2018年catti三級(jí)筆譯練習(xí)題：西方人眼中的中國(guó)人

　　漢譯英

　　西方人對(duì)中國(guó)人有一種刻板的想象，他們通常認(rèn)為中國(guó)人非�！爸腔邸�，每個(gè)人都是哲學(xué)家，像老子、孔子那樣睿智，于是西方知識(shí)分子便熱衷研讀各類英譯本的老子、莊子。西方人概念里的中國(guó)人形象相當(dāng)“正當(dāng)”。這些年來，西方人發(fā)現(xiàn)一般中國(guó)百姓也熱衷于賺錢、享受世俗生活時(shí)，可憐的他們震驚不已。他們感興趣的中國(guó)問題也就很可笑。有人問：“北京以前叫Peking，什么時(shí)候又改名叫Beijing了?”這就得告訴他們，Peking是19世紀(jì)末英國(guó)駐華外交官威妥瑪創(chuàng)立的威氏拼音，如今Beijing則是20世紀(jì)50年代創(chuàng)造的漢語拼音。還有的女士看了《大紅燈籠高高掛》之后好奇地打聽：“中國(guó)男人真的有四張床嗎?”

　　注釋：威妥瑪Thomas Francis Wade, 漢語拼音Bopomofo

　　參考譯文

　　Western ideas about the Chinese people are rather rigid, supposing that the Chinese are “wise” and everyone is a philosopher like Laozi and Confucius. So some Western scholars take to reading English translations of Laozi and Zhuangzi. They have a very “positive” picture of the Chinese people. But when recently they find that the Chinese are becoming money-drive and interested in worldly enjoyment, they are shocked. The questions they ask about China sound funny. Some, for example, ask, “Beijing used to be called Peking. When was it changed to Beijing?” You have to tell them that “Peking” is spelt according to the alphabetic system invented by Thomas Francis Wade, an English diplomat to China in late 19th century, while “Beijing” is the spelling according to the Chinese pinyin system regulated in 1950s. Some Western young ladies, after watching Big Red Lanterns, a film made in China, ask out of curiosity, “Does a Chinese man really have four beds?”

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