今天“高斋翻硕”给大家分享第14届韩素音国际翻译比赛英译汉原文和官方参考译文节选.
原文
I climbed the heights above Yosemite Valley, California in order to see the splendid granite mountain, Half Dome, in its fullest view. Approaching the edge through the woods I was filled with heightened expectation. I saw the ruin of a cabin and my approach caused the alignment of the chimney on this side of the valley with the shorn mountain across the valley. I stopped. Something happened. The stone verticals corresponded, one human-shaped, the other natural. The human site was still engaged in sightseeing. I was on its side. I saw the famous sight through the eyes of the ruin. I had come expecting beauty; I discovered an unexpected dimension to the beauty of the scene/seen.
官方参考译文
为了饱览壮丽的花岗岩山峰半穹顶的全景，我登上了加州约塞米蒂谷的高地。穿过树林，走近山沿，心中充满美的期盼。远远望见一处小屋的废墟，走到近前，只见山谷这边的烟囱与横穿山谷的陡峭山崖恰好连成一线。我停下脚步，奇观出现了：两道石壁遥相呼应，一边人工打造，一边浑然天成。人造景观这边仍供观光游览，我此时就身临其境。透过小屋的废墟，我看到了著名的景观。我怀着对美的期盼而来，不经意间却发现了美的另一番天地。
单词解析
第一句：I climbed the heights above Yosemite Valley, California in order to see the splendid granite mountain, Half Dome, in its fullest view.
为了饱览壮丽的花岗岩山峰半穹顶的全景，我登上了加州约塞米蒂谷的高地。穿过树林，走近山沿，心中充满美的期盼。
1. Yosemite Valley, California 加州约塞米蒂谷。
2. Height [haɪts] （从底到顶的）身高；高度；（距离地面或他物的某一）高度；高处；高地；（某一特性）的极致。今天的Height取义高地，是可数名词。
3. in order to表示目的，翻译为“为了”，也可以换为so as to/in an attempt to/with a view to doing/to。
4. Splendid [ˈsplendɪd] 极佳的；非常好的；壮丽的；雄伟的；豪华的；华丽的，可以换为gorgeous/magnificent，如《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》例句：
Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds.
从我们的房子里向外望去，景色宜人，一直能看到科茨沃尔德丘陵。
5. Granite [ˈɡrænɪt] 花岗岩；花岗石。
6. in full view 全貌，全景。
第二句：Approaching the edge through the woods I was filled with heightened expectation.
穿过树林，走近山沿，心中充满美的期盼。
1. Approach [əˈproʊtʃ] （在距离或时间上）靠近，接近；接洽；建议；要求；（在数额、水平或质量上）接近，文中含义是“接近”。
2. through the woods 穿过树林。
3. I was filled with heightened expectation这里有一个固定表达be filled with expectation，含义是“充满了期待”，如chinadaily例句：
All sides from Hong Kong are highly interested in Li's visit this time, and are filled with expectation.
香港各方对李克强的这次访问非常感兴趣，充满了期待。
第三句：I saw the ruin of a cabin and my approach caused the alignment of the chimney on this side of the valley with the shorn mountain across the valley.
远远望见一处小屋的废墟，走到近前，只见山谷这边的烟囱与横穿山谷的陡峭山崖恰好连成一线。
1. Cabin [ˈkæbɪn] （轮船上工作或生活的）隔间；（飞机的）座舱；（通常为木制的）小屋，小棚屋，文中取义“小屋”，如VOA例句：
Maybe he'll make it his vacation home, you know, a cabin in the woods.
也许他会使其成为度假胜地，就像你知道的，类似于森林里的一间小屋。
2. Alignment [əˈlaɪnmənt] 排成直线；连成直线，（国家、团体间的）结盟，文中取义“连成直线”。
3. Chimney [ˈtʃɪmni] 烟囱；烟道；（屋顶上的）烟囱管；（岩石间可供攀登的）狭孔，狭缝，文中取义烟囱。
4. Shorn [ʃɔːrn] 剪短的；修剪过的；被剥夺了…的；被剥去…的，文中shorn mountain根据语境理解为陡峭山崖。
5. across the valley 横穿山谷。
第四、五、六句：I stopped. Something happened. The stone verticals corresponded, one human-shaped, the other natural.
我停下脚步，奇观出现了：两道石壁遥相呼应，一边人工打造，一边浑然天成。
1. Verticals 垂直线；垂直位置；垂直面，文中The stone verticals指的是“石壁”。
2. Correspond [ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːnd] 相一致；符合；呼应；类似于；相当于；通信，文中取义“呼应”。
3. human-shaped 人形的；人工打造的，文中取义人工打造的。
4. One...the other 一个，另一个，如经济学人例句：
One is the right sort of cells. The other is a framework on which to grow those cells so that they take up the right shape.
一个是正确的细胞，另一个是框架，它能让细胞生长从而它们能长出正确的形状。
第七、八句：The human site was still engaged in sightseeing. I was on its side.
人造景观这边仍供观光游览，我此时就身临其境。
1. The human site 人造景观。
2. Sightseeing [ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ] 观光；游览；参观，如华尔街日报例句：
Mao's hometown, Shaoshan in Hunan province has become part of a modern pilgrimage where sightseeing comes awfully close to worship.
位于湖南省韶山的毛泽东故居，已成为现代中国人的朝圣之地，到韶山参观旅游已近乎朝拜之旅。
3. The human site was still engaged in sightseeing这里面有一个固定表达，be engaged in，含义是从事；参加，致力于，文中was still engaged in sightseeing引申为“供观光游览”。
4. Be on its side 在……一边；得到支持，对……有利，文中I was on its side形容的是作者沉浸在美景中，根据语境理解为“身临其境”。
第九句：I saw the famous sight through the eyes of the ruin.
透过小屋的废墟，我看到了著名的景观。
1. Sight [saɪt] 视力；视觉；看见；视力范围；视野；看见（或看得见）的事物；景象；情景，景观，文中取义景观。
2. saw the famous sight through the eyes of the ruin是see sth through the eyes of的用法，含义是通过……的角度看，透过……看，如经济学人例句：
Becoming a parent made me want to see India through the eyes of its young.
为人父母让我想从年轻人的眼中观察印度。
第十、十一句：I had come expecting beauty; I discovered an unexpected dimension to the beauty of the scene/seen.
我怀着对美的期盼而来，不经意间却发现了美的另一番天地。
1. come expecting beauty 是come doing的用法，表示“怀着”，come expecting beauty含义是怀着对美的期盼而来。
2. Dimension [daɪˈmenʃn] 维（构成空间的因素）；尺寸；规模；程度；范围；方面；侧面，后面的介词是to。
3. the beauty of the scene指景色之美，the scene也可以说the seen，如牛津词典例句：
The beauty of the scene defies description.
景色之美简直难以描绘。
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