將mishap (運氣不佳等意)翻譯成"悲劇"太沉重：
中國第一夫人英國＂現形＂記事；落後就要出醜出糗
「國母」！有事嗎？！中國國家主席習近平偕「國母」彭麗媛出訪英國，原本雍容華貴的彭麗媛卻在國宴上頂張「大花臉」見客？！原來是因為粉底中含二氧化矽（ silica）成份，雖然可以使妝容完美無瑕，但是照相機閃光燈一打就GG了，英國媒體紛紛揶揄彭麗媛的妝容是場不幸的悲劇（have suffered an unfortunate make-up mishap）。
中華人民共和國成立後，按照面貌身材儀態和文化素養水平，唯一帶得出場的第一夫人彭麗媛，在照相時被中國劣質化妝品給毀容了。
pioneer, watchword, rally, Rallying / Rally Racing...
watchword 格言、rallying 翻成拉力賽都可注意。
台灣大學將校門口前的"大學廣場"取名為University Promenade，有點奇怪。
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Jane Chen 當譯者對所翻譯的書感到契合，那種幸福感是很深刻的！最近重讀孟祥森翻的《屈辱》，他在譯後裡寫道：這書，好像是我寫的，又好像在寫我。（看到這樣的契合，我真是為他高興！）自然他感謝出版社主編把那書交給他！我相信一定也有很多人像我一樣，感謝志峰，把那書交給我！
Hanching Chung 很有意思。十年前讀孟譯不用心，還以為他感謝編輯偏愛他呢！當時有一帖譯評---blog Simon University.
2004
（謝謝）張華、小讀者、路人談段Disgrace 之翻譯
去年準備好談論Disgrace兩翻譯本的對比。後來想，
A版本：柯慈《屈辱》孟祥森譯，台北：天下文化，2001
B版本：庫切《恥》張冲等譯，上海：譯文出版社，2003
前陣子「談一下utopian的反義字（antonyms）「
去年諾貝爾獎頒給Coetzee時說《恥》/《恥辱》這本小說：
"In the dystopian novel Disgrace, David Lurie does not achieve creativity and freedom until, stripped of all dignity, he is afflicted by his own shame and history's disgrace. In this work, Coetzee summarises his themes: race and gender, ownership and violence, and the moral and political complicity of everyone in that borderland where the languages of liberation and reconciliation carry no meaning." 」
我將這兒的一段討論列出當紀錄，謝謝所有參與的朋友。
‧A版本：就以他這樣的年紀——五十二歲——離過婚的男人而言，
For a man of his age, fifty-two, divorced, he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well. On Thursday afternoons he drives to Green Point. Punctually at two p.m. he presses the buzzer at the entrance to Windsor Mansions, speaks his name, and enters. Waiting for him at the door of No. 113 is Soraya. He goes straight through to the bedroom, which is pleasant-smelling and softly lit, and undresses. Soraya emerges from the bathroom, drops her robe, slides into bed beside him. `Have you missed me?' she asks. `I miss you all the time,' he replies. He strokes her honey-brown body, unmarked by the sun; he stretches her out, kisses her breasts; they make love.
A版本：「索拉雅修長苗條，黑色長髮，黑如水波的眼睛。理論上，
Soraya is tall and slim, with long black hair and dark, liquid eyes. Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically, one can be a father at twelve. He has been on her books for over a year; he finds her entirely satisfactory. In the desert of the week Thursday has become an oasis of luxe et volupté.
B版本：「索拉婭身材高挑姚纖長，一頭長長的烏髮，
*法語：奢侈與肉慾。
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敬邀wo/小讀者/rl/ch……等高手來「
A版本：「他常刻骨的想，妓女們如何談論常來的恩客——
He has a shrewd idea of how prostitutes speak among themselves about the men who frequent them, the older men in particular. They tell stories, they laugh, but they shudder too, as one shudders at a cockroach in a washbasin in the middle of the night. Soon, daintily, maliciously, he will be shuddered over. It is a fate he cannot escape.
B版本：「對於妓女之間如何談論她們的常客，
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ch留言：試試看。
他不免敏銳地想到，妓女會如何討論常來的客人，尤其是老頭子。
小讀者留言：
（1）只有一個無傷大雅"技術上"的小意見
通常washbasin是指洗臉盆或擴而張之指洗手台
（2）不太懂作家在這裡的文學筆法:daintily/
打個"精緻"的冷顫?/還是不懂.../沒有偏見, 只是和一般的"刻板印象"不太符合...為何形容"她們"
路人 留言：
「他對於妓女如何談論恩客，尤其是年紀較大的客人，
作者用形容妓女們談論老嫖客的樣子，打顫是做作又充滿惡意的。
小讀者 留言：
借力使力copycat一下, 想把那文字氣氛和節奏表達出來.
要不了多久，他自己，也會成為那冷顫的對象，
去年準備好談論Disgrace兩翻譯本的對比。後來想，
A版本：柯慈《屈辱》孟祥森譯，台北：天下文化，2001
B版本：庫切《恥》張冲等譯，上海：譯文出版社，2003
前陣子「談一下utopian的反義字（antonyms）「
去年諾貝爾獎頒給Coetzee時說《恥》/《恥辱》這本小說：
"In the dystopian novel Disgrace, David Lurie does not achieve creativity and freedom until, stripped of all dignity, he is afflicted by his own shame and history's disgrace. In this work, Coetzee summarises his themes: race and gender, ownership and violence, and the moral and political complicity of everyone in that borderland where the languages of liberation and reconciliation carry no meaning." 」
我將這兒的一段討論列出當紀錄，謝謝所有參與的朋友。
‧A版本：就以他這樣的年紀——五十二歲——離過婚的男人而言，
For a man of his age, fifty-two, divorced, he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well. On Thursday afternoons he drives to Green Point. Punctually at two p.m. he presses the buzzer at the entrance to Windsor Mansions, speaks his name, and enters. Waiting for him at the door of No. 113 is Soraya. He goes straight through to the bedroom, which is pleasant-smelling and softly lit, and undresses. Soraya emerges from the bathroom, drops her robe, slides into bed beside him. `Have you missed me?' she asks. `I miss you all the time,' he replies. He strokes her honey-brown body, unmarked by the sun; he stretches her out, kisses her breasts; they make love.
A版本：「索拉雅修長苗條，黑色長髮，黑如水波的眼睛。理論上，
Soraya is tall and slim, with long black hair and dark, liquid eyes. Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically, one can be a father at twelve. He has been on her books for over a year; he finds her entirely satisfactory. In the desert of the week Thursday has become an oasis of luxe et volupté.
B版本：「索拉婭身材高挑姚纖長，一頭長長的烏髮，
*法語：奢侈與肉慾。
----
敬邀wo/小讀者/rl/ch……等高手來「
A版本：「他常刻骨的想，妓女們如何談論常來的恩客——
He has a shrewd idea of how prostitutes speak among themselves about the men who frequent them, the older men in particular. They tell stories, they laugh, but they shudder too, as one shudders at a cockroach in a washbasin in the middle of the night. Soon, daintily, maliciously, he will be shuddered over. It is a fate he cannot escape.
B版本：「對於妓女之間如何談論她們的常客，
--
ch留言：試試看。
他不免敏銳地想到，妓女會如何討論常來的客人，尤其是老頭子。
小讀者留言：
（1）只有一個無傷大雅"技術上"的小意見
通常washbasin是指洗臉盆或擴而張之指洗手台
（2）不太懂作家在這裡的文學筆法:daintily/
打個"精緻"的冷顫?/還是不懂.../沒有偏見, 只是和一般的"刻板印象"不太符合...為何形容"她們"
路人 留言：
「他對於妓女如何談論恩客，尤其是年紀較大的客人，
作者用形容妓女們談論老嫖客的樣子，打顫是做作又充滿惡意的。
小讀者 留言：
借力使力copycat一下, 想把那文字氣氛和節奏表達出來.
要不了多久，他自己，也會成為那冷顫的對象，
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