张培基英译散文赏析之《搪瓷茶缸 》
<p>搪瓷茶缸</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Enamel">Enamel</span> <span word="Mug">Mug</span></p><p>万全</p><p><span word="Wan">Wan</span> <span word="Quan">Quan</span></p><p>| 译文摘自张培基《英译中国散文选二》</p><p>每走进百货公司，看到那些洁白的、柔和的、米黄色的和彩色诱人的搪瓷茶缸，总感到一种愉快。</p><p><span word="Whenever">Whenever</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="store">store</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="delight">delight</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="enamel">enamel</span> <span word="mugs">mugs</span> <span word="which">which</span>, <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="creamy">creamy</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="graceful">graceful</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="color">color</span>.</p><p>要点：</p><p>1，“看到…很愉快”译为<span word="take">take</span> <span word="delight">delight</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span>…使得句式更加简洁。</p><p>2，积累颜色方面的词汇。</p><p>上中学的时候，由于少女的洁癖，喜欢使用白色的搪瓷器皿。记得那时候要买一只瑞典货的纯白大茶缸，要花五块多银元，得进“惠罗公司”之类外国铺子。一九三九 年在重庆，某商店从滇缅路运进来一批搪瓷茶缸，价钱当然比战前更贵。我凑足了钱，托朋友进城捎了一只；我的朋友也许过于紧张，一出商店门就将茶缸掉在地 上，摔脱了一块瓷。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="preferred">preferred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="enamelware">enamelware</span> <span word="because">because</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="girls">girls</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="cleanliness">cleanliness</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="remember">remember</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Swede">Swede</span>-<span word="made">made</span> <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="mug">mug</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="silver">silver</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="obtainable">obtainable</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="firm">firm</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1939, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="sale">sale</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prewar">prewar</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="enamel">enamel</span> <span word="mugs">mugs</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="laid">laid</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span>-<span word="Burma">Burma</span> <span word="highway">highway</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="raised">raised</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="enamel">enamel</span> <span word="mug">mug</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="Unfortunately">Unfortunately</span>, <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nervousness">nervousness</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="stepped">stepped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="chipped">chipped</span>.</p>
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