翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习2戎夷

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　　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
, d$ [9 c5 A+ _6 L, x. y  W2 j　　*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？”
3 h  W) s- P4 R  f) G　　*(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?”
7 M0 \4 y2 S8 O' p6 F　　*(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。
" p9 G. J5 L6 P' ^% }  t+ X) B8 ~　　*叹息: sigh, heave; heave a sigh
; K0 B5 o: Q6 x　　*唉: alas
, b0 Y$ D/ f$ V6 r# v　　*主张: advocate; maintain; hold; stand for; proposal; suggestion; view; stand; proposition; position; opinion
6 z+ w4 V% i6 {9 L5 D1 y　　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。
3 A0 _2 E' E. l& ?. B0 i1 r. a　　*看来: it seems that
- b2 N9 P( j, H8 W3 H1 U6 }3 K" Z0 B　　*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)!”
; N/ k. [; q% B% J9 E: S% A　　*With this, he took off his clothes and handed them to his follower.
( b* C- U+ x# X; ?　　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.
: K7 w4 B% ^& W7 i3 D" o6 G. F. z1 G　　*……死: die of…; …to death
% T% r; X! _+ u% d4 z　　*救活：bring…back to life; save; rescue
) p' }1 i! s& A, u　　到了半夜，自己冻死了，却救活了这个门徒。
　　*At midnight, Rong Yi died of cold, but he gave life to his disciple.
　　*Rong Yi gave / , giving life to his disciple, but he himself was frozen to death at midnight.
　　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…;
8 m" [0 G' {) W# v9 e3 o　　*No evidence has proved that…;
7 G$ P" ~; e6 `4 `0 m　　*把……治理好: to run … well; administer, rule a country/ state
　　*时代: times; age; period; epoch; era
　　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！
3 ~( K7 ]% R: ^2 v& {% g$ P0 e　　*(1) No evidence has been found concerning/regarding the fact that Rong Yi had the capability of administering a historical age
　　*(2) History does not provide any evidence of Rong Yi’s ability to run well a whole historical period.
; w7 r) S$ B( J: T  W: 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 y! N% n8 |  A& _　　*有利于: benefit; be beneficial to; be good to
　　*算是: at last, finally. 也可以不译。
6 X* D" v  c: v3 X* {　　* 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
  ~) l: G; o+ N0 x: x2 R　　*(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.