翻譯筆記圍城英譯選句奶奶經

原文：

鴻漸道：“我也真討厭他們，好在將來不會一起住。我知道今天這頓飯把你的胃口全吃倒了。説到孩子，我倒想起來了，好像你應該給他們見面錢的，還有兩個用人的賞錢。”柔嘉頓足道：“你為什麼不早跟我説？我家裏沒有這一套，我自己剛脱離學校，全不知道這些奶奶經，麻煩死了！我不高興做你們方家的媳婦了！”（錢鍾書 - 圍城 ）

翻譯關鍵詞：倒胃口，想起來，應該，奶奶經

譯文：

Hung-chien said, “I hate them myself. Luckily we won’t ever be living together. I realize the meal today completely turned your stomach. By the way, speaking of the children, it just occurred to me. I think you’re supposed to give them some First Meeting money, and tips to the two servants.” Jou-chia stamped her foot and cried, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? We don’t do that in our family. I’m just out of school. I don’t know all those silly old rules. What a nuisance! I don’t like being your Fang family daughter-in-law any more!”(美 Jeanne Kelly, Nathan <譯> –Fortress Besieged)

翻譯筆記：

倒胃口

指某種東西吃得太多而把胃口弄壞，也常用來比喻對一件事的厭煩情緒。除了文中的'turn one’s stomach以外，常用的譯法還有spoil one’s appetite; be fed up with。如：這東西吃多了容易倒胃口。Too much of this food will spoil your appetite.這樣的電視劇真叫人倒胃口。I’m fed up with such TV dramas.

　想起來

occur是不及物動詞，作“被想起，被想到”解時，是翻譯考試中很常見的一個知識點，其中又以it occurred to me這樣的形式居多。如：It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind.有一天我突然想到，倘若我不是盲人，我或許不會變得像現在這樣熱愛生活。His name just did not occur to my memory.我就是想不起他的名字來。

應該

suppose作“期望；認為必須，認為應該；認為……必要”解時，常用被動語態。如：None of us girls is supposed to smoke.我們女孩子都不該吸煙。When is the ship supposed to leave?船應該在什麼時候開？

奶奶經

這裏實際上指“無聊的（愚蠢的）舊規矩”，因此文中譯為silly old rules。