文言文 女巫 译文

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/09/21 13:30:59
要原文

《The Witches》即《女巫》,其作者罗尔德·达尔(Roald Dahl)近几年在中国似乎很有名气。几年前,曾在书店里见过他的很多童话译本,都那么贵,干脆一本不买。所以,这是我第一次读达尔的童话(以前只读过他的小说)。童话的开头非常有趣,在《关于女巫》(A note about Witches)这一节里,有很多好玩的叙述,比如这两段:

She might even--and this will make you jump--she might even be your lovely school-teacher who reading these words to you at this very moment.Look carefully at the teacher.Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion.Don't let that put you off.It could be part of her cleverness.
I am not,of course,telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch.All I am saying is that she might be one.It is most unlikely.But--and here comes the big "but"--it is not impossible.

我试着翻译了一下(原文的顺序和部分词句被我稍稍变动了一点):

她甚至有可能……甚至有可能是一位对你非常亲切的老师哩!读到这儿,你准会被我的话吓一大跳吧?也许,她现在正在把我的话念给你听呢。好好瞧一瞧这位老师吧!也许,她这会儿正在笑咪咪地瞅着你,想让你把我的话全都当成胡说八道呢。你可千万不能让她把你给涮了,这只不过是她跟你耍的一个小花招。
当然啦,我可没说你的老师管保是一个女巫,我根本就没这么说过。我只是说她有可能是一个女巫。虽然这种可能只有一丁丁点,却(千万别把这个“却