Brave New World

Six o’clock in the morning and you hear the soundOf a bomb exploding in the neighbourhood groundYou turned a deaf ear to the calls, closed the doorBecause it’s nothing new at all Papa, mama, please don’t go awayLeave your children to face the world todayHear them crying in the darkSongs of love won’t ease their… Read More »

I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice

这篇文章应该是照着英文原稿直译的，第一段读起来有点不顺。因此，从事翻译工作的（无论是中译英或英译忠），不能只是根据字面的意思去做翻译，更要考虑整体句子的结构和读起来是否通顺。我猜测英文原稿可能是这样的句子： “For many year, Americans have been advised to reduce their salt consumption, but many do not take this seriously.” 如果要翻译，我觉得应该这样处理： “多年来，很多美国人对于减少摄入钠的建议根本不以为然。”