比較 欣賞與翻譯(1)_08828

1、1比較比較欣賞與翻譯欣賞與翻譯WhoeverhasmadeavoyageuptheHudsonmustremembertheCatskillMountains.TheyareadismemberedbranchofthegreatAppalachianfamilyareseenawaytothewestoftheriverswellinguptoanobleheightldingitoverthesurroundingcountry.E

2、verychangeofseasoneverychangeofweatherindeedeveryhourofthedayproducessomechangeinthemagicalhuesshapesofthesemountainstheyareregardedbyallthegoodwivesfarnearasperfectbarometers.Whentheweatherisfairsettledtheyareclothedinb

3、luepurpleprinttheirboldoutlinesonthecleareveningskybutsometimeswhentherestofthelscapeiscloudlesstheywillgatherahoodofgrayvapsabouttheirsummitswhichinthelastraysofthesettingsunwillglowlightuplikeacrownofgly.凡是在哈得遜河上游航行過(guò)的人

4、，必定記得卡茲吉爾叢山，那是阿帕拉欽山脈的一支斷脈，在河的西岸，巍然高聳云端，威凌四周的鄉(xiāng)村。。①天氣晴朗平穩(wěn)的時(shí)候，它們披上藍(lán)紫相間的衣衫，把它們雄渾的輪廓印在傍晚清澄的天空上，但有時(shí)，雖然四外萬(wàn)里無(wú)云，山頂上卻聚著一團(tuán)灰霧，在落日的余暉照耀之下，像一頂燦爛的皇冠似的放射著異彩。Atthefootofthesefairymountainsthevoyagermayhavedescriedthelightsmokecurlingupfr

5、omavillagewhoseshingleroofsgleamamongthetreesjustwherethebluetintsoftheuplmeltawayintothefreshgreenofthenearerlscape.ItisalittlevillageofgreatantiquityhavingbeenfoundedbysomeoftheDutchcolonistsintheearlytimesoftheprovinc

6、ejustaboutthebeginningofthegovernmentofthegoodPeterStuyvesantthereweresomeofthehousesoftheiginalsettlersstingwithinafewyearswithlatticewindowsgablefrontssurmountedwithweathercocksbuiltofsmallyellowbricksbroughtfromHoll.在

7、這些神奇的叢山腳下，航行的旅客有時(shí)會(huì)看見(jiàn)輕煙從一座村落里裊裊而上，樹(shù)叢中隱約地閃露出農(nóng)家的木屋頂，那正好是山上的青蔥轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榻幰黄戮G的地方。這是一座非常古老的小村莊，是荷蘭殖民者在這個(gè)州成立初期建造起來(lái)的，正當(dāng)好心的彼得斯泰弗山特開(kāi)始執(zhí)政的時(shí)候；。②Inthatsamevillageinoneoftheseveryhouseswhichwassadlytimewnweatherbeatentherelivedmanyyearssinc

8、ewhilethecountrywasyetaprovinceofGreatBritainasimplegoodnaturedfellowRipVanWinkle.HewasadescendantoftheVanWinkleswhofiguredsogallantlyinthechivalrousdaysofPeterStuyvesantaccompaniedhimtothesiegeofFtChristina.Heinheritedh

9、oweverbutlittleofthemartialacterofhisancests.Ihaveobservedthathewasasimplegoodnaturedmanhewasmeoverakindneighbanobedienthenpeckedhusb.Indeedtothelattercircumstancemightbeowingthatmeeknessofspiritwhichgainedhimsuchunivers

10、alpopularityfthosemenaremostapttobeobsequiousconciliatingabroadwhoareunderthedisciplineofshrewsathome.Theirtempersdoubtlessarerenderedpliantmalleableinthefieryfurnaceof3瑞普的性格中最大的缺點(diǎn)，就是對(duì)于一切有好處的勞動(dòng)都感到不可克制的厭惡。⑤有時(shí)他還會(huì)為了打幾只松鼠或野鴿

11、子，掮著一支獵槍，穿林越澤，上山入谷，一連跋涉好幾個(gè)鐘頭。遇到鄰居們要他幫忙，即使最繁重的工作，他也從來(lái)不會(huì)拒絕；每逢村子里為了剝玉米或者筑石墻而舉行集會(huì)時(shí)，他總是第一個(gè)趕到；村里的女人也常常差遣他為她們跑腿，或者叫他做些自己不大聽(tīng)話的丈夫不愿意干的零碎活兒。總之，瑞普這個(gè)人除了自己的事情，無(wú)論哪個(gè)的事他都愿意干；如果要他在家里干點(diǎn)家務(wù)，料理料理自己的田地，他就覺(jué)得有些辦不到了。Infacthedeclareditwasofnouset

12、owkonhisfarmitwasthemostpestilentlittlepieceofgroundinthewholecountryeverythingaboutitwentwrongwouldgowronginspiteofhim.Hisfenceswerecontinuallyfallingtopieceshiscowwouldeithergoastraygetamongthecabbagesweedsweresuretogr

13、owquickerinhisfieldsthananywhereelsetherainalwaysmadeapointofsettinginjustashehadsomeoutdowktodosothatthoughhispatrimonialestatehaddwindledawayunderhismanagementacrebyacreuntiltherewaslittlemeleftthanamerepatchofIndiancn

14、potatoesyetitwasthewstconditionedfarmintheneighbhood.事實(shí)上，他對(duì)人家說(shuō)，在自己的田里干活是白費(fèi)力氣，他說(shuō)，那是全村最倒霉的一小塊地，田里的事情樣樣都糟，不管他怎么干，也還是要出毛病。他的籬笆總是坍塌；他的母牛不是走迷了路，就是跑到人家菜地里；他田里的野草準(zhǔn)比任何地方都要長(zhǎng)得快些；⑥因此，祖上傳下來(lái)的田產(chǎn)在他手里，就一英畝一英畝地少下去，最后只剩一小塊玉米和馬鈴薯地，而且還是附近一帶最

15、糟糕的一塊地。Hischildrentoowereasraggedwildasiftheybelongedtonobody.HissonRipanurchinbegotteninhisownlikenesspromisedtoinheritthehabitswiththeoldclothesofhisfather.Hewasgenerallyseentroopinglikeacoltathismother’sheelsequippedi

16、napairofhisfather’scastoffgalligaskinswhichhehadmuchadotoholdupwithonehasafineladydoeshertraininbadweather.⑦。他的兒子瑞普，是個(gè)淘氣鬼，長(zhǎng)得和他一模一樣，不僅穿著他父親的舊衣服，保險(xiǎn)還能繼承父風(fēng)。通常，總看見(jiàn)他象匹小馬似地跟在他母親腳后面，穿著一條他父親丟掉不用的褲子，一只手費(fèi)勁地拉著褲子，仿佛一位華麗的太太在下雨天拎著裙子下擺似

17、的。RipVanWinklehoweverwasoneofthosehappymtalsoffoolishwelloileddispositionswhotakethewldeasyeatwhitebreadbrownwhichevercanbegotwithleastthoughttroublewouldratherstarveonapennythanwkfapound.Iflefttohimselfhewouldhavewhistl

18、edlifeawayinperfectcontentmentbuthiswifekeptcontinuallydinninginhisearsabouthisidlenesshiscarelessnesstheruinhewasbringingonhisfamily.Mningnoonnighthertonguewasincessantlygoingeverythinghesaiddidwassuretoproduceatrentofh