翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习2戎夷

会计考友

　　门徒说：“我这平庸的人，又怎能慷慨地把衣给您这个杰出的人穿呢？”
　　*平庸: mediocre; ordinary
( g' f' F( l: a; R/ Z* s! q　　*慷慨: generous
　　*“杰出”与上文的“平庸”对照, 意即“高贵”superior, noble
　　门徒说：“我这平庸的人，又怎能慷慨地把衣给您这个杰出的人穿呢？”
　　*(1) “Since I am a nobody,” replied his disciple, “how can I be so generous as to give my clothes to such a superior person as you?”
# F7 V7 y) ?+ ?' y5 `, k　　*(2) “How can such a nobody as me be so generous as to give my clothes to such a superior man as you?” replied his disciple.
　　戎夷听了，叹息说：“唉，我的主张看来不能实现了！”说完，便把身上的衣脱下来给门徒穿。
6 F; w5 L4 p7 _  `8 Z5 k& g" C　　*叹息: sigh, heave; heave a sigh
& }  N& R* c3 z% ]+ \- q1 R& a7 z　　*唉: alas
　　*主张: advocate; maintain; hold; stand for; proposal; suggestion; view; stand; proposition; position; opinion
　　戎夷听了，叹息说：“唉，我的主张看来不能实现了！”说完，便把身上的衣脱下来给门徒穿。
　　*看来: it seems that
9 {2 k- ^) B% C　　*实现: realize; come true; don’t work; won’t do
　　*说完: with these words; with this; then
　　*“Alas!” Rong Yi uttered a deep sigh (said with a deep sigh). “It seems that my proposal is doomed (won’t come true)!”
$ @" X4 {! F- [) U　　*With this, he took off his clothes and handed them to his follower.
6 j1 ]9 O" {" L) H+ a% j　　到了半夜，自己冻死了，却救活了这个门徒。
　　*自己: 这里要译成“戎夷”. 如果不是作为反身代词使用或强调, “自己”往往处理成具体的主语.
　　*……死: die of…; …to death
　　*救活：bring…back to life; save; rescue
& a5 I; d3 t3 F% h7 [/ q　　到了半夜，自己冻死了，却救活了这个门徒。
7 ]) c) a! Y! p　　*At midnight, Rong Yi died of cold, but he gave life to his disciple.
, c/ [9 B% [% `; c7 |# `　　*Rong Yi gave / , giving life to his disciple, but he himself was frozen to death at midnight.
! u# v, [2 N! i" O2 [　　说戎夷能够把一个时代治理好，那还没有证明；但是，他那想有利于人类的思想，算是达到不能再高的程度了！
　　* 说…那还没有证明: “还没有证据说明”：
　　*there has been no proof that…;
　　*No evidence has proved that…;
　　*把……治理好: to run … well; administer, rule a country/ state
, ?7 B  a: d7 N. r　　*时代: times; age; period; epoch; era
2 a3 m+ X3 i% z5 b! t+ w1 P* C　　说戎夷能够把一个时代治理好，那还没有证明；但是，他那想有利于人类的思想，算是达到不能再高的程度了！
　　*(1) No evidence has been found concerning/regarding the fact that Rong Yi had the capability of administering a historical age
0 L, S  V7 @0 [1 I. t4 z　　*(2) History does not provide any evidence of Rong Yi’s ability to run well a whole historical period.
　　说戎夷能够把一个时代治理好，那还没有证明；但是，他那想有利于人类的思想，算是达到不能再高的程度了！
　　*有利于: benefit; be beneficial to; be good to
8 v9 O# _6 d) J2 [% h+ x7 f6 e　　*算是: at last, finally. 也可以不译。
　　* 达到不能再高的程度: 达到最崇高的境界reach/attain the loftiest/ultimate realm/extent
　　参考译文
　　*(1) However, his idea of benefiting the entire mankind has reached a height that can hardly be surpassed/an ultimate height.
　　*(2) Yet, no one has been more lofty as he was in terms of (the idea of ) benefiting humanity.