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刚读完美国矮脚鸡出版社1988年6月版的《Talking Straight》一书,便发现书店里已在出售该书的译本了,因此又迫不及待地找来先睹为快。翻了几页,大失所望,不禁对译者的胆子叹服之至。译者有好几位,译本是沈阳出版社的产品。几位操刀者对美国社会文化背景如此陌生,便贸然动手,我想花了4元钱的广大读者定然会吃不少苦头。现随手找出几处误译、错译、甚至干脆不译的例子,就教各方。稍有美国社会文化知识的人都知道,纽约市的别称是“大苹果”(“Big Apple”),但在
Just read “Talking Straight”, a June 1988 edition of the American Bantam Press, and found that the bookstore was already selling a translation of the book, so it could not wait to get a preview. Turn a few pages, disappointed, can not help but admire the courage of the translator. There are several translators, translation is the product of Shenyang Publishing House. Several fighters are so unfamiliar with the social and cultural background in the United States that they have a rash act. I think the vast readers who have spent 4 yuan will surely suffer a great deal. Now readily find several misinterpreted, mistranslated, or even simply not translated examples, teach all parties. Little knowledge of American social culture knows that the nickname in New York City is “Big Apple ”, but at