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The opening of doors is a mystic act: it has in it some flavor of the unknow

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问题     The opening of doors is a mystic act: it has in it some flavor of the unknown, some sense of moving into a new moment, a new pattern of the complicated human procedure. It includes the highest glimpses of mortal gladness: reunions, reconciliations, the bliss of lovers long parted. Even in sadness, the opening of a door may bring relief: it changes and redistributes human forces. But the closing of doors is far more terrible. It is a confession of finality. Every door closed brings something to an end. And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors. A door slammed is a confession of weakness. A door gently shut is often the most tragic gesture in life. Every one knows the seizure of anguish that comes just after the closing of a door, when the loved one is still near, within sound of voice, and yet already far away.
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答案     开门是一个神秘的动作：其中包含着某种未知的情趣，某种进入新的时刻的感觉．一种人类繁琐仪式的新形式。它包含着世间至乐的闪现：重聚，和解，久别重逢的恋人的狂喜。即使在悲伤之际，一扇门的开启也许会带来宽慰：因为它可改变并重新分配人的力量。然而，关门则要可怕得多，关门意味着终结。每一扇门的关闭都意味着某件事的结束。在门的关闭中有着不同程度的悲伤。猛然关上一扇门表明软弱。轻轻地关上一扇门常常是生活中最具悲剧性的动作。人人都知道把门关上之后接着是极大痛苦的来袭，这时所爱的人仍在咫尺，还听得见说话的声音，而他已经远去了。
解析 1、首句中flavor在这里取其抽象含义，可译成“意味”或“情趣”；翻译时可沿用原文的排比风格。
2、第2句中It仍指开门这个动作，the highest glimpses of mortal gladness是翻译难点，glimpse意思是“一瞥”，而highest显然不是直接修饰“一瞥”．它实际上是指mortalgladness的程度。为了符合汉语习惯，glimpse的译法也要有所变换。
3、bliss指“极乐，狂喜”，在the bliss of lovers long parted在翻译时可以用倒序法．根据上下文添加解释性词语“重逢”，译为“久别重逢的恋人的狂喜”。
4、a confession of finality在翻译中，译文将名词confession“声明；表白”转化成动作，更符合中文表达。
5、every door closed，a door slammed，a door gently shut之间均省略了which is，不过在翻译的时候不宜译成“…的门”这样的形式。
6、最后一句中，seizure不是抓住的意思，而是表示“发作，侵袭”，anguish表示“(心灵上的)极大痛苦”。within表示“(距离上的)不超过”，而不是指“在…里面”。
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