翻译练习-《认真严谨季羡林》两个翻译版本---供参考

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认真严谨季羡林

说起季 羡林先生的认真，那是出了名的，有一回我供职的刊物要介绍季老，

我打电话询问他的职 务，他竟认真地把年龄、籍贯、职务等介绍逐一相告，连挂

名的

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多种职务亦不例外。他的意思是既然你问，我就要说清，含含糊糊有悖

治学之道。

有一年 ，我住在北京大学勺园。因为住的时间长，就想起去拜望一下季老。

既然同在一个校园， 路途就不成问题，为防冒失，我先给季老打过电话，随后租

辆自行车，

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分钟后就来到未名湖畔，揿响了他家的门铃。

季老家住一楼，

< br>对面两套房室均是他的。

初闻我甚觉惊讶，

北京住房如此 紧张，

他竟住两套居室。

后来一问才知，

季老因为藏书多，

家里堆放的书把人挤得几无

下脚之地，

他还带着日本等国的研究生，

经常要在家中辅导。

< br>北京大学鉴于季老

的成就和国际威望，

特别再拨一套住房 给他，

这在北京大学尚属首例。

季老将我

让进东边一间，进门便是一排排书架，简直像个图书室。他把沙发上的书籍、信

札搬到 桌上，我才有落座的地方。

他拉家 常似的询问我一些情况，谦虚地称自己“老了，写不出什么东西了”

。可

是他的新著，却是一本连着一本。说了一会儿，电话铃响，他接完电话，又有人

敲门，通知说下午有会。季老左右应付，也是忙中有差，他把写给我的题字写在

老作家萧 乾题字的背面。我接过来，觉得为难：这些字日后都要装裱的，现在两

个大名人写在一张 纸的正反面，我该装裱谁的呢？季老闻言，直怪自己不小心，

说：

“萧乾题字在先，我应该再补。这样吧，我随后用毛笔写个条幅寄给你，怎

么样？”< /p>

对这句话我不敢抱十分的信心，

然而当我回到郑州不久，

果然收到季老

的来信，随信有毛笔写的题字，是朱熹的诗句：

可轻。

”这使我感 动不已。

版本

1

Conscientious and Rigorous Ji Xianlin

Ji Xianlin was famous for his one case, the magazine I worked

for wanted to recommend him. Surprisingly, when I inquired about his position,

he told me detailedly about his age, native place, and information about his job,

even including those reputed thinks that now that you ask, I must

make it vague isn’t agreeable with the way of academic research.

Years ago, I lived in Shaoyuan,Peking e I would stayed for a

long

time,I

decided

to

visit

Professor

we

both

lived

in

one

campus,

it

wouldn’t bother me to get avoid offending, I called him at first, and then

renting

a

5

minutes

later,

I

arrived

at

Weiming

Lake,

and

rang

the

doorbell.

Professor Ji lived on the ground floor, owning the two flats that are opposite

in

the

first

I

was

very

surprised,

for

housing

supply

shortage

is

extremely severe in Beijing, but he should occupy two sets of rooms. After asking,

I knew that Professor Ji had so many collections of books that there was hardly

any

room

for

other

visitors.

He

also

mentored

some

postgraduates,

even

including

one

form

Japan,

and

had

to

tutor

them

at

home.

In

view

of

achievements and international reputations, Peking University allocated another

house

to

him

exclusively,

which

was

the

only

case

in

Peking

University

so

far.

Professor Ji ushered me to one of the east rooms. What came to my sight were

ranks of bookshelves, making the whole room liked a reading room. Not until he

moved the books and letters from sofa to desk did I get somewhere to sit.

He chatted with me, asking some details about me intimately. Modestly, he said,

“ Now I am already too old

to

write

things. ” But

his new books come out one

after another. After a while, the telephone rang. As soon as he hung up the phone,

someone knocked the

door and informed that there would be a meeting in the

afternoon. Professor Ji was busy dealing with all those things with difficulty,and

finally make a mistake. He accidentally inscribed on the back of the inscription of

Xiao Qian, a seasonedwriter. I take the inscription, wondering what to do. I was

supposed

to

frame

it

afterwards

,

but

with

both

sides

written

by

two

famous

people , which side should I choose? Realizing what I had been worrying about,

Professor

Ji

blamed

himself

for

his

carelessness.

He

said,

“

Xiao

Qian

inscribed

beforehand, I should make up mine. Listen, I will write a calligraphy scroll and

send it to you. How about that?” I was afraid I can’

t believe that with confidence,

but right after I returned Zhengzhou, I received a letter from him. Attached to the

letter, a inscription presented in front me, that was a verse written by Zhu Xi, ”

time flies easily, study improves hard, even the least ti

me shall not be wasted.” I

was greatly touched.

版本

2

认真严谨季羡林

The

Conscientious

and

Rigorous

Ji

Xianlin

/

Ji

Xianlin,

a

Conscientious

and

Rigorous Scholar

说起季羡林先生的认真，那是出了名的，有一回我供职的刊物要介绍季老，我

打 电话询问他的职务，他竟认真地把年龄、籍贯、职务等介绍逐一相告，连挂名

的

10

多种职务亦不例外。

Professor

Ji

Xianlin

had

a

reputation

for

being

contentious.

Once,

for

a

story/biographical

sketch

about

him

to

be

published

in

the

magazine

I

was

working

for,

I

telephoned

him

to

ask

him

about

his

current

position.

To

my

surprise,

he

took

the

matter

so

seriously

that

he

told

me

his

age,

birthplace/native

place,

and

all

the

positions

he

held,

including

the

ten-odd

titular ones.

他的意思是既然你问，我就要说清，含含糊糊有悖治学之道。

In

his

opinion,

since

I

had

asked

him,

he

must

give

me

a

clear

answer,

for

ambiguity runs counter to the way of academic studies.

Or: his point was that …