【一句话翻译】To Kill a Mockingbird. 杀死一只知更鸟(已加原著作参考)

【汉译英 Chinese to English】

 

先生们，法庭并不比坐在我面前的陪审团中的每个人更好，法庭只是与其陪审团一样健全，而陪审团只是与组成它的人一样健全。

 

【参考译文】原著

Gentleman, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury, a court is only as sound as its jury, and the jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.

 

Notes:

(1) This sentence was copied from Harper Lees's novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It's what the story's narrator Scout's father Atticus, a lawyer, said to the jury.

(2) The novel, a coming-of-age story, is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

(3) It's Harper Lee's only published book during her lifetime except Go Set a Watchman was published just a few months before her death. Some suspect she was tricked by her lawyer to agree on the publication of Go Set a Watchman because she was too old to understand the decision.

(4) The novel remains a bestseller, with more than 40 million copies in print.

(5) The novel was often chosen by many high school English teachers for required reading.

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• Happy Friday! 欢迎大家在本主帖下跟帖写作业。 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 05:44:31

• Happy Friday! 谢谢G兄主持一句话翻译。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 06:25:15

• 杀死一只知更鸟，名著呀，G兄是爱读书之人！对了，关于各种风格流派的现代诗大师的作品，欢迎在美坛单独开贴分享。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 06:35:56

• 女儿高中的必读书目之一，家中有一本。待会有空来试试！刚刚欣赏了Go兄的前一篇佳作！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 09:15:14

• 谢谢。我再等等暖冬的作业就公布原文作参考了 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2023 postreply 12:07:17

• 不好意思，以为自己12/08晚上发了的，结果今天发现没有，早上补了，又没有发成。是电脑的问题。用手机可以发。耽误Go兄了 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2023 postreply 22:04:16

• 交作业 -卫宁- ♂ (185 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 09:50:30

• Thanks for being the first one turning in the homework:) -godog- ♂ (234 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 15:07:59

• 交作业。谢谢主持和介绍名著。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (845 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 11:46:04

• Thanks for for participating. Excellent translation. -godog- ♂ (102 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 15:11:14

• Just to make sure future generations make no mistake as -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 13:30:45

• to the cause of extinction of that innocent bird. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 13:31:04

• Are you a mockingjay?:) -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 15:12:02

• MJs are already gone. Can't find 'em even in the dictionary. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 15:34:29

• Mockingjays were eliminated in the hunger game:) -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2023 postreply 12:08:04

• 交作业： -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (786 bytes) () 12/08/2023 postreply 17:58:35

• Wow your translation is very close to the original. Great! -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2023 postreply 12:05:49

• 真的呀，高兴！看来我的表达够美式! 想看看原著怎么写的？ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2023 postreply 15:26:10

• 原著已加 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2023 postreply 08:29:52

• 奇怪，我用电脑送了两次都不见了，来交作业了，晚了。 谢谢Go兄！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (246 bytes) () 12/09/2023 postreply 14:28:50

• 译得很好了，接近原著，除了最后一部分你的更精炼，原著更口语化 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2023 postreply 08:24:46

• 谢谢Go兄的认真和鼓励！喜欢这样的翻译。动动脑子，再比较一下。这里用a court有它的道理。 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2023 postreply 08:52:53