二十岁的时候,我穿着一条背心式牛仔裙在校园里走来走去,一说话就脸红。三十岁的我穿着名牌套装,坐在办公桌前,满脸冷酷地对下属说:“这么愚蠢的问题你也敢问?

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问题     二十岁的时候,我穿着一条背心式牛仔裙在校园里走来走去,一说话就脸红。三十岁的我穿着名牌套装,坐在办公桌前,满脸冷酷地对下属说:“这么愚蠢的问题你也敢问?也不先打个草稿”。
    二十岁的暑假,在家乡的大街上偶遇自己的暗恋对象,听说他考上了研究生,被他的进步所打击,心如刀绞,想到这辈子终于不能出色得让他看我一眼,不禁怆然泪下。三十岁之后,到处打听哪里可以花钱买个MBA。

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答案 At the age of twenty, wearing a jeans jumper, I moved about on the campus, my face blushing the moment I had the inclination to make an utterance. At the age of thirty, I, wearing a famous-brand suit and a cold look, reproach my subordinate bluntly, "How can you go so far as to raise such a silly, mindless question?"
At the age of twenty, during the summer holiday I ran into the young man whom I loved in private in the street of my hometown. Upon hearing that he had been enrolled as a graduate, I was virtually dealt a heavy blow, believing reluctantly so painful a fact that I could never do well enough to win his favor, bitter tears streaming down my cheeks. After thirty, I busy myself here and there, inquiring where I could buy an MBA diploma.

解析 1.本文讲述了作者二十岁和三十岁的区别和转变,叙事性质强,总体时态宜用一般过去时。
2.服饰是翻译的难点之一。第1句中的“背心式牛仔裙”在英语中有对应的译法,应译为jeans jumper或denim jumper,不宜按意思译为vest-like jean skirt或sleeveless jeans skirt.
3.高分译文在翻译第2句“穿着名牌套装,……满脸冷酷地对下属说”时巧妙地将用动词wear将两个宾语“名牌套装”和“满脸冷酷”串起来,简化了句式,是难得的佳译。
4.第2句中的“也不先打个草稿”是典型的中文,若直译为why didn’t you make a draft first,难免让英语读者疑惑,故译文采用了意译,用mindless“没思想,未经思考的”一词来表达,既简洁,也不失原意。
5.最后一句中的“买个MBA”实指“买个MBA学位”,故翻译时增译diploma一词。
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