二、茶的烹制方法的翻譯

◆ 大家入座，小丫鬟捧上茶來。寶玉自覺清香異味，純美非常，因又問何名。警幻道：“此茶出在放春山譴香洞，又以仙花靈葉上所帶之宿露而烹，此茶名曰‘千紅一窟’?！?曹雪芹《紅樓夢》第五回)

As Baoyu marveled at this they took seats and young maids served tea with such a pure scent，exquisite flavor and refreshing quality that again he asked its name．

“This tea grows in the Grotto of Emanating Fragrance on the Mountain of Expanding Spring，”Disenchantment told him．“Infused with the night dew from fairy flowers and spiritual leaves，its name is Thousand Red Flowers in One Cavern．”(楊憲益、戴乃迭譯)

◆ 黛玉因問：“這也是舊年的雨水?”妙玉冷笑道：“你這么個人，竟是大俗人，連水也嘗不出來。這是五年前我在玄墓蟠香寺住著，收的梅花上的雪，共得了那一鬼臉青得花甕一甕，總舍不得吃，埋在地下，今年夏天才開了。我只吃過一回，這是第二回了。你怎么嘗不出來?隔年蠲的雨水那有這樣輕浮，如何吃得?！?曹雪芹《紅樓夢》第四十一回)

“Is this made with last year's rain-water too?”asked Daiyu．

Miaoyu smiled disdainfully．

“Can you really be so vulgar as not even to tell the difference?This is snow I gathered from plum-blossom five years ago while in Curly Fragrance Nunnery on Mount Xuanmu．I managed to fill that whole dark blue porcelain pot，but it seemed too precious to use so I've kept it buried in the earth all these years，not opening it till this summer．Today is only the second time I've used it．Surely you can taste the difference?How could last year's rain-water be as light and pure as this?”(楊憲益、戴乃迭譯)

【注】古人用“雨水”、“雪水”煎茶，不乏其例。唐人陸龜蒙在《煮茶》詩中就有“閑來松間坐，看煮松上雪”之句。宋朝蘇軾載《記夢回文二首并敘》詩前“敘”中也說過：“夢文以雪水烹小團茶?！边@些古人以“雪水”煎茶的詩文，反映了自唐宋以來“雪水”煎茶的風俗。古時，工業(yè)不發(fā)達，天空大氣沒有受到污染，雨水、雪水比較潔凈。因此，古人稱雨水、雪水為“天水”，食用雨水、雪水是常見的現(xiàn)象。而且，據(jù)近代科學(xué)分析證明，自然界中的水只有雨水、雪水為純軟水，而用軟水泡茶其湯色清明，香氣高雅，滋味鮮爽，自然可貴。(胡文彬，2005：510)

◆ 惜春欣幸異常，便命彩屏去開上年蠲的雨水，預(yù)備好茶。那妙玉自有茶具。那道婆去了不多時，又來了個侍者，帶了妙玉日用之物。惜春親自烹茶。(曹雪芹《紅樓夢》第百十一回)

And Xichun in her delight told Caiping to fetch some rain-water kept from previous year to brew some choice tea．Miaoyu would not drink out of any cups but her own;however，before long her maid brought over her things and Xichun herself made the tea．(楊憲益、戴乃迭譯)

◆ 當下鎖了門同道士一直進了舊城，一個茶館內(nèi)坐下。茶館里送上一壺干烘茶、一碟透糖、一碟梅豆上來。(吳敬梓《儒林外史》第二十三回)

He locked his door and went with the priest to a tea-house in the old city．The waiter brought them a pot of tea，a plate of sweets and another of spiced beans．(楊憲益、戴乃迭譯)