《金枝欲孽》劇情簡介:清嘉慶十五年,后宮里的女人們明爭暗斗,皇后和如妃已經(jīng)事成水火,再加上新入宮的一群秀女,其各自背后的勢力,明里暗里,爾虞我詐。此外,御醫(yī)孫白楊、市井貧農(nóng)孔武、宮女安茜等人,也逐漸卷入這一場紛爭之中……最后逃出皇宮的人,還有沒有勇氣和希望,去繼續(xù)新的生活呢?

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第九集后半段中,爾淳和徐公公繼續(xù)謀劃將來的計劃,由于玉瑩愈發(fā)得到如妃賞識,爾淳急著將功補過想對玉瑩下手,而徐公公卻另有打算。

爾淳:爾淳注意到,自從封為答應(yīng)之后,玉瑩更加得到如妃娘娘的照顧,我怕日子一長,就更難離間她們之間的感情。
英文字幕:I've noticed Madam Yue has taken Yuk-ying under her wing especially after she's been selected. I'm afraid the longer we wait the harder it will be to get between them.

知識點1:
離間感情:get/come between them,處于兩人中間,能做什么事呢?肯定不是好事!這個短語看起來很簡單,卻是很形象的表述,在美劇和電影中也經(jīng)常能聽到,很native speaker的感覺呢~

挑撥離間其實還有一句英文諺語:cast in a bone between sb:
eg1.By this means she cast in a bone between the wife and husband.
她用這種手段離間這對夫妻。 (小三?。?/span>

徐公公:我也知道你很著急想為往日的事將功補過,不過事情不發(fā)生也發(fā)生了,在這個時候不要放在心里。風(fēng)沙又起了,你回去吧。
英文字幕:I know you're anxious to right the wrong, but
bygones are bygones. Do not keep reminding yourself of it. The sandstorms are due, hurry back!

知識點2:
right the wrong,第一眼看是不是有點頭暈?zāi)?,又是right又是wrong的。其實“right”也能做動詞使用:correct itself/sth 糾正或改正某事物。

eg2.The fault will right itself if you give it time.
只要過一些時候,這個毛病就能自行更正了。

將功補過——right the wrong,很驚艷的翻譯,學(xué)習(xí)了^^

風(fēng)沙又起:the sandstorms are due,這里我們來研究研究due這個單詞:due for sth--應(yīng)有,應(yīng)得到;due to do sth--預(yù)計,預(yù)期;due to sb--由某人引起。

eg3.She's due for promotion soon.
她不久就要晉升了。

eg4.His book is due to be published in October.
他的書預(yù)定十月份出版。

eg5.The team's success was largely due to her efforts.
該隊的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。

孫白楊:應(yīng)該這么說,下官相信夫人你們一定會關(guān)心一些還有利用價值的棋子。至于沒有利用價值的,就會棄之如舊衣履,甚至忘記。
英文字幕:Let me put it this way, I believe Madam will care about games pieces still of value. As for those which are no longer useful, it will be discarded as old shoes and maybe even forgotten.

知識點3:
棋類游戲中的棋子英文是chessman,但這里用的是引申義,翻譯為chessman顯然不合適。game pieces游戲中的一部分,game這個英文單詞本身就不單單有簡單游戲的意思。

棄之如舊衣履--discarded as old shoes,discard表示拋棄,丟棄:If you discard something, you get rid of it because you no longer want it or need it.

eg6.History discarded him.
他被歷史所拋棄。

(英文注解由滬江原創(chuàng),轉(zhuǎn)載請注明出處)