名著采擷《傲慢與偏見》系列26

　　“思緒如潮”，我們應該用一個怎樣的形象表達來翻譯呢?

　　翻譯例句：

　　The train of agreeable reflections which her observation gave birth to made her perhaps almost as happy as Jane. (Chapter 18)

　　從觀察中衍生出的一系列美好想象使得她幾乎和簡一樣歡喜。

　　詞語解析：

　　上面這個句子中有一個詞組，a train of，意為“一系列的、連續(xù)的”。a train of thought，意為“思緒、思路”，這個說法非常形象，將腦海中的思想比作一列高速馳來的列車，極為簡潔地體現(xiàn)出那種思緒紛紛，連綿不絕的意思。這個詞組也可以表達成stream of thought、chain of thought。

　　漢譯英：

　　1.我完全跟不上他的想法，他一會一個主意。

　　I can't follow his train of thought. Every second he gets a new obsession.

　　2.突然而來的敲門聲打斷了他的思緒。

　　There was a sudden knock on the door, then he lost his train of thought.

　　3.一說起大學時代，我的腦中就閃過一段繽紛的回憶。

　　A train of nice recollections runs across my mind when speaking about my college years.

　　4.眼前的美景令人不由得產生無窮聯(lián)想。

　　The beautiful view gives birth to a train of imaginations.