微翻译比赛| 翻译关于翻译学的著述也不失为是一种乐趣

题目

We have seen that the translator is not the free-flying artist that the writer can be, that it is, indeed, the writer who causes the translator to hew to a narrow path if he is to do his job well and correctly. Even when the translator is compared to the performing musician who interprets an extant composition written by someone else, the comparison is not exact because the musician is, above all, interpretive and has the freedom to enhance the piece being played, as Billie Holiday would by her rendition convert the most banal pop tune into a masterpiece. I have said that the translator qua translator must never engage in the silk-purse business, regardless of the temptation to do so. To continue the musical analogy, there is no place for riffs in translation.  -- Gregory Rabassa 

谈微老师说

这期“论翻译”主题的题目摘自Gregory Rabassa一段关于翻译的感言。Rabassa是美国重要的翻译家，英文版《百年孤独》的译者。在这段里，他将翻译的行为与音乐做了比较，辨别了其中的异同。翻译的时候，希望大家也深入揣摩一下其中的道理，同时，在技术层面上，也请大家注意长句的处理方式。 

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