读《傲慢与偏见》学翻译系列26

《傲慢与偏见》内容简介：
小说讲述了Bennet一家五位千金的婚姻与爱情，表达了婚姻必须建立在爱情和经济两个基础上的婚姻观。傲慢而深情的达西先生成为小说塑造的一个经典形象。简奥斯丁的语言简练而幽默，反复品味，趣味无穷。

反译：此刻，她心中思绪如潮。

“思绪如潮”，我们应该用一个怎样的形象表达来翻译呢？

翻译例句：
The train of agreeable reflections which her observation gave birth to made her perhaps almost as happy as Jane. (Chapter 18)
从观察中衍生出的一系列美好想象使得她几乎和简一样欢喜。

词语解析：
上面这个句子中有一个词组，a train of，意为“一系列的、连续的”。a train of thought，意为“思绪、思路”，这个说法非常形象，将脑海中的思想比作一列高速驰来的列车，极为简洁地体现出那种思绪纷纷，连绵不绝的意思。这个词组也可以表达成stream of thought、chain of thought。

汉译英：
1.我完全跟不上他的想法，他一会一个主意。
I can't follow his train of thought. Every second he gets a new obsession.

2.突然而来的敲门声打断了他的思绪。
There was a sudden knock on the door, then he lost his train of thought.

3.一说起大学时代，我的脑中就闪过一段缤纷的回忆。
A train of nice recollections runs across my mind when speaking about my college years.

4.眼前的美景令人不由得产生无穷联想。
The beautiful view gives birth to a train of imaginations.