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floating on air是什么意思 |
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floating on air是什么意思 挑刺書名:《朗文英語語法》 出版單位:外語教學(xué)與研究出版社 書 號(hào):ISBN 7-5600-0607-8 / H·302 出版時(shí)間:1991年1月第1版;2002年3月第16次印刷 ■該書的 1.47.2 節(jié)(第45頁)有這樣一句: I feel as if / as though I’m floating on air. 我感到好像漂浮在空中一樣。 ■首先要說明一下,譯文中的“漂浮”顯然為“飄浮”之誤。 ■句中將 floating on air 譯為“飄浮在空中”值得商榷。從語法上看,漢語的“我感到好像飄浮在空中一樣”在英語中似乎應(yīng)用虛擬語氣,因?yàn)椤拔绎h浮在空中”不會(huì)是事實(shí),而應(yīng)是一種假想,所以對(duì)應(yīng)的英語似乎應(yīng)是:I feel as if / as though I were floating on air. 而不會(huì)是:I feel as if / as though I’m floating on air. ■其實(shí),floating on air 是個(gè)習(xí)語,它也可寫成 walking on air,本人查了幾本英漢詞典,各詞典對(duì)此的解釋是“感到非常高興”“極其高興”“得意洋洋”“覺得飄飄然”等。本人同時(shí)還查了幾本原版詞典,其中新版的朗文英語詞典對(duì)此的解釋是to feel very happy,新版的劍橋高級(jí)英語詞典對(duì)此的解釋是 to be very happy and excited because something very pleasant has happened to you。下面是摘自英美原著或原版詞典的幾個(gè)例子: When he got his exam results he was floating on air. 他得知考試結(jié)果后非常高興。 Ever since she met Mark, she’s been walking / floating on air. 自從遇到了馬克,她就一直得意洋洋。 The execution of this arrangement so thrilled Tollifer that he felt as though he were walking on air. 這事的安排使托力弗從心眼里樂了起來,覺得渾身飄飄然。 ■建議將原句改譯如下: I feel as if / as though I’m floating on air. 我感到自己好像(有點(diǎn))得意洋洋。 從句用的是陳述語氣,說明“自己還真有點(diǎn)得意洋洋”。 ■關(guān)于“飄浮在空中”的翻譯 如果要將“飄浮在空中”譯成英文,應(yīng)該是float in the air,而不宜是 float on air。《朗文當(dāng)代英語辭典》在 balloon 詞條對(duì) hot air balloon 的解釋是這樣的:a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in. 該詞典在表示“飄浮在空中”時(shí),用的就是 float in the air。
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