萧红《当铺》中文英语互译.docxVIP

萧红，中国近现代女作家，被誉为二十世纪三十年代的“文学洛神”。今天为大家介绍萧红的散文《当铺》以及张培基先生的英译本，供大家学习。 当铺 The Pawnshop 文/萧红Tr. 张培基 “你去当吧！你去当吧，我不去！” “好，我去，我就愿意进当铺，进当铺我一点也不怕，理直气壮。” “You go and do the pawning! You go, but not me!”? “Ok, I go. I wouldn’t mind. I’m not afraid at all. I don’t see anything wrong about it.” ? 新做起来的我的棉袍，一次还没有穿，就跟着我进当铺去了！ 在当铺门口稍微徘徊了一下，想起出门时郎华要的价目——非两元不当。 Thus, my newly-made cotton-padded gown, which had not been worn even once, accompanied me to the pawnshop.? At the door of the pawnshop I hesitated for a while, recalling the asking price suggested by Lang Hua when I left home—?“Nothing less than two yuan.” ? 包袱送到柜台上，我是仰着脸，伸着腰，用脚尖站起来送上去的，真不晓得当铺为什么摆起这么高的柜台！ I stood on tiptoe, face upward and back straightened, to hand the cloth-wrapped bundle onto the counter. How strange the pawnbroker should have put up a counter so forbiddingly high! ? 那戴帽头的人翻着衣裳看，还不等他问，我就说了： “两块钱。” 他一定觉得我太不合理，不然怎么连看我一眼也没看，就把东西卷起来，他把包袱仿佛要丢在我的头上，他十分不耐烦的样子。 A man in a skullcap turned the gown over and over to examine it. Before he could open his mouth, I said, “Two Yuan.” He must have thought me too unreasonable, for he rolled up the gown without even taking a look at me. Impatience was written all over his face as if he were about to throw the bundle onto my head. ? “两块钱不行，那么，多少钱呢？” “多少钱不要。” 他摇摇像长西瓜形的脑袋，小帽头顶尖的红帽球，也跟着摇了摇。 我伸手去接包袱，我一点也不怕，我理直气壮，我明明知道他故意作难，正想把包袱接过来就走。猜得对对的，他并不把包袱真给我。 “If two yuan won’t do, then how much？” “We won’t take it for anything,”?said he, shaking his longish watermelon-shaped head, the decorative red bead on top of his skullcap swaying. I was aware that he was out to make things difficult for me. Therefore, bold and confident, I reached out my hand for the bundle. But, just as I had been doubly sure, he simply wouldn’t let go of it. ? “五毛钱！这件衣服袖子太瘦，卖不出钱来……” “不当。”我说。 “那么一块钱，……再可不能多了，就是这个数目。”他把腰微微向后弯一点，柜台太高，看不出他突出的肚囊……一只大手指，就比在和他太阳穴一般高低的地方。 “Fifty cents! The sleeves are too tight. The gown won’t fetch much...” “I won’t pawn it,”?said I. “Well, how about one yuan?...Can’t give you any more. Th