中国文化词汇
世外桃源
2020研究生考试近在咫尺
不知道你们当中有没有考MTI的
对我来讲
去年初试基础笔译的最后一道题目
真的让我印象深刻又有点遗憾
就是有关世外桃源的散文英译
我看过《桃花源记》的整篇英译
但我以为考试不会涉及到
就简单略过了
以至于考场上干捉急、不得不瞎编
所以今天拿出来回顾一下
也给要考试的你们护护体、加加油
敲黑板，划重点
世外桃源
含义：
晋陶渊明在《桃花源记》中描写了一个与世隔绝、安居乐业的好地方，用以比喻不受外界影响的地方或理想中的美好地方。
英译：
参考一：the land of peach blossoms alienated from the world
参考二：fictitious land of peace, away from the turmoil of the world
世外桃源
【出处】
出自《桃花源记》：
晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业。缘溪行，忘路之远近。忽逢桃花林，夹岸数百步，中无杂树，芳草鲜美，落英缤纷。渔人甚异之。复前行，欲穷其林。
林尽水源，便得一山，山有小口，仿佛若有光。便舍船，从口入。初极狭，才通人。复行数十步，豁然开朗。土地平旷，屋舍俨然，有良田美池桑竹之属。阡陌交通，鸡犬相闻。其中往来种作，男女衣着，悉如外人。黄发垂髫，并怡然自乐。
见渔人，乃大惊，问所从来。具答之。便要还家，设酒杀鸡作食。村中闻有此人，咸来问讯。自云先世避秦时乱，率妻子邑人来此绝境，不复出焉，遂与外人间隔。问今是何世，乃不知有汉，无论魏晋。此人一一为具言所闻，皆叹惋。余人各复延至其家，皆出酒食。停数日，辞去。此中人语云：“不足为外人道也。”
既出，得其船，便扶向路，处处志之。及郡下，诣太守，说如此。太守即遣人随其往，寻向所志，遂迷，不复得路。
南阳刘子骥，高尚士也，闻之，欣然规往。未果，寻病终，后遂无问津者。
今译：
东晋太元（公元376-396）年间，武陵有个人以捕鱼为生。有一天他沿着溪水划船而行，忘记了路程的远近。忽然遇到一片桃花林，在小溪两岸的几百步之内，中间没有其它树木，花草鲜嫩美丽，地上的落花繁多交杂，渔人对此感到非常诧异。他继续往前走，想要走到林子的尽头。
桃花林的尽头就是溪水的源头，渔人发现了一座小山，山上有个小洞口，洞子里面仿佛隐约透着点光亮。渔人便舍弃了船，从洞口走了进去。最开始非常狭窄，只能容得下一人通过。又行走了几十步，突然变得明亮开阔了。渔人眼前这片土地平坦宽广，房屋排列得非常整齐，还有肥沃的田地、美丽的池塘，以及桑树、竹子这类的植物。田间小路四通八达，鸡鸣狗吠的声音此起彼伏。人们在田间来来往往耕种劳动，男女的穿戴完全像桃花源以外的世人。老年人和小孩儿，都怡然并自得其乐。
这里的人看见了渔人，感觉非常惊讶，问他是从哪里来的。渔人都一一作了回答。这里的人便邀请他到家中做客，摆了酒、杀了鸡用来款待他。村里面的其它人听说来了这么一个人，全都来打听消息。他们自己说他们的先祖是为了躲避秦朝时期的战乱，率领妻儿乡邻们来到这个与世隔绝的地方，从此他们再没有人出去了，所以和外面的人隔绝了一切往来。村里的人问渔人现如今是什么朝代，他们不知道有汉朝，更不用说魏、晋两朝了。渔人把自己知道的所有事都一一说了出来，村民们听了都感叹惋惜。其余的人各自又把渔人邀请到自己的家中，都拿出自己的美酒佳肴来款待他。渔人停留了几日后，就向村里的人告辞。村里的人告诉他：“这里的情况不值得对外面的人说啊。”
渔人出来之后，找到了自己的船，就沿着来时的路回去，处处都做了记号。他到了郡城武陵，就去拜见太守，说了自己的这番经历。太守立即派遣人员跟随他前往，寻找渔人先前作的记号，最终迷路了，后来再也找不到通往桃花源的路了。
南阳有个叫刘子骥的人，是一个高尚的读书人，他听到了这个消息，非常愉快地计划着前往桃花源。但没有实现，不久后就病死了，后来就再也没有探访桃花源的人了。
英译：
During the region of Taiyuan of the Jin Dynasty, there was a man in the Wuling County who earned his livelihood by fishing. One day as he sailed on and on up the stream, he was not aware how far he had gone. Also without his knowing, he came to a whole grove of peach trees which stretched for hundreds of paces along the banks, with no other trees to be seen. The grass was freshly green, dotted all over with the crimson of fallen petals, and more blossoms were still falling in riotous profusion. He was intrigued by the beautiful scene, so much so that he decided to keep on sailing till he could see the end of the grove.
Eventually he found the grove ended where the head-spring was. The water issued from the side of a mountain and there seemed to be some light coming through a small cave-like opening. Very much intrigued, he left the boat and went in. At first, the passage was extremely narrow, barely admitting a man, but after dozens of paces, it suddenly opened out before his eyes into a wide expanse bathed in the brightness of light. There, the land was level //www.58yuanyou.comand the houses neat and orderly. His eyes also fell upon fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, bamboo groves, and paths and roads leading in all directions. And he could even hear the cries of fowls and dogs. There were people bustling about原由网 and busy working in the fields. These people were all dressed in the same fashion as people outside this small world — men and women. Both the grey-haired and the children looked peaceful and happy, enjoying a life of ease and comfort.
When a villager saw the stranger, he was greatly astonished.
Asked where he had come from, the fisherman told the whole truth. He was then invited to the villager’s home and treated to wine and chicken. On hearing of the visit of a stranger, all the other villagers came over to enquire about the outside world, and at the same time told the fisherman that their ancestor had come to this secluded place to take refuge during the turmoils in the Qin Dynasty, not only with his wife and children but also with his fellow villagers, and thenceforth they never went out, remaining isolated from the outside world. They were interested to know what dynasty it was by now — eviozLqtalzKdently they were ignorant that there had been a dynasty called Han, let alone the Wei and the Jin. In answer, the fisherman told them everything he knew and could think of about his own world. At all this they were amazed, their sighs bearing witness to indefinable feelings. Then more of them asked the man to have a drink and dine with them at home. It was not until several days later that he begged to leave. When he was leaving, the villagers advised him: “Better keep to yourself all tozLqtalzKhese things you’ve seen and heard here.”
When the fisherman came out of the sequestered place and found his boat, he went back the way he had come, marking as he went along every spot he wanted to remember. As soon as he returned to his home village in the prefecture, he asked to see the prefect and told him about his adventure. The pr原由网efect immediately let his men go with the fisherman to find the place, but strange to say, all the marks that he had made have vanished, so they lost their way, and never reach it.
Liu Ziji of Nanyang was a great idealist. He heard of this story, and planned to go and find it, but was taken ill and died before he could fulfill his wish. Since then, no one has gone in search of this place.
小编有话说：
大家好，我是【中国文化词汇】栏目的小编Leah，本期选择的是“世外桃源”，这是我研究生考试初试时遇到的一个笔译题目，在此回顾一下，也想提醒MTI的准考生们不要忽略汉译英部分，百科知识要分类、要抓紧时间背诵记忆，希望大家都能考入理想学校，加油！
在《桃花源记》中还藏有其他成语哦，大家找一找，找到了可以分享到留言区哦，大家一起学习，我们下期再见！
