许渊冲先生在翻译"满江红"这一词牌名时,用了The River All Red。让我们来欣赏一下许老的译作:
《满江红·写怀》
The River All Red
岳飞 (许渊冲 译)
怒发冲冠,凭栏处、潇潇雨歇。抬望眼、仰天长啸,壮怀激烈。三十功名尘与土, 八千里路云和月。莫等闲、白了少年头,空悲切!
Wrath sets on end my hair;
I lean on railings where
I see the drizzling rain has ceased.
Raising my eyes
Towards the skies,
I heave long sighs,
My wrath not yet appeased.
To dust is gone the fame achieved in thirty years;
Like cloud-veiled moon the thousand-mile Plain disappears.
Should youthful heads in vain turn grey,
We would regret for aye.
靖康耻,犹未雪。臣子恨,何时灭?驾长车踏破,贺兰山缺。壮志饥餐胡虏肉, 笑谈渴饮匈奴血。待从头、收拾旧山河,朝天阙。
Lost our capitals,
What a burning shame!
How can we generals
Quench our vengeful flame!
Driving our chariots of war, we'd go
To break through our relentless foe.
Valiantly we'd cut off each head;
Laughing, we'd drink the blood they shed.
When we've reconquered our lost land,
In triumph would return our army grand.

除了许老之外,岳飞作品中"满江红"的英文翻译还有不少版本:
Manjianghong (徐忠杰 译)
Man Chiang Hung(王季文 译)
Avenging an Insult (张炳星 译)
The River Runs Red (何中坚 译)
Manjianghong · Vengeance (冯志杰 译)
The River All Red (卓振英 译)
电影的片名翻译从来不是一件容易的事。它就像是电影面向海外受众的一双眼睛,是流光溢彩还是黯淡庸常,关键在于片方是否用心去寻找那座横跨东西方文化背景的桥梁。
你心目中"满江红"的最佳翻译是什么?
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