红楼梦之“宝黛初见”原版:
宝玉便走向黛玉身边坐下,又细细打量一番,因问:“妹妹可曾读书?”黛玉道:“不曾读书,只上了一年学,些须认得几个字。”宝玉又道:“妹妹尊名?”黛玉便说了名,宝玉又道:“表字?”黛玉道:“无字。”……因又问黛玉:“可有玉没有?”众人都不解。黛玉便忖度着:“因他有玉,所以才问我的。”便答道:“我没有玉。你那玉也是件稀罕物儿,岂能人人皆有?”宝玉听了,登时发作起狂病来,摘下那玉就狠命摔去,骂道:“什么罕物!人的高下不识,还说灵不灵呢!我也不要这劳什子!”
杨宪益英译版:
Baoyu went over to sit beside Daiyu and once more gazed fixedly at her.
“Have you done much reading, cousin?” he asked.
“No,” said Daiyu. “I’ve only studied for a couple of years and learned a few characters.”
“What’s your name?”
She told him.
“And your courtesy name?”
“I have none.
……Then, to the mystification of them all, he asked Daiyu if she had any jade.
Imagining that he had his own jade in mind, she answered, “No, I haven’t. I suppose it’s too rare for everybody to have.”
This instantly threw Baoyu into one of his frenzies. Tearing off the jade he flung it on the ground.
“What’s rare about it?” he stormed. “It can’t even tell good people from bad. What spiritual understanding has it got? I don’t want this nuisance either.”
近日微博上流行各种改版宝黛对话,如:
宝玉走近黛玉身边坐下,又细细打量一番,因问:“妹妹可曾开博客? ”黛玉道:“不曾开,只上过一年饭否,用了几日新浪微博。 ”宝玉又道:“妹妹ID是哪几个字?”黛玉便说了。又道:“可也有V没有? ”黛玉便忖度着因他有V,故问我有也无,因答道:“我没有那个,想来加V是件罕事,岂能人人有V的。”
宝玉便走近黛玉身边坐下,又细细打量一番,因问:“妹妹可曾有过iPhone 4?”黛玉道:“不曾有,只用过一年山寨货。”宝玉又道:“可否能用京东手机客户端?”黛玉便忖度着因他一定是能用,故问我有也无,因答:我没有,想来那是件罕事,岂能人人都赶上的。
宝玉便走近黛玉身边坐下,细细打量一番,因问“妹妹可曾找工作?”黛玉道“不曾,只看过些许招聘广告,投了一阵子简历。”宝玉又道“妹妹可有中意的?”黛玉便说了。又道“可也有户口编制没有?”黛玉便忖度着因他有了故问我有与否,因答道“还不曾有,想来有户口编制是件罕事,岂能人人都有得了的。”
小编总结:看出关键句就是“想来XXXX是件罕事,岂能人人都有的”,套用杨宪益版红楼英译中的句子,这句话的英语我们也可以提炼出“模板”:It’s too rare for everybody to have.
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