專八翻譯英譯漢：成爲聖者的祕訣

專八翻譯對很多人來講都是一個難啃的骨頭，不僅中英語言上的差距給翻譯造成了困難，文化的差異也會影響翻譯的效果，小編爲大家帶來了專八翻譯的練習題，一起來練練手吧。

 Once upon a time there lived in a country a do-gooder. the king was very appreciative of his deeds and decided to honour him as a saint by a decree.on the saint's eightieth birthday, the king was invited to his birthday celerbration. he brought with him a painter so as to do a picture of the kindly saint as a paragon for his countrymen.when the feast is over all the guests were asked to have a look at the picture. to their great surprise, when the picture was shown, what they saw was not a kind but a ruthless and cruel look. the king was very angry at seeing this and ordered his men to beat the painter.upon hearing the noise, the saint rushed to the scene to have a look at the picture. after viewing it, the saint knelt down and said, "your majesty, the person in the picture is none other than me." why?" said the king, dumbfounded. "this has been the very person whom i have never wanted to be." In this world, there are no naturally born saints; only those who can do self-criticism and sel-examination, can become saints.

從前，在一個國家裏，有一位做了無數善事的善心者。國王非常欣賞他的善舉，便封他爲聖者。有一天，聖者過八十大壽，國王前來慶賀，特別帶來一位畫家，想通過畫家的筆，將這位聖者慈祥的容貌畫下來，作爲世人的典範。用完晚餐之後，衆多的嘉賓前來觀賞這幅慈愛的畫。肖像畫家將這幅畫像拿出來的時候，所有人大吃一驚。因爲畫裏的人根本沒有慈善的面貌，反而充滿暴戾，粗野，邪惡的氣息。國王一看，生氣地要人把畫家拖出去鞭打。這時，聖者聽到驚呼聲，跑了過來，他看到這幅畫後，跪倒在地：“國王，這畫裏的人，纔是真實的我啊。”國王驚詫地問：“爲什麼？”聖者道：“這就是我一生掙扎着，不想去做的那個人啊。”

大家覺得自己翻譯得怎麼樣呢？在翻譯的過程中一定要懂得靈活變通，不要生搬硬套，強行直譯，那樣的效果肯定會不盡人意的。