Je m'appelle Cendre
Bouvet Island
November 1, 2012
Today, in Interpreting and Translating class, professor Ruan said, Chinese poems are untranslatable. But why? I was puzzled. Whether it is too difficult to be translated in English or there is something in it truly untranslatable?
I tried to translate one, although I don't know if it could 100% express the whole meaning well of the original poem.
Target Text:
Dawning of spring
I slumbered and woke up at the drowsy dawn of spring, not knowing morning was coming until the chirping of singing birds is heard there and here. After whole night of strong wind and showers, I suddenly figure out the birds were crying for all the dropped flowers on the ground.
Autumn is bewitching. It is a bright harvest season in my mind. Many white clouds in the blue sky look like sail boats. Wind is like a naughty boy. It goes across the tree. It makes all the leaves shaking and quivering and quaking. It is also like a raider because it robs trees of their gold and laughs when it's conquered and won. You describe many words you've found as hard to translate, but then you do translate them all into English.
Source Text: 春晓
春 眠 不 觉 晓,
处 处 闻 啼 鸟。
夜 来 风 雨 声,
花 落 知 多 少。
I have no idea how do you understand this poem through my translation? What could you image or think about? If you can, give me some feedback and share your thinking with me, OK? Thank you~
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Mr. Learner
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October 29, 2012
After having seven hours’ good time for Karaoke at BBfly of coastal city, I came back to dormitory at approximately 8 o’clock. It was rainy and dark, but somehow, I like this kind of weather so much. Rain fell on the trees and dripped steadily from the leaves. Rain spattered against my light purple umbrella, playing a happy rhythm. When I was out of my dormitory and was to open the door with my key, I suddenly stopped because heard a hard broken-hearted crying inside. At the same time, I recognize it was my roommate’s voice, Fang. Actually, at the beginning I had no idea what happened and what should I do then. After 3 minutes thought, I got up the courage to knock the door 4 times to tell her someone is to coming in, then I opened the door and moved indoors quietly so as not to interrupt and offend her. In sorrow she sank to the ground and closed her eyes with her mobile phone in hand, sobbing and then crying hard again. I don’t know what should I say, but I felt it necessary to comfort her right now. So I asked cautiously, heading her off,” Are you all right?” Lifting her head and looking up slowly, she shouted at me and her soft gentle voice became fiercely “Let me alone. It’s none of your business.” Tears ran down her cheeks and her eyes were red from crying. So I keep silent. What ails her! But how can I take no notice of my roommate? I put a DOVE chocolate on her table because my mum told me that eating chocolate can make us happy. It was a little serve I threw in. I hope she would be better soon although I still didn’t know what happened to her. This will be a night I cannot forget. The first time I saw Fang grunted with desolation, throwing herself down in an agony of pain and sorrow. Great sobs racked her body. My dear Fang, what made you sound so down-hearted?
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snoopyboy
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October 27, 2012
My name is Wolf for I have a talented owner who is always on the prowl for new and unusual names for her pets. I’m a good doggy at home. And you might think I lead a happy life every day, right? Wrong! I am going to tell you why.
First of all, I am bored, bored, and bored. Have you ever thought what may a dog do all day? The answer is nothing. Nothing at all! My owner is busy in her studying all the time. You know, she has to be away from home all day, going to school and doing her part-time jobs. After returning home, she still needs to finish her homework and then she immerses in her digital world, accustomed to instant messaging, surfing the internet, listening to music and watching television simultaneously, even never once turning her head and glancing at her little poor doggy. So what am I supposed to do? Sure. I can watch the house or apartment. It’s as easy as watching the paint dries or the grass grows. But that’s so boring, isn’t it. So every time when my owner come back, I get so excited,barking, jumping and running around as if I am very happy. But she will never know it is because I was so bored all day. If I am lucky, she would take me for a walk after supper.
The second thing I have to mention is the food. I eat the same food, meal after meal, day after day, week after week and month after month. SOS! Who can hear my screaming and yelling in mind, "Help, help me!" My dear owner, would you like to eat the same thing day by day? Of course not. So why do you think your little darling doggy will like it? I don't want to eat dogfood anymore. I hate it.
Another thing - television. I wonder why my owner could watch such stupid programs, hour after hour and night after night. Are there any programs for dogs on television? No, not a single one. So what can I do? What else can I do but napping? So I sleep. I’m not lazy. I am bored.