雙語(yǔ)咖啡廳:Something="某物"?
時(shí)間:2006-6-26 22:56:14 作者:alex
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雙語(yǔ)咖啡廳:Something="某物"?
原文:Nobody could deny that Jeff had something about him.
原文:Nobody could deny that Jeff had something about him.
譯文[誤]:沒(méi)有人能夠否認(rèn)杰夫有點(diǎn)那個(gè).
表面上看,譯文和原句有點(diǎn)相象,但實(shí)際上意思完全不同.中文說(shuō)某人有點(diǎn)那個(gè),是說(shuō)某人有不好的習(xí)慣或缺點(diǎn).Something可以指代某物,但翻譯時(shí)必須聯(lián)系上下文.如Something seems to have come over him.（看來(lái)他有點(diǎn)變了）原句中的Something意思可以參見(jiàn)《英漢大詞典》定義第5條“重要的東西”。
類似的用法如：I hope this time my advice will go for something with him
（我希望這一次我的勸告能對(duì)他起些作用）
在這句中指“與眾不同的特點(diǎn)，尤其是長(zhǎng)處”
譯文[正]:沒(méi)有人能否認(rèn)/誰(shuí)也無(wú)法否認(rèn)杰夫很有一手/是個(gè)厲害的人物.
下面我們來(lái)看幾個(gè)練習(xí).
1 He has made something of this deal.
2 In three years he made something of himself.
3 That’s something.
4 There is something in what he has just said.
5He is somebody.
