讀《傲慢與偏見》學翻譯系列20

《傲慢與偏見》內容簡介：
小說講述了Bennet一家五位千金的婚姻與愛情，表達了婚姻必須建立在愛情和經濟兩個基礎上的婚姻觀。傲慢而深情的達西先生成爲小說塑造的一個經典形象。簡奧斯丁的語言簡練而幽默，反覆品味，趣味無窮。

翻譯例句：
They continued talking together till super put an end to cards, and gave the rest of the ladies their share of Mr. Wickham's attention. (Chapter 16)
兩人繼續談話，直到晚飯時間到了，牌局停止，此時其餘的女士們纔有機會和韋翰先生說上兩句話。

翻譯要點：
上面句子中有一個詞：share，their share of ham‘s attention。Share用作名詞的時候，用法很廣泛也很靈活，我們從翻譯例句中可以看到：

漢譯英：

1.人都是會犯錯誤的，我也不例外。
Everybody makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them.

2.因爲工作忙，她平時根本無暇顧及自己的孩子和家庭。
Her children and family only have very little share of her time and attention because her job asks for the most.

3.孩子多的家庭，父母很難做到一視同仁。
In a big family, the parents are usually unable to give each child his/her due share of love.

4.他是晚會的中心人物，所有人都想方設法引起他的關注。
He was the star of the party and everyone tried hard to get their share of his attention.