说是烘蛋糕,其实,烘焙的是心情。 有时,心情发霉,百事无心。坐立难安之际,索性撇下多如蝼蚁的琐事,一头钻进厨房,专心致志地烘蛋糕。烘出一个好蛋糕

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问题     说是烘蛋糕,其实,烘焙的是心情。
    有时,心情发霉,百事无心。坐立难安之际,索性撇下多如蝼蚁的琐事,一头钻进厨房,专心致志地烘蛋糕。烘出一个好蛋糕,绝对不是一加一等于二那般的直截了当。把各种配料准确无误地称好备妥,像攀爬高峰那般的小心,像校对文稿那样的细心,像教导孩子那般的耐心,翻搅、调弄、拌和,最后,满怀爱心地送进烘炉。随着面糊的膨胀,香气像泛滥的洪水,放肆地流满了天和地。这时,背上的重压、心里的焦躁,全都像被扎了一针的气球,慢慢地消了。

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答案     Sometimes I would feel depressed and not in the mood for anything. When in restlessness, I would simply cast away the endless trivial matters, plunge into the kitchen and concentrate on baking cakes. Baking a good cake is never as straightforward as one plus one equals two. You have to prepare and weigh precisely the various ingredients, and get them ready as cautiously as climbing a mountain, as carefully as proofreading a manuscript, and as patiently as instructing a child. And then mix the ingredients together, stir and make them into a batter. Finally send the batter into the oven with heart-felt affection. With the swelling of the batter, the overflowed sweet smell would flood into the whole world with abandon.

解析     这部分材料节选自新加坡作家尤金的一篇随笔《烘焙心情》。作者以流畅的文字将烘焙蛋糕的过程比喻为烘焙心情的过程。本文所选部分共有五个句子,多小短句,翻译时要特别注意理清各分句之间的逻辑关系,正确断句,适时调整原文的句法结构。选词用字时须首先吃透原文所要表达的具体意思,结合上下文选择恰当的表达方式,忠实流畅的再现原文。
1.画线部分第一句中“心情发霉”是比喻说法,指心情低落,情绪不高,可译为feel depressed。
2.画线部分第二句由几个小分句组成,翻译时首先要分析各分句之间的逻辑关系。“坐立难安之际”是状语,“……撇下……钻进……烘蛋糕”是三个连续的动作,可以用三个并列的动词短语译出。
3.画线部分第四句较长,由几个小分句组成,首先要分析各分句之间的逻辑关系,注意断句,分为几句话译出。此处缺少主语,需注意增译;“称好备妥……翻搅、调弄、拌和,最后……送进烘炉”是一系列的动作,可以用…and…And then…and…Finally连接。
4.画线部分最后一句“香气像泛滥的洪水,放肆地流满了天和地”,“泛滥”可以用overflowed译出;“放肆地”可以翻译为with abandon,abandon作名词时,意为“放任,放纵”。
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