Sherry读译著||《围城》英译本（1）

今天是2019年11月25号。又是一个兑现诺言的好日子。上个月立了flag说要把上大学之后买的书都看完，看不完不能再买纸质的书。手头上有的就是17年买的《围城》的英译本，所以决定开始在公众号更新笔记。

几年前看过很多写钱钟书和杨绛这对神仙眷侣的文章，当时跟兔子交流一下，觉得这样的感情堪称完美。结果兔子跟我分享了一下她之前读到的一个故事。

大意就是有一天钱钟书小时候的女邻居联系了他，想见面，钱跟杨说了。杨没有阻止他去，嘱咐他衣着整齐、穿好一点再去。钱在赴约的路上折回了，感到羞愧。

我没有考察过这个故事的真实性，那个时候家里还在订阅纸质的报纸，估计兔子是在报纸上看到的。

我后面读到的故事说，费孝通在钱去世后找过杨绛，走的时候，杨意味深长地说，既然知道楼梯陡峭，以后就不要知难而上了。

大概是这个意思，我倒是希望这两个故事都是真的，因为毕竟“一生一世一双人”这种事情太少见了，要求天时、地利和人和。很多感情能永恒是因为男女主的生命都定格在感情最深的时候。

好了，八卦到此结束，笔记开始。

1. 红海早过了。船在印度洋面上开驶着。但是太阳依然不饶人地迟落早起侵占去大部分的夜。

The red sea had long since been crossed, and the ship was now on its way over the Indian Ocean; but as always, the sun mercilessly rose early and set late, encroaching upon the better part of the night.

Sherry的笔记：“早过了”的主语其实是船，所以用cross这个动词；“开驶着”没有用具体的动词，用的是be on one’s way; “不依不饶”用的merciless：showing no kindness or pity，有the merciless heat of the sun这种表达。Encroach：If one thing encroaches on another, the first thing spreads or becomes stronger, and slowly begins to restrict the power, range, or effectiveness of the second thing.

2. 夜仿佛纸浸了油，变成半透明体；它给太阳拥抱住了，分不出身来，也许是给太阳陶醉了，所以夕照霞隐褪后的夜色也带着酡红。

The night, like paper soaked in oil, had become translucent.  Locked in the embrace of the sun, the night’s own form was indiscernible. Perhaps it had become intoxicated by the sun, which would explain why the night sky remained flushed long after the gradual fading of the rosy sunset.

Sherry的笔记：translucent：If an object or a substance is translucent, it is almost transparent, allowing some light through it in an attractive way. “分不出身来”具体化成“the night’s own form was indiscernible”这里的form指的是夜的形态shape/appearance，indiscernible ：impossible to see, see clearly, or understand. Flushed:这里取red in face的含义。

3. 到红消醉醒，船舱里的睡人也一身腻汗地醒来，洗了澡赶到甲板上吹海风，又是一天开始。

By the time the ruddiness dissipated and the night itself awoke from its stupor, the passengers in their cabins had awakened, glistening with sweat; after bathing, they hurried out on deck to catch the ocean breeze. Another day had begun.

Sherry的笔记：ruddiness是ruddy的名词形式，同义词有：rosy, red, reddish等；dissipate：to (cause to) gradually disappear or waste；stupor: a state in which a person is almost unconscious and their thoughts are not clear，用stupor形容night很贴切；glisten：If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily. “赶到”用的是hurry的动词形式：相当于rush, dash, make haste, scoot, scurry等。这里吹海风用的是catch，并不是捕捉的意思，是catch和wind的特定用法，catch的类似用法还有If the wind or water catches something, it carries or pushes it along.  A gust of wind caught the parachute.一阵风将降落伞吹远。