核心问题
Beyond the stars, the astronaut saw nothing but space. (全国高考,90-19)
[原译]超越星球,宇航员看到的只是宇宙空间。(《高考英语215》,清华大学出版社,p.527)
beyond the stars 可以译为“超越星球”吗?
词典解答
译者忽略了介词 beyond 的另一个含义:作“除……之外”(except for, apart from, other than)解:
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What is there to say beyond what's already been said? 除了已经说过的以外,还有什么好说的?
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I know nothing beyond this. 除了这一点我什么也不知道。
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I can't tell you anything beyond what you know already. 除了你已经知道的以外,我再无可奉告了。
[试译]除了星星,宇航员看到的只是太空。
billion/billions 见 million/millions
bit 见 a bit