Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Page 4
在那些使用诗体翻译的译者中，有几位似乎出于一种错误的观点来进行写作。
Of those translators who have used verse, several have written from what would seem a mistaken point of view.
例如，将比厄武夫和赫罗斯加庄重肃穆的演讲译成轻快活泼、轻盈飘逸的民谣体，是否恰当？
Is it proper, for instance, that the grave and solemn speeches of Beowulf and Hrothgar be put in ballad measures, tripping lightly and airily along?
又或者，将盎格鲁-撒克逊诗歌中粗犷的战歌以现代素体诗流畅平滑的韵律来诠释，是否合适？
Or, again, is it fitting that the rough martial music of Anglo-Saxon verse be interpreted to us in the smooth measures of modern blank verse?
我们是否能听到那被人美称为"铠甲武士铿锵的脚步声"？
Do we hear what has been beautifully called "the clanging tread of a warrior in mail"?
在所有《比厄武夫》的英译本中，唯有加内特教授的译本较为充分地呈现了这部伟大的条顿史诗的主要特征。
Of all English translations of Beowulf, that of Professor Garnett alone gives any adequate idea of the chief characteristics of this great Teutonic epic.
本译本所采用的韵律，被认为是现代英语所能提供的、最接近原文的再现。
The measure used in the present translation is believed to be as near a reproduction of the original as modern English affords.
其节奏与勃朗宁在某些最具震撼力的诗作中所使用的节奏极为相近。
The cadences closely resemble those used by Browning in some of his most striking poems.
盎格鲁-撒克逊诗歌的四个重音得以保留，并在与规整节奏相符的范围内，尽量保留了扬音节和弱起音节。
The four stresses of the Anglo-Saxon verse are retained, and as much thesis and anacrusis is allowed as is consistent with a regular cadence.
头韵被大量使用，但考虑到现代读者恐怕难以接受每行都使用头韵，故未逐行采用。
Alliteration has been used to a large extent; but it was thought that modern ears would hardly tolerate it on every line.
行尾韵偶尔使用，内韵则零星出现，两者在盎格鲁-撒克逊诗歌中均有一定依据。
End-rhyme has been used occasionally; internal rhyme, sporadically. Both have some warrant in Anglo-Saxon poetry.
（行尾韵参见第1篇第53、54行；内韵参见第2篇第21行、第6篇第40行。）
(For end-rhyme, see 1_53, 1_54; for internal rhyme, 2_21, 6_40.)
古默尔所称的"韵律主音"得到了刻意保留，即后半诗行中第一个重读音节始终承担头韵，而最后一个重读音节仅零星参与头韵。
What Gummere calls the "rime-giver" has been studiously kept; viz., the first accented syllable in the second half-verse always carries the alliteration; and the last accented syllable alliterates only sporadically.
Vocabulary
- translators
- 将文字从一种语言翻译成另一种的人
- verse
- 诗歌形式；有韵律的文学体裁
- mistaken
- 错误的；基于误解的判断
- proper
- 适当的；合适的；正确的
- instance
- 例子；实例，用于举例说明
- grave
- 严肃的；庄重的；不轻浮的
- solemn
- 庄严的；肃穆的；正式郑重的
- speeches
- 演讲；讲话；正式发言
- ballad
- 民谣；叙事歌谣体裁
- measures
- 诗歌的节拍；韵律单位
- tripping
- 轻快地移动；轻盈流畅的
- airily
- 轻飘飘地；轻松随意地
- fitting
- 适合的；恰当的；合适的
- rough
- 粗犷的；粗糙的；不精细的
- martial
- 战争的；军事的；尚武的
- Anglo-Saxon
- 盎格鲁-撒克逊的；古英语相关的
- interpreted
- 被诠释；被翻译理解
- smooth
- 流畅的；平滑的；不粗糙的
- blank
- 无韵的；空白的，如无韵诗
- clanging
- 发出铿锵声；金属碰撞声
- tread
- 脚步声；踩踏的方式
- warrior
- 战士；勇士；武士
- 锁子甲；金属铠甲
- translations
- 翻译版本；译文；译本
- Professor
- 教授；大学高级学者职称
- adequate
- 足够的；充分的；适当的
- chief
- 主要的；最重要的；首要的
- characteristics
- 特点；特征；特性
- Teutonic
- 日耳曼的；与日耳曼民族有关的
- epic
- 史诗；叙述英雄事迹的长诗
- measure
- 诗歌节拍；韵律格式
- translation
- 翻译；译文；译本
- reproduction
- 复制；再现；仿制
- original
- 原作；原文；最初的版本
- affords
- 提供；给予某种可能性
- cadences
- 韵律；节奏；音调起伏
- resemble
- 与……相似；类似于
- striking
- 引人注目的；突出的；印象深刻的
- poems
- 诗歌；诗篇；多首诗的复数
- stresses
- 重音；强调的音节
- retained
- 保留；保持；维持不变
- thesis
- 诗歌中的弱音节；轻拍部分
- anacrusis
- 诗行开头的额外非重读音节
- consistent
- 一致的；始终如一的
- cadence
- 节奏；韵律；音调的起伏
- Alliteration
- 头韵；同一音节开头的词重复
- extent
- 程度；范围；限度
- hardly
- 几乎不；勉强；难以
- tolerate
- 容忍；接受；承受某事物
- rhyme
- 押韵；相同的尾音
- occasionally
- 偶尔；有时；不经常地
- internal
- 内部的；句子内部的
- sporadically
- 零星地；偶发地；不规则地
- warrant
- 证明正当；有依据支持
- poetry
- 诗歌；诗作；诗的总称
- rime
- 押韵（古拼法）；诗歌中的韵
- giver
- 给予者；提供者
- studiously
- 刻意地；用心地；认真地
- viz
- 即；也就是说（拉丁缩写）
- accented
- 有重音的；被强调的音节
- syllable
- 音节；词的发音单位
- alliteration
- 头韵；词首重复相同音的手法
- alliterates
- 使用头韵；以相同音开头
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