《七步詩》- 曹植 (bilingual)

自娱自乐

《七步詩》

曹植

煮豆燃豆萁，豆在釜中泣。
本是同根生，相煎何太急。

To burn beanstalks to cook beans,

The beans are sobbing in the pot.

“We come from the same root-genes,

Why want to fry us so rush so hot?”

金沙文字

okok！
译成问句，灵活处理，我很赞同。类似“欲穷千里目，更上一层楼”。

自娱自乐

虽然原文没有问号，但这本来就应该是问句吧？
何太急 = 何必太急呢？何必如此急呢？
我这样的解读有何问题吗？
另外，看到一位好手将‘至今思项羽，不肯过江东’翻译为（大意）think of general Xiangyu, why not cross the river?
金沙，想听听你对此有何看法。

金沙文字

We are from the same root
Why do you treat me so ruthless
think of general Xiangyu, why not cross the river?反对！

自娱自乐

原帖由 金沙文字 于 2009-7-18 14:01:00 发表
We are from the same root
Why do you treat me so ruthless
think of general Xiangyu, why not cross the river?反对！

Yep, your first one is fine, but second one belongs to paraphrase.
By the way, 'ruthlessly' ---adverb modifies a verb, not an adjective.
Why?
Anyway, I have to find it...it takes time.

青衫来客

To burn beanstalks to cook beans,
自娱兄，我认为还是用burning 好，表示状态，to burn 是表示动作。

自娱自乐

Yep, mayhaps better, but it has to differ from the rest of versions.
As burning...

自娱自乐

I have done a few versions before apart from this one that I did this morning.

青衫来客

I will come to see your new version tonight.

自娱自乐

I wonder why you guys don't come up with your versions.
Where are these 大师们？