Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Page 5

原文中偶尔使用的交替头韵在译文中也有所保留。（见7_61，8_5。）

Alternate alliteration is occasionally used as in the original. (See 7_61, 8_5.)

除了偶尔出现在中止停顿之后的情况外，两个重读音节从未被并置在一起。（见2_19和12_1。）

No two accented syllables have been brought together, except occasionally after a cæsural pause. (See 2_19 and 12_1.)

用学术术语来说，西弗斯的C型因与翻译方案不符而被刻意回避。

Or, scientifically speaking, Sievers's C type has been avoided as not consonant with the plan of translation.

然而，他的几种类型在译文中频繁出现，例如A型及其变体（/ x | / x）（/ x x | / x）；B型及其变体（x / | x /）（x x / | x /）；D型的变体（/ x | / x x）；以及E型（/ x x | /）。

Several of his types, however, constantly occur; _e.g._ A and a variant (/ x | / x) (/ x x | / x); B and a variant (x / | x / ) (x x / | x / ); a variant of D (/ x | / x x); E (/ x x | / ).

弱起音节的使用为译文中所采用的各种韵律类型增添了更多变化。

Anacrusis gives further variety to the types used in the translation.

原文中的平行结构在译文中得到了忠实的保留。（例如，1_16和1_17中的"主"与"荣耀的执掌者"；1_30、1_31、1_32；2_12和2_13；2_27和2_28；3_5和3_6。）

The parallelisms of the original have been faithfully preserved. (_E.g._, 1_16 and 1_17: "Lord" and "Wielder of Glory"; 1_30, 1_31, 1_32; 2_12 and 2_13; 2_27 and 2_28; 3_5 and 3_6.)

偶尔有所损失，但另一方面，也在某些地方有所收获。

Occasionally, some loss has been sustained; but, on the other hand, a gain has here and there been made.

译者努力使译文带有鲜明的古风色彩，凡与诗歌精神不符的词语一律避免使用。

The effort has been made to give a decided flavor of archaism to the translation. All words not in keeping with the spirit of the poem have been avoided.

此外，虽然译文中使用了许多古语词汇，但据信其中没有一个是在标准现代诗歌中找不到的。

Again, though many archaic words have been used, there are none, it is believed, which are not found in standard modern poetry.

有了以上这些前言，不妨在此对这首诗的故事情节作一概述。

With these preliminary remarks, it will not be amiss to give an outline of the story of the poem.