11、War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
战争不能决出正义,但能判出哪方出局。
阿杰点评:体会right 和left的双关,极为精妙。
12、Women might be able to fake orga**s. But men can fake a whole relati**hip.
a. 女人的**可能是装出来的。但是男人TMD可以整段感情都是装出来的!
b. 女人假装**以获取真实的感情;男人假装感情以获取真实的**。
阿杰点评:这个fake用得好。此外,b翻译虽不严谨,却很有启发性。
13、We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
我们永远不可能真正的成熟,我们只是学会在众人面前装逼。
阿杰点评:act在此语境中获得了表演、演戏的拓展义,social performance(社会性表演)乃人之天赋和本能。
14、It will never rain roses!When we want to have more roses, we must plant more trees.
天上永远不会掉玫瑰。要想有玫瑰,就得多种树。
阿杰的意译:天上永远不会掉馅饼。与其临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网。
从乔治。艾略特(George Eliot)的名言中,我们发现rain是可以带宾语的。
15. Like measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
爱情就像麻疹。发作得越晚越危险。
阿杰点评:measles(麻疹)用得极妙。此句印象中最早见于拜伦(Lord Byron)的写作中,后被改写成了:
(1) Love is like measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
(2) Love is like the measles. We all have to go through it.