Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Page 3
然而，他偶尔也会在引用其他诗歌研究者的修订意见时，加入自己的推测。
Once in a while, however, he has added a conjecture of his own to the emendations quoted from the criticisms of other students of the poem.
这部作品面向两类读者。
This work is addressed to two classes of readers.
译者恳请这两类读者都给予理解与支持。
From both of these alike the translator begs sympathy and co-operation.
他希望通过忠实于原文来取悦盎格鲁-撒克逊学者。
The Anglo-Saxon scholar he hopes to please by adhering faithfully to the original.
他力求以现代的形式，将我们民族最古老的史诗呈现给英国文学的学生，以引起他们的兴趣。
The student of English literature he aims to interest by giving him, in modern garb, the most ancient epic of our race.
这是一项大胆而冒险的事业；然而，一定有一些研究日耳曼民族历史的学者，愿意跟随一位勇敢的引路人，去阅读赫罗斯加的悲哀、贝奥武夫的英勇，以及我们祖先在远古家园中内心涌动的情感。
This is a bold and venturesome undertaking; and yet there must be some students of the Teutonic past willing to follow even a daring guide, if they may read in modern phrases of the sorrows of Hrothgar, of the prowess of Beowulf, and of the feelings that stirred the hearts of our forefathers in their primeval homes.
为了取悦更广泛的读者群，译文采用了规律的节奏，这种格律在保留原文基本特征的同时，也让读者在阅读时能够预见文意的走向。
In order to please the larger class of readers, a regular cadence has been used, a measure which, while retaining the essential characteristics of the original, permits the reader to see ahead of him in reading.
也许每位盎格鲁-撒克逊学者都有自己关于如何翻译《贝奥武夫》的见解。
Perhaps every Anglo-Saxon scholar has his own theory as to how Beowulf should be translated.
有些人给了我们散文版本，而我们认为这是一首伟大的诗。
Some have given us prose versions of what we believe to be a great poem.
说坎布尔和阿诺德这两位受人尊敬的学者的译文未能让外行人看出《贝奥武夫》被称为我们第一部史诗是名副其实的，这对他们是否是一种贬低呢？
Is it any reflection on our honored Kemble and Arnold to say that their translations fail to show a layman that Beowulf is justly called our first epic?
Vocabulary
- once
- 一次；从前，以前
- in
- 在...里面；用...表示
- while
- 一段时间；尽管
- however
- 然而；无论如何
- he
- 他
- has
- 有；已经
- added
- 增加；添加
- conjecture
- 推测；猜想
- of
- 的；属于
- his
- 他的
- own
- 自己的；拥有
- to
- 到；向；为了
- the
- 定冠词
- quoted
- 引用；报价
- from
- 从；来自
- criticisms
- 批评；评论
- other
- 其他的；另外的
- students
- 学生；研究者
- poem
- 诗；诗歌
- This
- 这；这个
- work
- 工作；著作
- is
- 是
- addressed
- 向...讲话；处理
- two
- 二；两个
- classes
- 类别；班级
- readers
- 读者
- From
- 从；来自
- both
- 两个都；双方
- these
- 这些
- alike
- 相似地；一样
- translator
- 翻译者
- begs
- 乞求；请求
- sympathy
- 同情；共鸣
- and
- 和；与
- co
- 共同的；合作的
- operation
- 操作；合作
- The
- 定冠词
- scholar
- 学者；研究者
- hopes
- 希望；期望
- please
- 使高兴；请
- by
- 通过；被
- adhering
- 坚持；遵守
- faithfully
- 忠实地；诚恳地
- original
- 原始的；原作的
- student
- 学生；研究者
- English
- 英语；英国的
- literature
- 文学
- aims
- 目的；目标
- interest
- 利益；使感兴趣
- giving
- 给予；赋予
- him
- 他
- modern
- 现代的；当代的
- garb
- 服装；外形
- most
- 最；大多数
- ancient
- 古代的；古老的
- epic
- 史诗；宏大的
- our
- 我们的
- race
- 种族；竞赛
- bold
- 大胆的；粗体的
- undertaking
- 企业；任务
- yet
- 然而；还
- there
- 那里；存在
- must
- 必须；必然
- be
- 是
- some
- 一些；某个
- past
- 过去；经过
- willing
- 愿意的；主动的
- follow
- 跟随；遵循
- even
- 甚至；平的
- daring
- 大胆的；冒险的
- guide
- 导游；指导
- if
- 如果；是否
- they
- 他们
- may
- 可以；可能
- read
- 读；阅读
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