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缘分”是所谓命中注定的人与人遇合的机缘。英译“缘分”(亦作“天缘”)以及“有缘”、“无缘”常用的英文词有fate, luck, lot, destiny 等。请看几个例子:: G7 j" x: p9 Z* F3 u) l4 e
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Wealth and honor, glory and fame, are predetermined by fate. (W.J.F. Jenner 译)
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4 \ F; Y7 b: K) J2.[宝玉问香菱为何薛蟠相亲定下了金桂,香菱笑道] 一则是天缘,二来是“情人眼里出西施”(《红楼梦》)
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It‘s partly fate, and partly a case of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."(杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)
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3.[王婆为了撮合西门庆和潘金莲,故意问前者是不是妻子死后,没有别的女人他中意的。西门庆争辩说]做甚么了便没?只恨我夫妻缘分上薄,自不撞着!(《水浒》)' s+ r! O* C9 m( a
( x6 t' M: ]- T: E' V) EWho says there isn‘t? It‘s just that my marriage luck has been bad. I‘ve never met the right one. (S. Shapiro 译)
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8 \# ~% E: a/ G+ H" @: P% g& m6 a4.她无缘,小生薄命。 (《西厢记》)
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She lacks the karma; I‘m out of luck. (S. H. L. Idema 译)
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5.[刘备送别徐庶时说]备分浅缘薄,不能与先生相聚。(《三国演义》)
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- x$ i9 b5 p. Z. j3 g+ a+ aMy meagre lot, my partly destiny keep us from remaining together.( M. Robers 译)
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6 x3 s. w) E0 o1 e4 g0 k4 T6.[杜慎卿向季苇萧诉说自己没有知心朋友]只为缘悭分浅,遇不着一个知己,所以对月伤怀,临风洒泪!(《儒林外史》)' o5 w- x8 s6 Z7 u+ p
1 N6 o V$ i! i. h4 NBut I have not been lucky enough to find a true friend, and that is why I so often give way to melancholy! (杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)' u: u! B) g. U/ e# Y/ d
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7.君琴瑟之好,自相知音;薄命人乌有此福。如有缘,再世可相聚耳。(《聊斋.宦娘》)0 W h% w) t2 N, N% a! w
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You are like a matching lute and zither set. You can appreciate each other‘s music. Fate has been too unkind to allow me
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* Y6 ]/ I+ {8 p" Gsuch blessings. If we are linked by the ties of destiny, we will meet again in the next life. (D.C. & V. H Mair 译)
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8.[方鸿渐看不中张小姐,心中暗说]“我你他”小姐,咱们没有“举碗[案]齐眉”的缘分,希望另有好运气的人来爱上您。 (《围城》)" L0 {! _ \; W+ b# t. ?
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Miss Wo-Ni-Ta, we just weren‘t meant to "raise the bowl To the eyebrows." I hope some other lucky guy falls in love: {$ J) v% o5 T! u+ c! G* \
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with you. (J. Kelly、 N. K. Mao 译)
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+ }( u/ z5 a3 s可以看出,以上句子里的中心词都含有“命运”的意识,英译亦然。《围城》一例所mean,据New World Dictionary 等词典的解释也有 to destine or seem to destine 的意思,颇为妥帖。2 k4 g. I: U9 _8 ]
8 F& [2 a" Z7 c2 M然而,“缘分”等词和命运的关联在有的用法里变得淡化了,甚至完全消失了。它只是泛指一种机遇或者机会。所以M. Roberts翻译《三国演义》的以下两句,用的词语和上边英译句子中的相应部分不同:
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9.[刘备二顾草芦时误认诸葛均为为诸葛亮,说]备久慕先生,无缘拜会。
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Your talents and your virtue have ever been the objects of my esteem. But I have not had the honour of being presented to you.8 ^+ ?, e! P7 X1 e# t1 Z
+ b% k2 Q! s% b1 u, V不仅如此,这种机遇还可以发生在人和事物之间。体育报道里说的“无缘(进入)决赛(be barred from entering the finals; be disqualified for the finals) 即其一例。《浮生六记》的作者沈复(字三白)因妻子陈芸喜欢李白和白居易的诗,就跟她说:
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k! k! I8 o# R0 V11.异哉!李太白是知己,白乐天是启蒙师,余适逢字三白,为卿婿;卿与“白”字何其有缘耶?5 U* @2 n, h/ x3 P( g: E6 O
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This is very strange. So LiBai is your bosom friend, Bai Juyi is your first tutor and yours band‘s literary name is Sanbai. It seems* e5 Q) B% v0 f) v% B
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that your life is always bound up with the Bai‘s. (林语堂 译) |
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