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1、中国翻译ChineseTranslatorsJournal译作鉴析《天演论》译文片段赏析王东风中山大学《天演论》译自英国生物学家赫胥黎（ThomasThelittleAmarellaGentians,whichaboundinsomeHenryHuxley，1825-1895）的著作Evolutionandplacestoday,arethedescendantsofthosethatwereEthicsandOtherEssays，译者是清末著名翻译家troddenunderfoot,bytheprehistoricsav
2、ageswho严复（1854-1921），译作于1897年12月由天津havelefttheirflinttools,about,hereandthere;and出版的《国闻汇编》刊出。以下片段为原著的第theyfollowedancestorswhichintheclimateofthe一和第二段及严复的译文。glacialepoch,probablyflourishedbetterthanthey原文：Itmaybesafelyassumedthat,twothousanddonow.Comparedwiththelon
3、gpastofthishumbleyearsago,beforeCaesarsetfootinsouthernBritain,plant,allthehistoryofcivilizedmenisbutanepisode.thewholecountrysidevisiblefromthewindowsof译文：赫胥黎独处一室之中，在英伦之南，theroominwhichIwrite,wasinwhatiscalled“the背山而面野。槛外诸境，历历如在几下。乃悬想stateofnature.”Except,itmaybe,
4、byraisingafew二千年前，当罗马大将恺彻未到时，此间有何景sepulchralmounds,suchasthosewhichstill,here物？计惟有天造草昧，人功未施。其借征人境者，andthere,breaktheflowingcontoursofthedowns,不过几处荒坟，散见坡陀起伏间，而灌木丛林，蒙man’shandshadmadenomarkuponit;andthe茸山麓，未经删治如今日者，则无疑也。怒生之草，thinveilofvegetationwhichoverspreadthebroa
5、d交加之藤，势如争长相雄。各据一抔壤土，夏与畏backedheightsandtheshelvingsidesofthecoombs日争，冬与严霜争，四时之内，飘风怒吹，或西发wasunaffectedbyhisindustry.Thenativegrasses西洋，或东起北海，旁午交扇，无时而息。上有鸟andweeds,thescatteredpatchesofgores,contended兽之践啄，下有蚁蝝之齧伤，憔悴孤虚，旋生旋灭，withoneanotherforthepossessionofthescanty菀枯顷
6、刻，莫可究详。是离离者亦各尽天能，以自surfacesoil;theyfoughtagainstthedroughtsof存种族而已。数亩之内，战事炽然，彊者后亡，弱summer,thefrostsofwinter,andthefuriousgales者先绝，年年岁岁，偏有留遗，未知始自何年，更whichswept,withunbrokenforce,nowfromthe不知止于何代。苟人事不施于其间，则莽莽榛榛，Atlantic,andnowfromtheNorthSea,atalltimes长此互相吞并，混逐蔓延而已，而
7、诘之者谁耶！oftheyear;theyfilledup,astheybestmight,the英之南野，黄芩之种为多，此自未有纪载以gapsmadeintheirranksbyallsortsofunderground前，革衣石斧之民所采撷践踏者，兹之所见，其苗andovergroundanimalravagers.Oneyearwith裔耳。邃古之前，坤枢未转，英伦诸岛乃冰天雪another,anaveragepopulation,thefloatingbalance海之区，此物能寒，法当较今尤茂。此区区一小oftheu
8、nceasingstruggleforexistenceamongthe草耳，若迹其祖始，远及洪荒，则三古年代以还方indigenousplants,maintaineditself.Itisaslittle之，犹瀼渴之水，比诸大江，不啻小支而已！tobedoubted,thataness
