“Of course I admire her — after all, she is a great politician.”(CIDE)
[原译]“当然我钦佩她——毕竟她是一个伟大的政治家。”(《英语双解剑桥国际英语词典》,上海外语教育出版社,01,p.42)
请问上面的译文忠实于原文吗?
“毕竟她是一个伟大的政治家”含有“尽管她有种种缺点或某个缺点”的意思,而这是不符合原意的。after all 在这里的含义是很明确的:“used when giving a reason to explain what you have just said”。
[试译]我当然敬佩她,因为她是一位伟大的政治家/我当然敬佩她——她可是个伟大的政治家呀/我当然敬佩她——要知道,她是一位伟大的政治家。
请修改下面译文中的错误:
(1) Oh, Pierre, how wonderful! But I don't think we can go. I haven't got an evening dress for the ball! And a new dress costs over four hundred francs. Four hundred! That's a lot of money. But, just this once. After all, this ball is very important. [《高中英语教科书》第一册(下), 人教社, p. 13]
[原译]……这次舞会毕竟非常重要。(同上,《课文注释》,p.136)
(2) Why shouldn't she eat the cake? After all, she made it.
[原译]为什么她不该吃蛋糕?毕竟是她自己做的!(同上,p.136)
(3) After all, I am the only one of my aunt's relations still alive. (同上, 3, p. 124)
[原译]毕竟我是我姑妈唯一活在世上的亲戚。(同上之《教师教学用书》, p.337)