那是动乱的第二年吧,我被划进了“黑帮”队伍里。我在那长长的“黑帮”队伍里倒不害怕,最怕的就是游斗汽车开到自己家门口,这一招太损了。嗨,越害怕还越有鬼,有

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问题     那是动乱的第二年吧,我被划进了“黑帮”队伍里。我在那长长的“黑帮”队伍里倒不害怕,最怕的就是游斗汽车开到自己家门口,这一招太损了。嗨,越害怕还越有鬼,有一次汽车就真的开到了家门口。那八旬的老母亲看见了汽车上的我,嘴抖了几抖,闭了眼睛,扶着墙,身子像泥一样瘫了下去。妻子竟忘了去扶持母亲,站在那儿,眼睛都直了,跟个傻子一般。

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答案 In the second of those tumultuous years, I was labeled as a member of the so-called reactionary gang. What I feared most was not being forced to queue up among this gang of so many, but the horrible fate of being publicly denounced on a truck in front of my own house. This would be a terribly vicious trick! Well, fear or no fear, the lot fell on me soon enough. When the truck drove to the gate of my house, my mother, already over eighty, spotted me on the truck. With lips trembling and eyes shut, she first leaned against the wall, then collapsed, weak and limp, like soft mud on the ground. Meanwhile, my wife just stood there dumbfounded like a blockhead, forgetting even to help my mother up.

解析 1.本段体裁为叙事文,以一般过去时翻译妥当。
2.第1句的“动乱”本意为“动乱年代”,即十年文革,故可意译为tumultuous years;“划进”英语可表达为belabeled;“黑帮”此处指文革中的所谓的反动派,可译为reactionary gang。汉语常用引号来表示“所谓的”之意,故英文增补so-called一词。
3.第2句“这一招太损了”也是中文表达习惯,可采用意译法。“这一招”可以译为practice或trick,“损”在汉语里意为“邪恶”“缺德”等,译为vicious或wicked均很贴切。若翻译为bad或evil也可保底。全句译为This would be a terribly vicious practice(trick).用would be而不用was,是为了体现作者当时害怕这类事情的发生。
4.第3句的“嗨,越害怕还越有鬼”是个承上启下的句子,翻译时不应拘泥于词句形式上的对应,这里意译为Well,fear or no fear,the lot fell on me soon enough,其中lot是英语中的幽默表达,意思是“命运,运气”。
5.第5句翻译时加上过渡性词语meanwhile衔接更紧密。“眼睛都直了,跟个傻子一般”可译为dumbfounded like a blockhead,符合英文的习惯表达方式;“忘了去扶持母亲”是结果,可译为分词短语作状语。
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