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原文:

他訓(xùn)導(dǎo)的幾個(gè)學(xué)生,因?yàn)楫?dāng)天考試完了,晚上有工夫到他房里來(lái)話別。(錢鐘書 - 圍城 )

翻譯關(guān)鍵詞:幾(個(gè)),到……來(lái)(去),工夫

譯文:

A few of his student advisees, having finished their examinations that day, came over in the evening when they were free to chat and say goodbye.?(美 Jeanne Kelly, Nathan K.Mao <譯> –Fortress Besieged)

翻譯筆記:

幾(個(gè))

“幾”的譯法大家應(yīng)該不陌生,a few; several; some等等均可,按照句法結(jié)構(gòu)慣用等搭配均可,如:
說(shuō)幾句話 ?say a few words
有幾個(gè)人 ?some people
我們?cè)賮?lái)看看考試??嫉膬蓚€(gè)表達(dá):
幾十 ?tens; dozens; scores
幾萬(wàn)萬(wàn) ?several hundred million; hundreds of millions

到……來(lái)(去)

come是“來(lái)”,go是“去”,看似很簡(jiǎn)單,不過(guò)也有幾點(diǎn)是應(yīng)該注意的:
* 請(qǐng)來(lái)看我。Please come to see me. 這里當(dāng)然用come,不可用go。
? 我會(huì)去看你。I will come / go to see you. 這里come和go都可以用,但通常用come。在“來(lái)”和“去”對(duì)比的場(chǎng)合用go。如:
? As you cannot come to see me, I will go to see you.
* 他讓我去看他。He has asked me to come / go to see him. 這里come和go都可以用,但通常也用come。在“來(lái)”和“去”對(duì)比的場(chǎng)合用go。如:
? As he cannot come to see me, he has asked me to go to see him.
? 他讓我去看他哥哥(弟弟)。He has asked me to go to see his brother。這里用go,但假使那哥哥或弟弟跟“他”在一起,也可以改用come。
* 你明天去看他嗎?Shall you come / go to see him tomorrow??這里come和go都可以用,但用come含有“我也將去”的意思。
? 你明天和我一起去看他嗎?Will you come / go with me to see him??這里come和go都可以用,但還是用come更普遍。

工夫

漢語(yǔ)里的“工夫”包含有許多意思,這里我們主要了解關(guān)于時(shí)間的用法。
* time 時(shí)間 如:
? 明天有工夫再來(lái)吧。
? Come again tomorrow if you have time.
? 他三天工夫就學(xué)會(huì)了滑冰。
? It took him only three days to learn to skate.
* spare (or free) time余暇,業(yè)余時(shí)間 ?如:
? 你有工夫旅游嗎?
? Do you have time for traveling?
* period of time一段時(shí)間,時(shí)段 ?如:
? 我們說(shuō)話那工夫他還在這兒。
? He was still here when we were talking.

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