读经典学翻译：《傲慢与偏见》系列（2）

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《傲慢与偏见》内容简介：
　　小说讲述了bennet一家五位千金的婚姻与爱情，表达了婚姻必须建立在爱情和经济两个基础上的婚姻观。傲慢而深情的达西先生成为小说塑造的一个经典形象。简奥斯丁的语言简练而幽默，反复品味，趣味无穷。
　　翻译例句：
6 @; i% \+ N7 K! D　　and alread had mrs.bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. (chapter 3)
　　班纳特太太早就准备好了几道拿手好菜，足以让人称赞她的持家本领，但是一个临时事件打乱了这个计划。(第三章)
# l. r* I8 V5 R: }3 T# @) ]　　翻译要点：
　　上面句子中的credit，意为“赞赏，荣耀，功劳”，do credit to sb.或者do sb. credit就意为“称赞，归功于”。这里的courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping，就是能让人对她的持家本领赞不绝口的美味菜肴。
　　英译汉例句：
　　1.she has tried her best. we should give her credit for that.
4 d+ v, A$ d) E6 b/ R　　她已经尽力了，我们应当承认这点。
! N1 g3 n* ~  ^8 h　　2.the credit is belong to the team.
　　功劳属于整个团队。
7 @' f7 I& E% N　　汉译英应用：
　　知道了这个词的意思，就要会在汉英翻译中巧妙地用上它，要表达“归功于/称赞/……”这类意思的句子，都是可以用到credit这个词的。
　　例句：
& X( X1 f8 _+ A1 F　　1.你是一个很优秀的学生，千万不要妄自菲薄。
: i7 W# G& D4 Q8 W- u  I9 Z　　you are an excellent student, you should give yourself credit.
; H/ _; Y* @' ^. w# D3 E" V　　2.他什么都没干，可是到最后功劳都归他一个！
# i* O' e& j* a( P1 A7 `  B7 Z- [　　he has done nothing at all, but in the end he is the one who took all the credit!
) _) \% U/ u3 w$ {6 r- z　　3.朗朗的精彩表演令人不得不叹服于他的音乐才能。
) O! a. d, ?6 T0 [, Y0 M　　lang lang's wonderful performance has done great credit to his talent.
- }/ I! k% o+ Z' D" j3 d　　4.无功不受禄，这是我的原则。
) V- F% k, k0 d, v& m) p　　my principle is that one can't take credit for things he has no part in doing.
' p+ F  R/ q5 @1 C# {) R' {: a　　另外一个类似的句型是do justice to。do credit to是称赞的意思，而do justice to则是“不辜负，证明”的意思，比较一下：
　　1.plan some courses that will do credit to her culinary skills，准备几道会让人称赞她好手艺的菜肴
　　2.plan some courses that will do justice to her culinary skills，准备几道不辜负她的好手艺的菜肴