挪威英文阅读

引言：翻译是需要雕琢的，直译是初级水平，意译是中级水平，最高级的翻译，应该让读译文的人和读原文的人有同样的感受，这才是好的翻译。挪威森林译者注1987年，当《挪威的森林》出版时，作者村上春树所拥有的读者数量从通常的6位数一下子飙升至几百万——对此，村上本人感到既震惊又有些沮丧。出名是一回事，成为超级巨星可是另一回事了，而且当时那股热潮使他不得不回到欧洲避世隐居（他是在希腊和意大利创作的这本小说）。（Kevin注：the craziness of it sent him back to the anonymity of Europe是一句非常难理解也有挑战性的话，我个人认为是书太热门，村上只能逃回欧洲以求清静，而括号里的“他在希腊和意大利写的这本小说”是为了解释句子里的back这个词。）1991年，他搬到了美国。直到1995年，村上才作好了回国定居的准备，但是他坚守自己的原则，没有像一般日本畅销书作家那样在电视上频频亮相或搞个人崇拜。（Kevin注：pontification基本上是权威化的意思，略带贬义，所以我用了“搞个人崇拜”这样的说法。）尽管《挪威的森林》是村上写过的最“家喻户晓”的一本书，但伴随那些年轻一代的读者成长的，却是另一些作品，例如描写日本黑暗历史的《发条鸟编年史》（Kevin注：据说这本书也叫《奇鸟行状记》），1995年写的阪神大地震以及描写东京地铁沙林毒气袭击事件的《地下铁》。村上的早期读者大都习惯了他在《寻羊冒险记》与《象的失踪》里那种冷静、细碎、带有美国口味的叙述手法，当他们读到《挪威的森林》时，反而觉得有些失望，因为这部作品看起来“仅仅是”一个爱情故事——并且与日本主流的自传式小说有疑似之处，而村上本人自从1979年崭露头角开始，一直是拒绝这种主流风格的创作的。对此，村上自己是这样说的：“许多读者认为《挪威的森林》是种退化，是对我之前作品风格的一种背叛。然而对我本人而言，情况恰恰相反：这本书是一种探险，一个挑战。我从没有写过那类直白简单的故事，我想考验一下自己。我把故事设置在60年代晚期，借用了主人公所在大学的环境，结合了我自己学生时代的日常经历。由于这个原因，许多人认为这本书是自传型的，实际上完全不是如此。我自己的青年时代其实非常平淡乏味，远没有主人公那样充满戏剧性。假使我仅仅如实描述我自己的生活，这部小说最多15页。”（未完待续——太长了，分段译） 作者对自传性的问题付之一笑，但作品本身的确有自传的感觉，其中包含了亲身经历、思想碰撞、对超自然的体验，而且客观上，对于年轻的村上刚从神户来到东京时的那段生活，这本小说写得比其他任何作品都要直接。在书中大部分叙述的1968至1970年，村的最主要的经历是在学生运动的浪潮中（Kevin注：译成“激流”也不错）认识了他的一生挚爱——妻子阳子。当然，作者说得也没错：小说里也有许多虚构成分，大量的讽刺与夸张，还有幽默，以及村上的忠实读者一眼就能认出来的象征手法。这本书绝对不“仅仅是”一个爱情故事。在国外，忠实的村上书迷也许可以找到Alfred Birnbaum早期翻译的《挪威的森林》，该书在日本出版，后面有语法注解，可以让学生们在学习英语的同时阅读到他们最喜欢的作者的作品。尽管该书后来还被翻译成法语、意大利语、汉语、韩语、挪威语、希伯莱语，但现在这个版本是第一个由村上授权在日本境外出版的英语译本。终于好了……

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well. The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(争执). “Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.( ) 36. The story happened _________. A. in England B. on a ship from Norway to England C. in Norway D. on a ship from England to Norway( ) 37. The traveler didn’t go to the dinning room first because __________. A. he had no money B. he didn’t feel very well C. he didn’t want to eat anything D. he didn’t hear the sound of the bell( ) 38. The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because ______. A. his friend had given him some money B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship D. he was too hungry( ) 39. The traveler had _________ on the ship. A. only one meal B. two meals C. three meals D. none( ) 40. After the traveler finished eating, __________. A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill B. he drank a lot C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱) D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals

1.B 短文讲到作者在挪威发现自己没足够钱回家（An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home.）所以把吃饭钱省下当船钱，在途中关于他忍受饥饿事。2.A上面说了 ，他没钱，钱都买船票啦3.D但是他忍受到第三顿时，是在太饿啦（ But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. ）4.A（他总共就吃了这么一顿，就要下船啦，因为这是第二天的晚饭，旅途也只是两天）5.D最后他才从服务员那里得知饭前已经算在船票中了，所以是免费的哦（所以选D on the ship had free meals ）

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.D1.An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home.及So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. 故选A2. he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. 故他推脱有病不吃饭，其实是没钱3.But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him.说明他很饿4.有文章知：旅行共2天，第一天没吃，第二天只吃了晚饭，故只吃了一顿5.由最后一段On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket知，饭钱含在船票里