没有一个人将小草叫作“大力士”,但是它的力量之大,的确是世界无比。这种力,是一般人看不见的生命力,只要生命存在,这种力就要显现,上面的石块,丝毫不足以阻

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问题     没有一个人将小草叫作“大力士”,但是它的力量之大,的确是世界无比。这种力,是一般人看不见的生命力,只要生命存在,这种力就要显现,上面的石块,丝毫不足以阻挡,因为它是一种“长期抗战”的力,有弹性,能屈能伸的力,有韧性,不达目的不止的力。
    种子不落在肥土而落在瓦砾中,有生命力的种子绝不会悲观和叹气,因为有了阻力才有磨炼。生命开始的一瞬间就带了斗争来的草,才是坚韧的草,也只有这种草,才可以傲然地对那些玻璃棚中养育着的盆花哄笑。

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答案     Though the little grass has never been compared to a Hercules, the power it produces is matchless in the world. It is an invisible life-force. So long as there is life, the force will show itself. The rock on top of it is not heavy enough to stop it, because it is a force that remains active over a long period of time, because it is an elastic force that shrinks and expands, because it is a tenacious force that will not stop until it achieves its end.
    The seed does not fall on fertile land but in debris, instead. The seed with life is never pessimistic nor crestfallen, for having overcome resistance and pressure, it is tempered. Only the grass that has been fighting its way out since its birth is strong and tenacious and, therefore, it can smile with pride at the potted plants in glassed greenhouses.

解析 背景介绍
    本篇节选自夏衍早期的一篇很有名的散文《野草》。夏衍是现代剧作家、革命戏剧和电影运动的组织者和领导者。在《野草》中,作者通过对种子、野草和生命力的歌颂和肯定,表达了他对黑暗现实重压的蔑视,对民众力量的信赖。翻译散文要掌握散文的文本特征及其个体风格。翻译时应注意原文在信息功能、关感功能、表情功能方面的传递,使译文和原文一样意境深远。
难点解析
-  上面的石块,丝毫不足以阻挡,因为它是一种“长期抗战”的力,有弹性,能屈能伸的力,有韧性,不达目的不止的力:字句是构成语篇的基本要素,也是文本情感、信息、文化等的基本载体。在翻译过程中,结合语篇、语境字斟句酌,是成功翻译的一个重要环节。  “它是一种‘长期抗战’的力”指“很长时间,这种力都保持一种积极的状态”;  “不达目的不止的力”指“这种力直到实现目的,才会停止”。故结合上下文,整句译为:  “The rock on top of it is not heavy enough to stop it,because it is a force that remains active over a long period of time,because it is an elastic force that shrinks and expands,because it is a tenacious force that will not stop until it achieves its end.”。
-  有生命力的种子绝不会悲观和叹气:  “绝不会”用来加强语势,可根据需要,译为“by no means”,  “never”,  “on no account”,  “under no circumstance”等。  “悲观”和“叹气”是并列部分,翻译时最好使用同样的词性。如果“悲观”使用“pessimistic”,那么“叹气”就不宜使用“sigh”,可考虑“dispirited”,“depressed”,“dejected”等。此句可译为:  “The seed with life is never pessimistic nor crestfallen.”。
-  也只有这种草,才可以傲然地对那些玻璃棚中养育着的盆花哄笑:副词的位置相对随意,可以理解为“对……傲然地哄笑”。  “盆花”即“potted plants”,  “玻璃棚”指“用玻璃制成的暖房”,译为“glassed green house”。这句可译为:“…and,therefore,it can smile with pride at the pored plants in glassed green houses.。
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