而最後開給我們的回家作業就是:找一首你們自己國家的文學作品(並未要求一定要詩,詞,曲啥的都可以),把它翻譯成英文,加上一點背景跟作者介紹......
要翻譯哪首說實話想了很久,最後我選了這首詩
辛苦遭逢起一經，干戈寥落四周星。
山河破碎風飄絮，身世浮沉雨打萍。
惶恐灘頭說惶恐，零丁洋裡歎零丁。
人生自古誰無死，留取丹心照汗青。
沒錯,文天祥的名詩~過零丁洋...
找到有一些網站有翻譯一些古詩,李白,杜甫的詩都有被翻譯成英文,但文天祥這首詩比較少人翻
其中一個版本的翻譯
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A Prisoner's Lamentation----Passing by Lingdingyang Wen Tianxiang (1236-1282)
I've taken pains reading classics to be an official,
Four bleak years have been spent in thick battles.
Our land is broken like catkins drifting in the wind,
I roam here and there as duckweed buffeted by the rain.
How panic-stricken I was retreating before the Tartars!
Being a captive, I lament over my solitary confinement.
Who can avert his death since time immemorial?
Let my heart remain true to shine in the annals.
參考網址:
http://ks.cn.yahoo.com/question/1306111300765.html
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說實話會想翻這首詩主要是想嘗試看看最後兩句要怎麼翻,參考不少資料加上自己想很久後,翻譯成以下我的版本(作者介紹有部分節錄自英文版Wiki...XD)
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Poem name
Passing by Lingdingyang Wen Tianxiang (1236-1282)
Author introduction
Wen Tianxiang was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. He is a popular symbol of patriotism and righteousness for his resistance to Mongol army invasion of Song and refusal to yield to the Yuan Dynasty despite being captured and tortured. People consider him as one of three heroes of the Song's last years.
Poem background
This poem was written at that time Wen Tianxiang was defeated and be captured by Mongol army. He refused to surrender and wrote this poem in order to express his worry, lonely, and patriotic emotions.
Poem
I have plugged away at imperial examination and passed it to be an official with painstaking. Four bleak years have been taken in many battles.
Our country is broken as catkins drifting in the storm wind. My life experience is unstable like duckweed buffeted by the torrential rain.
How fearful I felt about worrying my emperor when I was defeated by Mongol army. How lonely I experience about my life after being a captive.
Since death is unavoidable to everyone throughout history. What we should strive for is a loyal heart to be recorded in the historic book gloriously.
自問最後兩句還是沒翻的很好,有一些人比較著重在照漢青,把自己光輝的一面記錄在史書上;不過我覺得留取丹心不能忽略,所以把兩個部份都並行的翻出來
蠻有趣的一份作業,有點想看看其他國家的同學怎麼翻譯他們的詩,下禮拜即見分曉~
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