(yīng)改為“other items”。文中最后一句中的“the strongest wave of a price increase”改譯為“strongest wave of price increases”會(huì)更好些。

本月題目

馮小剛認(rèn)為，巴頓將軍這樣的大人物是瘋子，是戰(zhàn)爭狂人，但“真正去玩命的是無法做出決定的人，這些人更值得同情也更值得尊敬?！薄懊恳粋€(gè)犧牲都是永垂不朽的”，這是馮小剛本人目前的戰(zhàn)爭觀。在戰(zhàn)爭面前，恐懼和懦弱才是人的常態(tài)；對(duì)戰(zhàn)爭有恐懼的人才能為別人做出犧牲，這才是真正的英雄。

（摘自《南方周末》，內(nèi)容有刪改）

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