末段翻譯討論 ：Robin Williams, an Improvisational Genius, Forever Present in the Moment

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médiocrité m

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淺見如下:

He was an excellent and disciplined character actor, even as he was also an irrepressible, indelible character, a voice — or voices — that many of us have been hearing for as long as we can remember.

他是優異且收放自如的性格演員，即便本身也魅力無窮，深印人心，他的聲音 -- 或者說他百般的聲音 -- 早已成為吾人記憶裡的一部分。

Subj :紐約時報的翻譯有點問題嗎？

as other actor 的as ？ disciplined是訓練有素嗎？

He was very good at playing it cool or quiet or restrained as other actors in his movies — Nathan Lane in “The Birdcage,” Robert DeNiro in “Awakenings,” Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting” — brought the heat, the noise or the wildness. He was an excellent and disciplined character actor, even as he was also an irrepressible, indelible character, a voice — or voices — that many of us have been hearing for as long as we can remember.

在電影里，他也可以和其他演員一樣安靜、冷酷、剋制地呈現出這一面，傳遞出熱情、嘈雜與瘋狂——就像《鳥籠》(The Birdcage)里的內森·連恩(Nathan Lane)、《無語問蒼天》(Awakenings)里的羅伯特·德尼羅(Robert DeNiro)和《心靈捕手》(Good Will Hunting)里的馬特·達蒙(Matt Damon)。他是個超凡出眾、訓練有素的個性演員，同時也是一個令人無法抗拒，無法忘懷的人，他的聲音——或者說他許許多多的聲音——許多人只要聽到過一次，就永遠不會忘記。

翻譯：董楠

Robin Williams, an Improvisational Genius, Forever Present in the Moment

An AppraisalBy A. O. SCOTTAugust 13, 2014

http://cn.tmagazine.com/people/20140813/t13williams-app/en-us/

羅賓·威廉姆斯：他比煙花寂寞 (這翻譯.....哈哈)
悼文A. O. SCOTT2014年08月13日

***** 張華對話

譯者可能把文法看錯了。"as"在這裡應該當"when"解，不當"like"解。

He was very good at playing it cool or quiet or restrained as other actors in his movies [— Nathan Lane in “The Birdcage,” Robert DeNiro in “Awakenings,” Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting” —] brought the heat, the noise or the wildness.

[原譯]在電影里，他也可以和其他演員一樣安靜、冷酷、克制地呈現出這一面，傳遞出熱情、嘈雜與瘋狂——就像《鳥籠》(The Birdcage)里的內森·連恩(Nathan Lane)、《無語問蒼天》(Awakenings)里的羅伯特·德尼羅(Robert DeNiro)和《心靈捕手》(Good Will Hunting)里的馬特·達蒙(Matt Damon)。

[改譯]他擅長在對手演員熱情、嘈雜與瘋狂時，演出安靜、冷酷、克制的腳色—例如《鳥籠》(The Birdcage)里的內森·連恩(Nathan Lane)、《無語問蒼天》(Awakenings)里的羅伯特·德尼羅(Robert DeNiro)和《心靈捕手》(Good Will Hunting)里的馬特·達蒙(Matt Damon)。

HC： 謝啦。應該查字典將as 弄清楚。http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/as

我下午會提問是因為我知道原譯者弄錯了，可是不知道為什麼會犯此錯誤。

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不拘泥other actors的字樣的話，或可譯為：

他擅長在熱情、嘈雜與瘋狂的劇情中，演出安靜、冷酷、克制的腳色。

翻譯還是有誤：

a voice — or voices — that many of us have been hearing for as long as we can remember.

他的聲音——或者說他許許多多的聲音——許多人只要聽到過一次，就永遠不會忘記。

-----梁先生：

>他是個超凡出眾、訓練有素的個性演員，同時也是一個令人無法抗拒，無法忘懷的人

這幾句肯定是錯的，前後兩截應該是對比的。但我也不會譯。

even as he was also ≠ and he was also

這樣說會更清楚

even as he was also ≠ as he was also

「他的聲音——或者說他許許多多的聲音——許多人只要聽到過一次，就永遠不會忘記。」

這翻譯應該也是錯的。大概是指他扮演的聲音或諸聲音惟妙惟肖，十足十像我們自小便熟悉的一些人物（教練,老師,醫生,校長,etc.）的聲音。

不管怎樣，紐約時報的撰稿者都不會說些阿貓阿狗都說得出的廢話。

wiki

A character actor is an supporting actor skilled at playing unusual or strange or interesting or odd or eccentric characters,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} such that they are "almost unrecognizable from part to part, and yet play many, many roles convincingly and memorably."^[7] The term, often contrasted with that of leading actor, is somewhat abstract and open to interpretation:^[8] in a general sense, all actors can be considered as character actors since they all play 'characters',^[9][9] but the usual sense is an actor who plays a distinctive and importantsupporting role.

網上一般還是譯為性格演員
 He is a successful character actor. 他是一個成功的性格演員。
He's a character actor. 他是個性格演員。
實際上可能是戲劇界所謂的「硬裡子」。

 hearing for as long as we can remember.是idiom，指 hearing for a long, long time ago.