三、翻譯比較與欣賞

【例1】

原　文:據(jù)說在公元800年的時(shí)候，女皇武則天因百花中唯有牡丹未按她的旨意在雪天開放，因而龍顏大怒，將其逐出京城長(zhǎng)安，流放到洛陽。

譯文一:It is said that in 800 A.D．the peonies，unlike the other flowers，disobeyed Empress Wu Zetian's command to bloom in the snow．In a rage she banished them from the imperial capital Chang'an to Luoyang．

譯文二:It is said that in 800 A.D．the peonies，unlike the other flowers，disobeyed Empress Wu Zetian's command to bloom in the snow，driving her into such a rage that she banished them from the imperial capital Chang'an to Luoyang．

譯文三:As the story goes，in 800 A.D．Empress Wu Zetian，enraged that the peonies，unlike the other flowers，failed to bloom in the snow as she had decreed，banished them from the imperial capital Chang'an to Luoyang．(孫海晨，1998:150)

【例2】

原　文:在我的后園，可以看見墻外有兩株樹，一株是棗樹，還有一株也是棗樹。(魯迅:《秋夜》)

譯文一:Through the window I can see two trees in my backyard．The one is a date tree，the other is also a date tree．(Maosan譯)

譯文二:Behind the wall of my backyard you can see two trees:one is a date tree，the other is also a date tree．(楊憲益，戴乃迭 譯)

譯文三:In our backyard，there stood two Chinese jujubes．(毛榮貴，2005b: 285)

譯文四:Over the wall from my back garden you can see two trees．One is a date tree;so is the other．(王立弟，張立云用例，2002:17)

【例3】

原　文:不在其位，不謀其政。

譯文一:He who is not in any particular office，has nothing to do with plans for the administration of its duties．(James Legge 譯)

譯文二:He who does not occupy the office does not discuss its policy．(Soothill 譯)

譯文三:Out of position，out of administration．(張其春 譯)

譯文四:Everyone should confine himself to his own duties．(張學(xué)英，1991: 74)