”一个英国人的城堡就是他的家”

叶如钢

”一个英国人的城堡就是他的家。“ 是的， 我觉得坎特伯雷就很象是家。 这是我们在英国短旅
中家居的第一个镇子， 或者说城（因为它有一座大教堂）。这里的房屋皆家舍味十足，
大多年代久远， 是在希特勒轰炸中幸存下来的。 人们相处也有如家人， 他们当中很多已年老，
但精力充沛，颇让人惊讶。 可以说， 年岁和家味相伴随： 房宅和居者越老， 家味就越浓。
而在英国，很少城市比坎特伯雷更古老。

----叶如钢翻译



The Englishmen’s castle is his home.” Yes, I found something very homely about Canterbury. This was the first town, or rather city ( for it has a cathedral), in which we made our home during our brief sojourn in England. The houses here are all very homely, and often very old – where they have escaped the bombing of Hitler. The people, too, have homely manner; and many of them are elderly, though surprisingly energetic for their age. Somehow, age and homeliness go together: the older the homes and their occupants, the homlier they are. And

叶如钢

博文选集 发表于 2017-6-30 20:26
中译文：

... they have escaped the bombing of Hitler.

希特勒轰炸了那个城市，但有的房子没有被炸到。 所以我的翻译是对的。  

叶如钢

呵呵。你好可爱。

叶如钢

博文选集 发表于 2017-7-1 19:51
no, it's not but it's your passage that interests us all the time  too short as it is  
...

这英文更可爱。

月下静走

学习叶老师佳作！

月下静走

喜欢这个翻译，学习