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(4)“今日真如渔父入桃源矣。”(p·150)译文:“Now I really feel like the fisherman whowent up to the Peach-Blossom Spring.”*原文是讲作者的妻子陈芸为避难来到义姐家中,村中诸人纷纷前来寒暄问候时,她有感而发,故出此语。在此例中,仅将原文直译过来并不能使读者了解她此刻的心情,因而译者加了一个脚注对该典故进行说明:“Reference to an idyllic retreatmentioned in an essay by Tao Yuanming.”这样读者就不难感受到陈芸在陡遭家庭变故后又尝到人间温暖时感慨万千的心境了。

(5)始则折桂催花,继则每人一令,二鼓始罢。(p·280)译文: At first we played a game with a twig ofcassia, * and later each one was required to drinkone round, and we did not break up till ten o clock inthe night.林语堂对此句所做脚注为:“This is a gamesimilar to‘Going to Jerusalem’. A twig of cassia blos-soms was passed round from hand to hand as long asthe beat of the drum continued. The one found withthe twig in his hand when the drum stopped beatingwas required to drink.”这一注解可谓妙极。“Goingto Jerusalem”是西方的一种游戏,又名“musicalchairs”,即“a game in which players march to musicin single file around a row of chairs numbering one lessthan the players and scramble for seats when the musicstops, one player and one chair being eliminated eachtime until one of the last two marchers claims the onlyremaining seat”。②林语堂巧妙地将中国酒文化中的“折桂催花”与西方文化中的游戏“Going toJerusalem”做类比,找到两种文化中的某种相通之处,从而使西方读者对“折桂催花”的内容有了较为感性的认识。第二种技巧是在译文中直接加入一些解释性的词句,使原文内涵明晰化。如:

(6)迁仓米巷,余颜其卧楼曰宾香阁,盖以芸名而取如宾意也。(p·50)译文: After we had moved to Ts angmi Alley, Icalled our bedroom the“Tower of My Guest s Fra-grance,”with a reference to Yün s name, and to thestory of Liang Hung and Meng Kuang who, as hus-band and wife, were always courteous to each other“like guests.”梁鸿与孟光是我国历史上一对有名的夫妻,“相敬如宾”这个成语即由他们的故事生发而来。我们看到“如宾”二字时,自然而然地会联想到这个典故,但西方读者中很少有人了解这一点,因此有必要在文中加以简洁的解释,一方面使原文含义更为明显,另一方面也向西方读者介绍了我国的部分传统文化。

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