【古诗英译】《题帕三绝》清·曹雪芹

无心剑

抛珠滚玉只偷潸，
镇日无心镇日闲。
枕上袖边难拂拭，
任他点点与斑斑。

I let my tears stealthily flow
To idle away the whole day.
They fleck sleeve and pillow,
So hard to be wiped away!

自娱自乐

原帖由 无心剑 于 2009-12-17 10:40:00 发表
抛珠滚玉只偷潸，
镇日无心镇日闲。
枕上袖边难拂拭，
任他点点与斑斑。

I let my tears stealingly flow
To idle away the whole day.
They fleck sleeve and pillow,
So hard to be wiped away!

Wow, hehehe, humdinger!

无心剑

多亏自娱兄激发，要不然无心剑也没有心思重译。跟高手较量很带劲，无心剑喜欢这种感觉。

无心剑

今日读<The Necklace>，里面有一句“But by violent effort she had conquered her grief, and she replied with a calm voice while she wiped her wet cheeks, 'Nothing. Only I have no dress and therefore I can't go to this ball. Give your card to some colleague whose wife is better equipped than I.'”

于是赶紧将“叫人焉得不伤悲？”译作“But how could I conquer my sorrow?”，用"conquer”比用"hold back"显得简洁有力，焉有不用之理！

自娱自乐

hehehe, good on you buddie!

There are a good few synonyms to be considered, for instance, subdue, overpower, overhwhelm, nevertheless, 'conquer' seems a much better choice.

Congratulations!

无心剑

自娱兄随意就给出好几个同义词，英语功底比无心剑深啊，学习。
呵呵，踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫，今天随意阅读捡到一个好词，值得高兴啊！

自娱自乐

的确值得庆贺，恭喜，恭喜!

那种感受是常人无法理解和得到的，好比人们常说得那样‘饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙。’只有吸烟的人才能有如此感受，旁人只能咳嗽。

无心剑

自娱兄比方得好，的确是“饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙。”