5 need waking的翻译(《译文版牛津英汉双解词典》的翻译问题)

前面有几个网友提到了 wake 的用法,我的这个问题也涉及 wake,请专家老师指点!

下面的句子和翻译均出自《译文版牛津英汉双解词典》(张柏然主译):

She's been tranced and may need waking. 她已经鬼迷心穷,需要清醒清醒。

请问这个翻译对吗?尤其是 need waking 的翻译?need 后面接动名词不是要表示被动意义吗?



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最佳答案 2020-01-19 14:48

这里的need之后接动名词是表示被动意义呀,need waking= need to be woken。wake在这里是及物动词“唤醒;使... 清醒,使…觉悟; 使…奋起”。又如:

The audience needs waking up. 应该让观众的气氛活跃起来。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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如沐春风


ODECN V6   trance词条  有:

trance/trɑːns/

NOUN

1a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium昏睡状态(尤指催眠等状态)

1.1a state of abstraction出神,恍惚,发呆

the kind of trance he went into whenever illness was discussed.一谈到疾病他就表现出的那种发呆神情。

1.2 (also trance music) [mass noun] a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms and sounds催眠的舞蹈音乐


VERB常作 be tranced with obj.

poetic/literaryput into a trance〈诗/文〉使昏睡,使出神,使入迷

she's been tranced and may need waking. 她已经沉睡过去了,可能需要把她叫醒。


我认为ODECN V6  译文更合理。

原因1:她在沉睡状态,一时半会醒不了,可能需要被别人叫醒。(逻辑合理)

原因2: ODECN V6  wake词条,当wake表示“清醒面对现实”时,有这样的用法:

wake up to :become alert to or aware of 变得警觉;意识到

he needs to wake up to reality. 他需要认清现实。(to wake up用的是主动语态)

所以,may need waking是否是表示“需要清醒清醒”,还得打一个问号。

原因3:《译文版牛津英汉双解词典》的译文将may need waking解释为 “需要清醒清醒”,富含主动意味,与need waking本身被动意味相悖。




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黎反修   - 英语翻译 (已退休)
擅长:数词用法,存在句,英语考试

    need 后面接动名词时,该动名词与主语在逻辑上有动宾关系,所以必须是及物动词的动名词,但是该动名词后面不能再接宾语。又如:The room is very durty.It needs cleaning.

    所以,下面句子的译文是正确的:She's been tranced and may need waking. 她已经鬼迷心穷,需要清醒清醒。

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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

She's been tranced and may need waking. 她已经鬼迷心穷,需要清醒清醒。

翻译改为:她已经鬼迷心窍,也许该让她清醒清醒了。

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mengxin Z

“鬼迷心窍”有点过,不算太准确,trance 指 “恍惚” 就行了。



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VERB

[WITH OBJECT] literary

  • Put into a trance.


    ‘she's been tranced and may need waking’

     我译:她已经懵逼了,要让她脑子醒醒

    • ‘Her eyes gleamed when she spoke, almost trancing the other person.’

    • ‘She kept remembering the long look they had shared, and how easily she'd been tranced by those green eyes.’

    • ‘By the end of the show, a shaman will bring the tranced dancer back to normal by blowing air into the dancer's ear.’


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