2013年7月8日 星期一

A Bad Case of Stripes : 條紋事件糟糕啦

繪本閱讀:有專家說:看圖不必太追究文字-我們來看看,如何不追究是好的。





 哪一種豆子,不要緊?是青豆-還是-皇帝豆?都可以。

第一句:

 卡蜜拉喜歡青豆,但是她從不吃青豆。

            出聲思考:       如果從來不吃,如何知道喜歡?

看原文 

Camilla Cream loved lima beans.  But she never ate them.  All of her friends hated lima beans, and she wanted to fit in.  Camilla was always worried about what other people thought of her.



lima beans 
http://www.onlyfoods.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lima-Bean.jpg





           青豆
   http://www.nipic.com/show/1/43/dfda7229e20d7155.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkklHniuTs

Taiwan 豌豆..青豆仁指這種植物豆莢中的種子..[snow peas]
                      





never: 是從來不嗎? 

查查 never 有那些意思?


used to emphasize a negative statement instead of ‘not’

強調不。就是不這麼做。

            google 搜尋:never 用法

             https://www.facebook.com/poor.english/posts/306980059335304
         台灣人常錯的英文文法: EVER / NEVER. 這不一定是"從來沒"的意思!!!

台灣人常錯的英文文法: EVER / NEVER. 這不一定是"從來沒"的意思!!!
1. EVER/NEVER配現在是 = 我都會做 / 我都不會做
例句: I never go to bed past 11pm. 超過晚上11點都不會這麼晚睡 (不是說從來沒有做過的事,只是說沒有這個習慣) 問句才用EVER: Do you ever go to bed past 11pm?
例句: I never go out on weekends. 我周末都不出門。 不是說你從來沒有!
例句: I'm never late for work. 我都不會上班遲到。但是有可能發生過,這句沒有說!


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    Camilla Cream loved lima beans.  But she never ate them. 

    

     卡蜜拉喜歡青豆,但是她從不吃青豆。
                      卡蜜拉明明喜歡皇帝豆,但她就是不吃。
                    
                   卡蜜拉非常喜歡皇帝豆,但她都不吃。
                  

     選哪個?
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                放聲尖叫 vs. 大聲尖叫  
                放聲痛哭 vs. 大哭失聲
             
                貓頭鷹學員討論:放聲-有忍耐了好久,才。。。
                這和故事的發展不合,因為卡蜜拉看到鏡子中的自己,也嚇一跳,所以
                不應該是放聲

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 文化部推薦好書,鼓勵閱讀,http://children.moc.gov.tw/search/book_detail.php?id=9867188284

                教育部人權教育咨詢-人權圖書館
                http://hre.pro.edu.tw/zh.php?m=14&c=278

卡蜜拉非常喜歡吃青豆,但是她所有的朋友都恨青豆,卡蜜拉為了和大家一樣而不吃青豆,接著,為了在開學日給人好印象,卡蜜拉試了一堆衣服,但是她發現自己身上居然出現七彩條紋!在 家庭 醫師也沒有辦法的情況下,卡蜜拉只好硬著頭皮去上學,結果因為念美國效忠誓詞而使卡蜜拉的條紋變成美國國旗的花色,還爆出星星,同學們轟然大笑,卡蜜拉隨著同學的嘲笑身上不斷地變換花樣,出現紫色圓點、棋盤等等圖樣,校長因此要她回家。卡蜜拉的父親為了讓卡蜜拉心情好一點,問她需要什麼?其實卡蜜拉想要吃一盤青豆,但她還是不敢說


訪問作者: David Shannon 談 lima beans (青豆就不是 lima beans )

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/shannon/

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/shannon/transcript/  

           
Oh, I hate lima beans. And I think most kids do. That was actually the last thing that changed in that story. Originally, the cure was marshmallows, just because they're yummy. She just ate something because it was yummy, and it cured her. Then my editor and I were discussing the ending, and we decided it would work better if we could come up with something that most people hated, but that she liked. That would be a more effective ending for the story.
So, I thought, you know, "Lima beans, of course." For kids, that's the international symbol of food hatred – lima beans. So I called my editor and told her. She said, "Well, why lima beans?"
I said, "Because everybody hates them."
And she said, "They do?"
It turned out that she'd always loved lima beans her whole life and had no idea that kids couldn't stand them. She didn't believe me. So she took a poll around the office, and called back and said, "Okay. You're right. Everyone hates them."

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A Bad Case of Stripes :怎麼變成事件

A Bad case of X:  嚴重的 X 病例

看看這段翻譯:老婆婆講的話:

她走進卡蜜拉的房間,看看四周。「我的老天爺呀!」她搖搖頭,「這真是一樁糟糕的條紋事件,是我所見過最糟糕的一件!」 她從包包裡拿出一袋綠色的小豆子。

出聲思考:老婆婆會講條紋事件?糟糕的條聞事件?---還是嚴重的條紋病?

a bad case of ___
查查字典吧!

查 case, 解釋其多,選哪個? 選合用的--要動動腦! 和我們的上下文最接近的

the fact of somebody having a disease or an injury; a person suffering from a disease or an injuryha severe case of typhoidThe most serious cases were treated at the scene of the accident.

有位小朋友模仿生“條紋病”的樣子--                          嚴重的條紋病
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/89298005085094320/

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醫生專家都沒轍,他們來了,每個人給她一罐藥丸,所以她有好幾罐--還是大家一共給她一罐?

They each handed her a bottle filled with different colored pills.
出自網站  http://www.slideshare.net/lauriechen946/ss-28059617 
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「我好了」她大叫。 「是的」老太太說。 「我知道真正的你在某個地方。」 她拍拍卡蜜拉的頭,接著走到外面 ,消失在人群中。

  我早就知道真正的妳就藏在裡面-- 

“I’m cured!” she shouted. “Yes,” said the old woman. “I knew the real you was in here somewhere.”  She patted Camilla on the head. Then she went outside and vanished into the crowd.

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她從包包裡拿出一袋綠色的小豆子。 「就是這些」她說,「這些豆子或許有神奇 的效果。」 
「這些是魔法豆子嗎?」克林姆太太問。 
「噢,不」親切的老太太說,「沒有這種事 ,這些只是普通的老青豆。我敢打賭,你應 該想吃一些青豆,對不對?」她問卡蜜拉。 卡蜜拉最想要的,就是痛痛快快的吃上一大 盤青豆,但她還是害怕承認。 

出聲思考:   說有神奇的效果,又說沒有這種事?奇怪耶!

She pulled a container of small green beans from her bag. “Here,” she said. “These might do the trick.” “Are those magic beans?” asked Mrs. Cream.
“Oh my, no,” replied the kind old woman. “There’s no such thing. These are just plain old lima beans. I’ll bet you’d like some, wouldn’t you?” she asked Camilla.
Camilla wanted a big, heaping plateful of lima beans more than just abut anything, but she was still afraid to admit it.  


   do the trick  -  http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/do+the+trick 
to do exactly what is needed. This new paint scraper really does the trick. Is this envelope large enough to do the trick?

Veronika Decides to Die: 薇若妮卡想不開

讀翻譯小說,看到跟生活經驗不合的時候, 就是要發揮質疑精神的時候了! 把原文拿出來,對照一下,看看應該是什麼意思。

p. 53
“這個注射器裡含有一滴胰島素,”他以一種嚴肅,機械式的音調說話。“以前糖尿病病患者用這個來對付高血糖。無論如何,當此注射劑量遠超過平常時,則每一滴注入血糖的胰島素都可能引起昏迷。”

出聲思考:注射器裡含有一滴胰島素,不尋常,很難做到只有一滴在注射器裡!
               以前糖尿病患用這個來對付高血糖,那現在用什麼呢?
                 

p.43  “This syringe contains a dose of insulin,” he said, speaking in a grave, technical tone of voice. “It’s used by diabetics to combat high blood glucose. However, when the dose is much larger than normal, the consequent drop in blood glucose provokes a state of coma.”

出聲思考: 看來 drop 和 dose,對譯者來說是同一個字?drop: 一滴, dose:劑量

                何為機械式的音調,為何要用機械式的音調講話?是像機器人講話嗎?

沒有以前: It's used to 是指胰島素(it)被糖尿病患者用來對抗高血糖

technical tone of voice: 不好懂的專業術語說法


http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/technical
connected with a particular subject and therefore difficult to understand if you do not know about that subjectThe article is full of technical terms.The guide is too technical for a non-specialist.

the consequent drop in blood glucose: 注射過量的胰島素,引起後來血糖下降導致昏迷 provokes a state of coma
--------------------------------------------p.53 他輕輕地按一下針頭,將多餘的空氣排掉,然後將針頭插進芮德卡右腿的靜脈中。出聲思考:怎麼可以按針頭,不怕感染嗎?按針頭可以將多餘的空氣排掉?可能嗎?
p.43  He tapped the needle lightly, to get rid of any air, and then stuck it in a vein in Zedka's right foot. 
http://heal.cpst.net.cn/hlyy/yycs/2009_04/240649194.html正确使用胰岛素的注意事项有哪些?将针筒直立,用手指轻敲针筒,将气泡浮到最上端,再将活塞往前推,将气泡打入胰岛素瓶内,再将活塞往后拉,抽取出正确的胰岛素量。
tap 是什麼動作?tap the needle: 轻敲针筒---------------------p.55, p.56, 芮德卡正在進行一場星際之旅,
p.45astral journey, astral travel, astral projection是靈魂出體,譯成星際之旅,不好懂
 http://www.out-of-body-guide.com/casesall.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection

Astral projection

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用字不精準:製造認知混亂。

服藥一定是吃藥,還是有可能是注射?

p.50

所有其他的女人都服藥丸,只有薇若妮卡接受注射劑。她從不抱怨,
她只是想知道,既然她並沒有失眠的問題,為什麼她要服那麼多鎮靜劑。
出聲思考:不是才說用注射的,怎麼馬上變成服那麼多鎮靜劑?
p.41 All the other women took pills, Veronika was the only one who was given an injection. She never complained, she just wanted to know why she was given so many sedatives since she never had problems sleeping. -----------------------

p.46有一名魁梧,看起來很奸詐的男護士走過來,想知道發生了什麼事。出聲思考:以前不認識的男護士走過來,一眼就能感受到此人奸詐嗎?
p.37 A burly,shifty-looking male nurse came over, wanting to know what was going on. 
看看shifty-looking 有關的網路資料:像不像“心懷不軌”的樣子?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T55ArHjeR1cshifty-eyed dog
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shifty-looking
having the appearance of being dishonest

A shifty-looking stranger has walked past as I dicate this and I had to go into undercover mode.
SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (1999)
OVER the past few weeks, many people will have noticed shifty-looking strangers in their neighbourhood.
SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (2001)
When I rapped sharply on the door it was opened by a shifty-looking man with blood shot eyes, a whiskey-laden breath and a week's beard.
Dervla Murphy WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS (2002)

----------這段被 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/480088-because-of-that-she-had-never-had-enough-energy-to 引述,結果中文翻譯就有問題:
p. 60-61

“Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, considering them   inferior, ingenuous.”


p.71
當有一些對生活持較開放態度的人出現時,他們要不完全地排斥,要不就使他們痛苦,把他們當作次等的老實人

出聲思考:老實人為何就次等? 不太合理。

-->不是老實人,是太天真,太幼稚
ingenuous: Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous––their open, trusting natures are a joy.


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p.73
這種愛使她多年來免於經驗世俗所存在的困難及污穢,但也忽略了一點,她自己終究要面對,而屆時她可能失去抵抗的力量。

出聲思考:終究要面對什麼?根本就沒有抵抗的力量,哪來“失去”?

p. 62
It was a love that for years had tried to hide from her the difficulties and the corruption that existed in the world, ignoring the fact that, one day, she would have to find this out, and would then be defenseless against them. 

It was a love that X, ignoring the fact that Y
ignoring 分詞構句,說明 a love, 
a love that ignored the fact that ...

這種愛隱藏了事實 X, 同時忽略了事實 Y
X=the difficulties and the corruption that existed in the world
Y=one day, she would have to find this out, and would then be defenseless against them

忽略了有一天她會不得不發現真相,而到時會沒有力量抵抗(世俗所存在的困難及污穢)
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82, 日本人會因為丟了一頂帽子而自殺。
出聲思考:真的嗎?

p.71
"The Indians believe the murderer to be guilty, not society, not his parents, not his ancestors. Do the Japanese commit suicide because a son of theirs decides to take drugs and go out and shoot people? The reply is the same: no! And, as we all know, the Japanese will commit suicide at the drop of a hat. The other day I read that a young Japanese man killed himself because he had failed his university entrance exams."

at the drop of a hat: 成語,不能看字面的意思去理解:

 immediately; instantly; on the slightest signal or urging. (Alludes to the dropping of a hat as a signal.) John was always ready to go fishing at the drop of a hat. If you need help, just call on me. I can come at the drop of a hat.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/at+the+drop+of+a+hat



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83. 除了一些特定的由精神病引起的嚴重案例之外,一般人只有在他們想要擺脫日常事務時才會發瘋


出聲思考:日常事務是什麼?

p.71
 apart from certain grave pathological cases, people only go insane when they try to escape from routine. Do you understand?"

routine: 日復一日,例行公事,讓人厭煩,否則為何會想自殺?
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p.83   我瞭解,她回答。如果你覺得我沒有能力照顧她,你可以省省力氣,我從來沒有想著改變我的生活。

出聲思考:你可以省省力氣?是用在,你想勸我做什麼事,或要我改變心意,你可以省省力氣,你是沒辦法改變我的。但是,這裡應該是什麼?

p.71
"I do," she replied. "And if you think that I won't be capable of looking after her, you can rest assured, I've never tried to change my life."


rest assured: 放心!


p.92

所以只是因為我給一條色布正確的名字,你就得到我不是瘋子的結論

出聲思考: 名字?正確的名稱 

p.79
"So just because I gave the right name to a bit of colored cloth you conclude that I'm not mad."

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p.93 他卻借用了當年皇帝,國王,以及愛人們想要除掉眼中釘時喜歡用的名字為該物質命名。


出聲思考: 用名字可以除掉眼中釘?

p.80
Dr. Igor, the as-yet-unrecognized discoverer of this fatal substance, had given it the name of a poison much favored in the past by emperors, kings, and lovers of all kinds whenever they needed to rid themselves of some obstructive person.


name of a poison:  毒藥的名字 
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p.94 奇怪的是從來沒有人描述過礬是一種毒藥,雖然大部份受它影響的人可以指出它的滋味,


出聲思考:前面才說(p.93 )但是這個毒藥,現在卻很不容易取得,而且非常昂貴,
 為何說:


                   沒有人描述過礬是一種毒藥,


p.80
It was odd that no one had ever described Vitriol as a mortal poison, although most of the people affected could identify its taste, and they referred to the process of poisoning as bitterness. To a greater or lesser degree, everyone had some bitterness in their organism, just as we are all carriers of the tuberculosis bacillus. But these two illnesses only attack when the patient is debilitated; in the case of bitterness, the right conditions for the disease occur when the person becomes afraid of so-called reality.


mortal poison: 該如何解讀?一直到死亡。。。
到死方休的毒藥,也就是一輩子纏著不放的毒藥

lasting until death

SYNONYM
 deadlymortal enemiesThey were locked in mortal combat(= a fight that will only end with the death of one of them).http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/mortal
---------------p.109 真可恥,阿拉,耶和華,上帝 ---不管你們替他安的是什麼名字---並未居住在現在的世界,因為如果他是,我們還是會待在伊甸園,而他則是會被一大堆的上訴,情願,要求,禁制令,初審判決等陷入泥沼。。。
出聲思考:可恥?還是可惜?可惜。。他們沒有活在現在。。。
p.95It was a shame that Allah, Jehovah, God-it didn't matter what name you gave him-did not live in the world today, because if he did, we would still be in paradise, while he would be mired in appeals, requests, demands, injunctions, preliminary verdicts, and would have to justify to innumerable tribunals his decision to expel Adam and Eve from paradise for breaking an arbitrary rule with no foundation in law: Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat.
  shame 有不止一種解釋:查字典的時候,要看哪個合適?a shame: http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/shameused to say that something is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed
SYNONYM
 pityWhat a shame they couldn't come.