{"id":2877,"date":"2011-05-31T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2011\/05\/31\/ci_hai_shi_20110531\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T22:59:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T14:59:01","slug":"ci_hai_shi_20110531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2011\/05\/31\/ci_hai_shi_20110531\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick\u00ading up pearls from the sea of words: Essays after the trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cThe World of Peter Rab\u00adbit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 
\n*Note: The fol\u00adlow\u00ading con\u00adtent was writ\u00adten in the sec\u00adond half of 2010 and has recent\u00adly been reor\u00adga\u00adnized. The eight books I trans\u00adlat\u00aded a few years ago have final\u00adly been pub\u00adlished: The Tale of Peter Rab\u00adbit, The Tale of Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mr. Jere\u00admy Fish\u00ader\u00adman, The Tale of Tom the Cat, The Tale of Jemi\u00adma Pud\u00addle-Duck, The Tale of the Fur\u00adley Rab\u00adbit, and The Tale of John\u00adny the City Mouse.<\/p>\n

   
\nCoin\u00adci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, before Chil\u00addren\u2019s Day last year, I also wrote a long arti\u00adcle intro\u00adduc\u00ading pic\u00adture book mas\u00adters, and Miss Pot\u00adter was the high\u00adlight of the open\u00ading. If you are inter\u00adest\u00aded, you can also take a look:Mas\u00adters of the Art of Sto\u00adry\u00adtelling for Chil\u00addren (1\u20137)<\/u><\/a>.
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\nI believe it\u2019s impos\u00adsi\u00adble to trans\u00adlate from one lan\u00adguage to anoth\u00ader with\u00adout loss of mean\u00ading. No mat\u00adter how hard the trans\u00adla\u00adtor racks their brains or uses every trick in their book, they can only par\u00adtial\u00adly con\u00advey the orig\u00adi\u00adnal mean\u00ading. If the orig\u00adi\u00adnal author pos\u00adsess\u00ades pro\u00adfound lin\u00adguis\u00adtic mas\u00adtery and ful\u00adly cap\u00adtures the beau\u00adty of their cul\u00adture, this presents an extreme\u00adly daunt\u00ading chal\u00adlenge for the trans\u00adla\u00adtor. Imag\u00adine how to trans\u00adlate Du Fu\u2019s poem, \u201cStars hang low over the vast plain, the moon surges over the mighty riv\u00ader,\u201d into Eng\u00adlish. For\u00adget Eng\u00adlish, even Chi\u00adnese prose would be dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to per\u00adfect\u00adly reca\u00adpit\u00adu\u00adlate. Yet, this ardu\u00adous task must be under\u00adtak\u00aden, and indeed, there are those who fool\u00adish\u00adly rev\u00adel in it, find\u00ading its own cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading joy.
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\nMiss Porter\u2019s \u201cPeter Rab\u00adbit\u2019s World\u201d is one of those texts that is both incred\u00adi\u00adbly beau\u00adti\u00adful and play\u00adful in Eng\u00adlish. Its writ\u00ading is ele\u00adgant and refined, its choice of words and sen\u00adtences often con\u00adceal\u00ading sub\u00adtle wit, and its under\u00adly\u00ading sense of irony and humor is per\u00adme\u00adat\u00aded with a sense of humor. Since her sto\u00adries are pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly intend\u00aded for chil\u00addren, the prose is sim\u00adple and flu\u00adent, the tone friend\u00adly and nat\u00adur\u00adal. Even when sub\u00adtle satire of world\u00adly mat\u00adters is sub\u00adtle, it\u2019s only meant to elic\u00adit a smile from the read\u00ader. Although I\u2019ve tak\u00aden great pains in the trans\u00adla\u00adtion, I would\u00adn\u2019t pre\u00adsume to have ful\u00adly restored the orig\u00adi\u00adnal. It would be a bless\u00ading to avoid over\u00adly detract\u00ading from it. How\u00adev\u00ader, there are some words in the orig\u00adi\u00adnal text that, no mat\u00adter how painstak\u00ading\u00adly craft\u00aded, can\u00adnot be ful\u00adly recon\u00adstruct\u00aded in Chi\u00adnese. Yet, they hold such a pro\u00adfound charm, like beau\u00adti\u00adful shells on the beach, invit\u00ading you to pick them up. You don\u2019t have to pos\u00adsess them, just to enjoy them and mar\u00advel at the won\u00adders of nature. Unable to keep this plea\u00adsure to your\u00adself, I\u2019d like to share with you some of the shells I found in \u201cPeter Rab\u00adbit\u2019s World.\u201d
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\nAbout ani\u00admals and plants<\/strong>
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\nwood\u00admouse<\/strong>, is actu\u00adal\u00adly a type of vole, com\u00admon in West\u00adern Europe. They can live in woods, but are more com\u00admon\u00adly found under hedges near peo\u00adple\u2019s homes. Porter fre\u00adquent\u00adly men\u00adtions this mouse in her books, and the most famous char\u00adac\u00adter not only has a name, but also a very dis\u00adtinc\u00adtive one:Thomasi\u00adna
\nTit\u00adtle\u00admouse (Thomasi\u00adna Tit\u00adtle\u00admouse)<\/strong>\u3001Tim\u00ado\u00adthy William (nick\u00adnamed Tim\u00admy Willie)<\/strong>.
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153174326292.jpg<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153174438343.jpg<\/a>
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\nWood rats are incred\u00adi\u00adbly adorable, their most proud fea\u00adture being their long, ele\u00adgant tails. These tails can be quick\u00adly snapped off when caught, but they nev\u00ader grow back. This char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic was clev\u00ader\u00adly incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00aded into \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of John\u00adny Town Mouse\u201d by Miss Porter. The short tail of coun\u00adtry mouse Tim\u00admy Willie like\u00adly stems from such expe\u00adri\u00adences, prompt\u00ading the town mouse to ask him if he\u2019d ever been caught in a mouse\u00adtrap.
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Is the coun\u00adtry life of the cute woodrat Willy Miss Pot\u00adter\u2019s ide\u00adal?<\/p>\n

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>It is cer\u00adtain that this kind of life is not what city mouse John\u00adny longs for :)
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\nMrs. Mouse had no name when she first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rab\u00adbit. How\u00adev\u00ader, in The Tale of Flop\u00adsy Rab\u00adbit, she not only got a very imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive name Thomasi\u00adna, but also made a great con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion by help\u00ading lit\u00adtle Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit save his and Flop\u00adsy\u2019s lit\u00adter of baby rab\u00adbits. Lat\u00ader, Miss Porter sim\u00adply wrote a sto\u00adry specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly for her (The Tale of Flop\u00adsy Rab\u00adbit).
\nTale of Mrs. Tit\u00adtle\u00admouse), which shows how much she loves wood rats!
\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153174532268.jpg<\/a>
\nMrs. Mouse first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rab\u00adbit.<\/em>
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\nrab\u00adbit-tobac\u00adco<\/strong>The laven\u00adder plant is per\u00adhaps the most inter\u00adest\u00ading plant men\u00adtioned in Miss Pot\u00adter\u2019s books. Even more inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, she her\u00adself may not have been entire\u00adly sure what it was. In \u201cThe Tale of Lit\u00adtle Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit,\u201d she explains it as \u201cthe herb we call laven\u00adder,\u201d a rather dubi\u00adous state\u00adment. It\u2019s high\u00adly like\u00adly that Pot\u00adter read it from the pop\u00adu\u00adlar Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author Har\u00adris\u2019s fairy tale book, \u201cUncle Remus Tells Tales,\u201d which she illus\u00adtrat\u00aded between 1893 and 1896.
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\nThe sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic name of rab\u00adbit tobac\u00adco is Gnaphal\u00adi\u00adum
\nObtusi\u00adfoli\u00adum, which grows in the Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi Riv\u00ader basin in the Unit\u00aded States, is often used by Native Amer\u00adi\u00adcans as a herbal rem\u00ade\u00addy, and is said to have mirac\u00adu\u00adlous med\u00adi\u00adc\u00adi\u00adnal prop\u00ader\u00adties. Today, we can search for images of this plant online.
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153174839398.jpg<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/20115317498324.jpg<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153174939154.jpg<\/a>
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\nYou have to look close\u00adly at the flower to under\u00adstand how the \u201crab\u00adbit tobac\u00adco\u201d plant got its name: the fur\u00adry petals resem\u00adble rab\u00adbit ears! Miss Porter like\u00adly had nev\u00ader seen this plant, native to the Cen\u00adtral Unit\u00aded States, and did\u00adn\u2019t know why it was called \u201ctobacco\u201d\u2014it\u2019s actu\u00adal\u00adly quite sim\u00adple: local chil\u00addren often smoked it as if it were tobac\u00adco in their games, hence the name.
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/20115317504175.jpg<\/a>
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\nThe most won\u00adder\u00adful place where rab\u00adbit tobac\u00adco appears is in \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of the Frog Rab\u00adbit\u201d. Mr. Magg comes home with the bag that was replaced (the rab\u00adbits are peek\u00ading) and tells his wife that he wants to sell the rab\u00adbits for tobac\u00adco. How\u00adev\u00ader, Mrs. Magg wants to use rab\u00adbit skin as lin\u00ading, so she mocks him loud\u00adly: Rab\u00adbit
\ntobac\u00adco! \u2014 I think the fun\u00adni\u00adest trans\u00adla\u00adtion here is prob\u00ada\u00adbly: \u201cSmoke your rab\u00adbit tobac\u00adco!\u201d
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153175156301.jpg<\/a>
\nIllus\u00adtra\u00adtion of \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of the Frog Rab\u00adbit\u201d: Mrs. McG\u00ado\u00adna\u00adgall and Mr. McG\u00ado\u00adna\u00adgall bick\u00ader\u00ading
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\nChamomile, also known as chamomile.<\/strong>At the end of \u201cThe Tale of Peter Rab\u00adbit,\u201d Mrs. Rab\u00adbit \u201cmade a pot of chamomile tea and gave him a dose!\u201d It turns out that in Britain, this herbal rem\u00ade\u00addy is com\u00admon\u00adly used to treat colds, phys\u00adi\u00adcal weak\u00adness, gyne\u00adco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal prob\u00adlems, and even a vari\u00adety of oth\u00ader ail\u00adments. It has even been found to be effec\u00adtive in treat\u00ading some com\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtions of dia\u00adbetes. In \u201cThe Tale of Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit,\u201d Moth\u00ader Rab\u00adbit shouts, \u201cCot\u00adton-tail!
\nCot\u00adton-tail! fetch some more
\nchamomile!\u201d (Cot\u00adton-ball tail! Cot\u00adton-ball tail! Go pick some more chamomiles, come back quick\u00adly!) If you read it smooth\u00adly, it will sound as beau\u00adti\u00adful as singing.
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/201153175438136.jpg<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/landaishu.zhongwenlink.com\/home\/upload20083\/20115317559570.jpg<\/a>
\nThe mag\u00adi\u00adcal effects of chamomile tea
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\nFox-gloves, sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly known as Dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adis or Fox\u00adglove.<\/strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly trans\u00adlat\u00aded, it means \u201cfox glove flower.\u201d This plant is often used med\u00adi\u00adc\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly for heart dis\u00adease, but exces\u00adsive use can be high\u00adly tox\u00adic. The dactyli\u00adum blooms every two years, often with dense\u00adly packed, tubu\u00adlar flow\u00aders of pur\u00adple, peach, or white, resem\u00adbling a string of small bells or fin\u00adger gloves. Even experts dis\u00adagree on why it\u2019s com\u00admon\u00adly known as fox glove flower in Eng\u00adlish.
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>
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\nObvi\u00adous\u00adly, Miss Porter, who is well-versed in botany, used this flower in her sto\u00adry for a spe\u00adcif\u00adic pur\u00adpose. In The Tale of Jemi\u00adma Pudle Duck, Jemi\u00adma first met the gen\u00adtle\u00adman-look\u00ading fox in a patch of dahlias! This was such an obvi\u00adous hint, yet the frisky Pudle Duck was com\u00adplete\u00adly unaware of it.<\/p>\n

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>
\nJemi\u00adma Pud\u00addle-Duck saw the \u201cgen\u00adtle\u00adman\u201d among the dahlias\u2026
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\n\u3010About the name\u3011<\/strong>
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\nMiss Porter must have had a lot of fun nam\u00ading her char\u00adac\u00adters; some have a sto\u00adry behind them, some are just amus\u00ading word\u00adplay, and some are sim\u00adply the prod\u00aduct of a sud\u00adden inspi\u00adra\u00adtion.
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\nPeter Rab\u00adbit and Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit
\nBun\u00adny<\/strong>, the name must come from the two rab\u00adbits that Pot\u00adter him\u00adself raised.Flop\u00adsy and Mop\u00adsy<\/strong>It\u2019s prob\u00ada\u00adbly a voice game that came out of nowhere. But after Ben\u00adjamin mar\u00adried Flop\u00adsy, all the chil\u00addren he had were called \u201cFlop\u00adsy Bun\u00adnies\u201d.
\nThis is prob\u00ada\u00adbly a British cus\u00adtom. Accord\u00ading to Chi\u00adnese tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal cus\u00adtoms, it should be called \u201chome rab\u00adbit\u201d.
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Miss Pot\u00adter takes her rab\u00adbit for a walk<\/p>\n

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Miss Pot\u00adter\u2019s Rab\u00adbit Sketch
\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>A pair of broth\u00aders in dis\u00adtress \u2014 Peter Rab\u00adbit and lit\u00adtle Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>
\nLook at this family\u2014\u2014Fu\u2019s lit\u00adtle rab\u00adbit
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\n\u300aMr. Jere\u00admy Fish\u00ader<\/strong>There are sev\u00ader\u00adal names hid\u00adden in the sto\u00adry of the game.Mr.
\nJere\u00admy
\nFish\u00ader<\/strong>The lit\u00ader\u00adal trans\u00adla\u00adtion is Mr. Jere\u00admy Fis\u00adch\u00ader, but \u201cFis\u00adch\u00ader\u201d in Eng\u00adlish means fish\u00ader\u00adman, and the frog Jere\u00admy in the sto\u00adry is a very unsuc\u00adcess\u00adful fish\u00ader\u00adman. The friend Jere\u00admy invit\u00aded to din\u00adner is also very inter\u00adest\u00ading. A man namedMr.
\nAlder\u00adman Ptole\u00admy
\nTor\u00adtoise<\/strong>(lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly \u201cMr. Ptole\u00admy the Tur\u00adtle, Coun\u00adcil\u00adlor\u201d), who looks like an old tor\u00adtoise, and anoth\u00ader one namedSir
\nIsaac
\nNew\u00adton<\/strong>(Sir Isaac New\u00adton), but it is a large sala\u00adman\u00adder (newt). This is obvi\u00adous\u00adly a joke about the names of two famous sci\u00aden\u00adtists. In Eng\u00adlish, the sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty between New\u00adton and sala\u00adman\u00adder is rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly intu\u00aditive. Ptole\u00admy\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal name was Claudius
\nPtole\u00admaeus, Claudius was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly the name of a lame Roman emper\u00ador (Claudius), and lat\u00ader evolved into the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic name of a tor\u00adtoise, so it became the tor\u00adtoise paint\u00aded by Miss Pot\u00adter, and Alder\u00adman was prob\u00ada\u00adbly mod\u00adi\u00adfied from old\u00ader\u00adman. So, in the end, I trans\u00adlat\u00aded it asMr. Ptole\u00admy, the elder tur\u00adtle<\/strong>.
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Mr. Jere\u00admy Fish\u00ader<\/p>\n

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Two friends of Mr. Fish\u00ader\u00adman who came to the ban\u00adquet: Mr. Tur\u00adtle and Sir New\u00adton<\/p>\n

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Look at this Sir Isaac New\u00adton
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\n\u300aTalk\u00ading Tom<\/strong>The names in the sto\u00adry are also very inter\u00adest\u00ading.Tom Kit\u00adten<\/strong>Direct trans\u00adla\u00adtion:Tom Kee\u00adden<\/strong>, but this Kid\u00adden actu\u00adal\u00adly means cat. And his sis\u00adter, one is calledMit\u00adtens<\/strong>, orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly meant mit\u00adtens, but is obvi\u00adous\u00adly derived from Kit\u00adten; anoth\u00ader is calledMop\u00adpet (Cat Beibei)<\/strong>, orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly meant lit\u00adtle girl, but it seems to have evolved from Mit\u00adtens. When three kit\u00adtens went to play in the gar\u00adden, their moth\u00ader warned them to beware of padel ducks, andSal\u00adly Hen\u00adny Pen\u00adny
\nHen\u00adny
\nPen\u00adny<\/strong>This is a famous hen from a 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry folk\u00adtale. One day, she was hit on the head by a falling acorn. She cried \u201cThe sky is falling\u201d all the way to the king to report the news, but she and sev\u00ader\u00adal oth\u00ader small ani\u00admals ran into a fox hole and end\u00aded up feed\u00ading the fox. This famous chick\u00aden lat\u00ader appeared in \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Gin\u00adger and Pick\u00adles\u201d and became a gro\u00adcery store own\u00ader!
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Talk\u00ading Tom and his fam\u00adi\u00adly
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\nAbout Ono\u00admatopoeia
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\nEng\u00adlish, as a pho\u00adnet\u00adic lan\u00adguage, is very con\u00adve\u00adnient for cre\u00adat\u00ading ono\u00admatopeia, and Pot\u00adter is a mas\u00adter at this. Her words can not only imi\u00adtate sounds, but also sim\u00adu\u00adlate expres\u00adsions.
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\nThe Tale of Peter Rab\u00adbitlip\u00adpi\u00adty<\/strong>, was the sound of Peter\u2019s foot\u00adsteps as he wan\u00addered around look\u00ading for a way after a des\u00adper\u00adate escape, soft and slow -lip\u00adpi\u00adty, lip\u00adpi\u00adty<\/strong>\u2014\u2014A lit\u00adtle tired and hes\u00adi\u00adtant, there is real\u00adly no word in Chi\u00adnese to cor\u00adre\u00adspond to it, so I can only use its expres\u00adsion and rhythm to trans\u00adlate it as\u201cWalk a few steps, jump a few steps, look around\u201d<\/strong>.
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Peter jumps and jumps
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\nThe sound used to imi\u00adtate the three padel ducks walk\u00ading in \u201cTalk\u00ading Tom Cat\u201d is also quite fun\u00adny \u2014 doing the goose
\nstep\u2013pit pat, pad\u00addle pat! pit pat,
\npad\u00addle pat!<\/strong>
\nThe beau\u00adty of the orig\u00adi\u00adnal text is that it takes into account both sound and form. Miss Porter bold\u00adly used sev\u00ader\u00adal words that orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly had dif\u00adfer\u00adent mean\u00adings (but they have sim\u00adi\u00adlar expres\u00adsions), main\u00adly focus\u00ading on their sounds, while the expres\u00adsions can also be under\u00adstood. Here I reluc\u00adtant\u00adly trans\u00adlate it as \u201cwalk\u00ading in a duck\u00ad\u2019s gait,Crack, snap, crack\u00adle, snap! Crack, snap, shake, swing!<\/strong>\u201cWe can only sep\u00ada\u00adrate them and take care of both aspects.
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Crack, snap, crack\u00adle, snap! Crack, snap, shake, swing!
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\nExam\u00adples of this kind can be found through\u00adout Pot\u00adter\u2019s sto\u00adries, such as describ\u00ading the sound of plas\u00adter falling from the top of a wall.\u201cpit\u00adter-pat\u00adter\u201d<\/strong>, sim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading the sound of a horse trot\u00adting\u201ctrit-trot\u201d<\/strong>, describ\u00ading the sound of frogs walk\u00ading in the water\u201cslip\u00adpy-slop\u00adpy\u201d<\/strong>, and the sound of a big fish jump\u00ading out of the water and bit\u00ading Jere\u00admy the frog\u201cker-pflop-ppp\u201d<\/strong>\u2026These are the most inter\u00adest\u00ading parts, but they are also the parts that give the trans\u00adla\u00adtor the most headaches, because if they give up, they always feel that the loss is too great, so they can only bite the bul\u00adlet and rack their brains!
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>A very large trout swam up, \u201cWow\u2013Wow\u2013\u201d
\nPuff\u2014Puff\u2014\u201d
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\n\u3010About cus\u00adtoms and cul\u00adture\u3011<\/strong>
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\nThere are also some words that are easy to trans\u00adlate, but with\u00adout expla\u00adna\u00adtion, it is real\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult for young read\u00aders to under\u00adstand because they are relat\u00aded to the local cus\u00adtoms and cul\u00adture at that time.
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\nfor exam\u00adpleTea Par\u00adty
\npar\u00adty<\/strong>Tea par\u00adties are still held today, but in late 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Britain, they were pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly for\u00admal social gath\u00ader\u00adings between ladies, with many eti\u00adquette-con\u00adscious details. That\u2019s why, in \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Tom and Tom,\u201d the mis\u00adchie\u00advous\u00adness of a few kit\u00adtens \u201cdis\u00adrupt\u00aded the dig\u00adni\u00adfied and peace\u00adful atmos\u00adphere of the tea par\u00adty.\u201d
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Ladies attend\u00ading a tea par\u00adty at Tom Cat\u2019s house
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\nAnoth\u00ader exam\u00adpleSun\u00adday Meal
\ndin\u00adner)<\/strong>At that time, every Sun\u00adday was a for\u00admal event. Because Mr. and Mrs. Magg had to go to church on this day, Ben\u00adjamin Rab\u00adbit and his son would always go to Mr. Mag\u00adg\u2019s veg\u00adetable gar\u00adden on this day to pre\u00adpare their own Sun\u00adday din\u00adner as if no one was around.
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\nAnoth\u00ader exam\u00adple is the scene in Two Bad MiceDol\u00adl\u2019s House
\nhouse<\/strong>A doll\u00adhouse is actu\u00adal\u00adly a fair\u00adly large, life\u00adlike toy, very pop\u00adu\u00adlar in tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal mid\u00addle-class British fam\u00adi\u00adlies. It was often used as an intro\u00adduc\u00adto\u00adry teach\u00ading aid for lit\u00adtle girls about home\u00admak\u00ading, and nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly, it became the ide\u00adal set\u00adting for many fairy tales. The doll\u00adhouse that Miss Pot\u00adter cre\u00adat\u00aded was based on a real-life mod\u00adel: a toy belong\u00ading to the niece of the pub\u00adlish\u00ader, Mr. Nor\u00adman, who pho\u00adtographed it for Pot\u00adter to use as inspi\u00adra\u00adtion for her sto\u00adries. It was dur\u00ading those days that the two of them devel\u00adoped from part\u00adners to close friends, even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly becom\u00ading engaged. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, fate played a trick on them\u2026
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\n\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>A dol\u00adl\u2019s house from the book Two Bad Mice<\/em>
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\nThere is a sto\u00adry behind every word.
\n \"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>Miss Pot\u00adter movie poster<\/p>\n

\"\u8bcd\u6d77\u62fe\u8d1d\uff1a\u201c\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u201d\u8bd1\u540e\u6563\u8bb0\"<\/a>For\u00adev\u00ader Miss Porter (1866\u20131943)
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\n(The Argen\u00adtine Primera Divisi\u00f3n was com\u00adplet\u00aded on June 1, 2011)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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