But great drinkers are more famous than sober sages.
The Prince of Poets feast'd in his palace at will,
Drank wine at ten thousand a cask and laughed his fill.
A host should not complain of money he is short,
To drink with you I will sell things of any sort.
My fur coat worth a thousand coins of gold
And my flower-dappled horse may be sold
To buy good wine that we may drown the woe age-old.
(Xu Yuanchong)
赏析:
许渊冲先生的译文多以直译为主。在翻译过程中不可避免地丧失了原文的气势,但是基本覆盖了全部的诗歌意象。
为了让读者更好地感知原文的情绪,许渊冲的译文采用了一些带有情感色彩的词语,如“朝如青丝暮成雪”的译文是Grieve o'er your snow-white hair though once it was silk-black,用grieve over表达人生短促的无奈之情。青丝和白发分别译作“silk-black”和“snow-white”,生动且富有美感。
“人生得意须尽欢”中的“尽欢”被译作high delight,从情绪上来说,utmost delight也是合适的,更多了几分夸张的色彩。
“天生我材必有用”的译文是Heaven has made us talents, we're not made in vain,即“我们天生的才能并不是徒劳无用的”。英大很喜欢这句话的译文,贴近原文的意思。
译文将“请君为我倾耳听”拆分成了几个短句“please hear. O hear! lend me a willing ear!”这样的句式既考虑到押韵,又符合英语读者的读诗习惯,语气是逐句递增的。
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