Re: 譯者的重要性 - 翻譯

剛才查了一下原文
這個譯文絕對是故意配合粗俗又錯字連篇的原文
只是用夾雜閩南語的方式來對應黑人腔調是否恰當？
譯者板的大家應該可以來討論一下:)
就拿上數學課那段來對照一下好了~~


So, OK, it's Thursday, September twenty-four 1987 and I'm walking down the
hall. I look good, smell good─fresh, clean. It's hot but I do not take off
my leather jacket even though it's hot, it might get stolen or lost. Indian
summer, Mr Wicher say. I don't know why he call it that. What he mean is,
it's hot, 90 degrees, like summer days. And there is no, none, I mean none,
air conditioning in this mutherfucking building. The building I'm talking
about is, of course, I.S. 146 on 134th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam
Clayton Powell Jr Blvd. I am walking down the hall from homeroom to first
period maff.

好，開始了。一九八七年九月二十四號禮拜四，我走在走廊上。人模人樣，味道粉香──
又清爽又乾淨。天氣很熱，可是我還是穿著皮外套，我怕脫下來會給人家偷去。印第安夏
天，威契老師說。我不知道他是按怎偏偏要用印第安。其實他的意思就是很熱，華氏九十
度，跟夏天的天氣一樣。而且這棟他媽的鬼樓裡屁台，一台，我是說一台冷氣都沒有。我
說的大樓當然是I.S. 146。在一三四街上，就是雷納克斯路和亞當．克雷頓．波威爾二世
大道之間。我從班級教室出來，去上第一堂數學課。


Why they put some shit like maff first period I do not know. Maybe to gone 'n
git it over with. I actually don't mind maff as much as I had thought I
would. I jus' fall in Mr Wicher's class sit down. We don't have assigned
seats in Mr Wicher's class, we can sit anywhere we want. I sit in the same
seat everyday, in the back, last row, next to the door. Even though I know
that back door be locked. I don't say nuffin' to him. He don't say nuffin' to
me, now.

怎麼會有人把數學這種鬼東西排在第一堂課？大概是早死早超生吧。我其實並沒有想像中
那麼討厭數學。我進去威契老師的教室坐下。威契老師班上沒有固定座位，隨便坐哪裡都
可以。可是我每天都坐同一個位子，最後一排，靠後門。我知道後門有鎖上。我不搭理老
師，他也不搭理我，暫時是這樣。
^^^^^^^^^^（這裡好像翻錯，原文斜體now應該是指「後來」）


First day he say, "Class turn the book pages to page 122 please." I don't
move. He say, "Miss Jones, I said turn the book pages to page 122." I say,
"Mutherfucker I ain't deaf!" The whole class laugh. He turn red. He slam his
han' down on the book and say, "Try to have some discipline." He a skinny
little white man about five feets four inches. A peckerwood as my mother
would say.

第一天他說：「請翻到一百二十二頁。」我沒動。他說：「瓊斯小姐，我說翻到一百二十
二頁。」我說：「恁祖媽又不是聾子！」全班哄堂大笑。他的臉孔漲紅，一巴掌用力拍在
課本上，說：「請規矩一點。」他只是個瘦不啦嘰的白人，五呎四吋高而已，我媽要是看
到他準會說他是啄木鳥。


I look at him 'n say, "I can slam too. You wanna slam?" 'N I pick up my book
'n slam it down on the desk hard. The class laugh some more. He say, "Miss
Jones I would appreciate it if you would leave the room right NOW." I say, "I
ain' going nowhere mutherfucker till the bell ring. I came here to learn maff
and you gon' teach me." He look like a bitch just got a train pult on her. He
don't know what to do. He try to recoup, be cool, say, "Well, if you want to
learn, calm down─" "I'm calm," I tell him. He say, "If you want to learn,
shut up and open your book." His face is red, he is shaking. I back off. I
have won. I guess.

我看著他，說：「要比恰是吧？恁祖媽沒在驚啦！」說完，我也拿起課本，用力摔在桌
上。全班笑得更厲害。他說：「瓊斯小姐，請妳立刻離開！」我說：「除非鈴聲有響，不
然恁祖媽哪兒都不去。我是來上數學課的，你要給我教。」他那副樣子就像是被火車撞到
的母狗。他不知道應該按怎。他想找台階下，冷靜下來，就說：「既然妳想上課，就鎮定
下來──」「我很鎮定。」我跟他說。他說：「既然妳要上課，就閉嘴，把書打開。」他
的臉很紅，全身發抖。我見好就收，反正我贏了。大概吧。


話說我對原文有點意見
連math都會拼成maff的人
卻能拼對discipline和appreciate嗎XD


※ 引述《twister0809 (Please summer me)》之銘言：
: 今天稍早看到歐普拉提薦的一本書"珍愛人生"
: 馬上上博客來查詢，後來看到內文簡介
: 完全就不想買來看
: 這時讓我深刻提會到，譯者的重要性

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