三、翻译比较与欣赏
【例1】
原 文:据说在公元800年的时候，女皇武则天因百花中唯有牡丹未按她的旨意在雪天开放，因而龙颜大怒，将其逐出京城长安，流放到洛阳。
译文一:It is said that in 800 A.D．the peonies，unlike the other flowers，disobeyed Empress Wu Zetian's command to bloom in the snow．In a rage she banished them from the imperial capital Chang'an to Luoyang．
译文二:It is said that in 800 A.D．the peonies，unlike the other flowers，disobeyed Empress Wu Zetian's command to bloom in the snow，driving her into such a rage that she banished them from the imperial capital Chang'an to Luoyang．
译文三:As the story goes，in 800 A.D．Empress Wu Zetian，enraged that the peonies，unlike the other flowers，failed to bloom in the snow as she had decreed，banished them from the imperial capital Chang'an to Luoyang．(孙海晨，1998:150)
【例2】
原 文:在我的后园，可以看见墙外有两株树，一株是枣树，还有一株也是枣树。(鲁迅:《秋夜》)
译文一:Through the window I can see two trees in my backyard．The one is a date tree，the other is also a date tree．(Maosan译)
译文二:Behind the wall of my backyard you can see two trees:one is a date tree，the other is also a date tree．(杨宪益，戴乃迭 译)
译文三:In our backyard，there stood two Chinese jujubes．(毛荣贵，2005b: 285)
译文四:Over the wall from my back garden you can see two trees．One is a date tree;so is the other．(王立弟，张立云用例，2002:17)
【例3】
原 文:不在其位，不谋其政。
译文一:He who is not in any particular office，has nothing to do with plans for the administration of its duties．(James Legge 译)
译文二:He who does not occupy the office does not discuss its policy．(Soothill 译)
译文三:Out of position，out of administration．(张其春 译)
译文四:Everyone should confine himself to his own duties．(张学英，1991: 74)
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