秋续春色，叶叶如花

ysun wrote:


小吴：

你翻得不错。谢谢！我觉得这句话中最难翻的就是 present 的双关含义。你处理得很好。让我们看看其他同仁是否还有更好的建议。

ysun wrote:


"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.”

― Alice Morse Earle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alice_Morse_Earle

ysun wrote:


"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.”

― Alice Morse Earle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alice_Morse_Earle

ysun wrote:

Gift and Present

有家网站每天都会给我发一句 Inspiring Quote。一开始它们都进入我的 Spam folder，我就没太在意。但有时一看，觉得有些名言确实很有哲理。我看到上面这句话时，觉得其中 present 的双关含义不易翻译，一时心血来潮，就把它贴了出来与大家共享。以上各位同仁的文言文基础都很扎实，译文各有千秋。特此感谢！

The full quote often reads: "The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present."

In the 1902 book, "Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights..." by Alice Morse Earle, it is noted that the words "Time Waits for No Man" is a play on words or punning device of "gnomon" that has been used on sun dials. A gnomon is a pointer on a sun dial. Somewhere along the way came the full quote which has been truncated by some to your version.

http://books.google.com/books?id=puICAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA225&dq="time%20waits%20for%20no%20man"%20yesterday%20is%20history&as_brr=1&ei=vXRRR_eGJqC0pALbkfCfDw&ie=ISO-8859-1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Many believe the phrase has its root in "Time and Tide wait for No Man," meaning no one is so powerful that he can stop the march of time.

According to "The Phrase Finder":

The origin is uncertain, although it's clear that the phrase is ancient and that it predates modern English. The earliest known record is from St. Marher, 1225:

"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."

A version in modern English -- "the tide abides for, tarrieth for no man, stays no man, tide nor time tarrieth no man" evolved into the present day version.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/384000.html

春眠不觉晓，
处处闻啼鸟。
This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
Not to awake till birds are crying.

诗人惜墨如金，仅以一句“处处闻啼鸟”来表现充满活力的春晓景象。但人们由此可以知道就是这些鸟儿的欢鸣把懒睡中的诗人唤醒，可以想见此时屋外已是一片明媚的春光，可以体味到诗人对春天的赞美。

翻译本来就是各有各的译法，你觉得译得不好也有你的道理，但也有很多人觉得他译得很好，各有各的看法，没有孰对孰错。我就说一下我的看法吧。原诗的意思大概是说：在春天睡着睡着不知不觉天就亮了，听见到处都是鸟的叫声。译文的意思：春天早晨在床上躺睡着，被鸟儿的叫声唤醒过来。想象一下那种情景，你不知不觉醒过来，听见到处都是鸟叫，不难想象作者很可能就是被鸟的叫声唤醒过来的。所以我对这个译文没有什么异议，觉得翻的挺好。翻诗除了把大意翻出来，还兼顾押韵，我觉得不错。当然，每个读者都有自己的看法，不必争来争去，个人觉得还是以一种比较开放的心态去看待比较好。

青春

青春不是年华，而是心境；
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；
青春是生命的深泉在涌流。
青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。
如此锐气，二十岁生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。
年岁有加，并非垂老。理想丢弃，方堕暮年。
岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；
热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。
忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。
无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。
人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。
一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；
然则只要竖起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。