Since Chen Dingtian has accepted this task, he will translate according to the habits of the year. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Especially Chen Dingtian knows that this may be an opportunity for him to get a good income, he is not familiar with life in this era, and he has no relatives and acquaintances. Even to put it mildly, if he left this Shanghai and left this foreigner's concession, he might probably be arrested and beheaded by those Manchu officers and soldiers. This era is not like the late Qing Dynasty, and it is not too strict about whether to keep braids. But in this era, it is a taboo that cannot be crossed for braids. Anyone who doesn't keep braids is also a traitor, and this is the origin of keeping hair without a head.

Chen Definition doesn't want to die, he doesn't have a taste of life yet, how can he think about dying? But he also wants a better life, because he is not the kind of person who suffers. Chen Dingtian is not the kind of person who comes from a poor family, and his family is still a good family. So he has never suffered since he was a child, and he naturally knows very well that he is not the kind of person who can live a hard life. Although he is now forced to send people to work under the fence, it does not prevent him from hoping for a higher income, especially in the future, he wants a lot of things, far more than that.

"Translation, let's translate this Journey to the West first, this Journey to the West is full of demons and monsters, so it's easier to translate. There are a lot of similar demons and monsters in the West, and I can directly use paraphrasing to do it, and it is not so complicated. Otherwise, if you are reluctant to explain, I am afraid it will be difficult to translate well. Let's deal with the simple ones first, and then solve the rest! Chen Dingtian thought.

This so-called "set translation" is actually a special term among translators. There are transliteration, paraphrasing and set translation, and often translation is these three things. The transliteration is mainly used for character names, and most of the human names are mostly transliterated, and a small number of items are transliterated, such as sofas and coffee, which are also transliteration, but the main well-known is that the use of transliteration of personal names is the mainstay. And the names of Chinese people to foreign countries are also mainly transliterated, with pronunciation as the standard.

The other paraphrase is that the translator is familiar with the function of this thing, so he uses the meaning that conforms to this function to make his own word translation, but this requirement is that the translator has enough experience, otherwise if the word does not conform to the common meaning between the two, it will not be accepted.

As for the last kind of translation, it's actually simple. That is, it refers to two identical things, directly using their own Chinese language to translate with each other. For example, official positions are generally translated with positions of the same rank or similar positions in foreign countries, so that natives do not need to understand how foreign official positions come about, as long as they know what official positions they are equivalent to.

And here in Chen Dingtian, many people may think that the four famous books are relatively simple. However, Chen Dingtian thinks that Journey to the West is relatively simple, because Journey to the West is full of mythological things, and there are many connections between religion and mythology. Even in the West, there are many gods similar to "priesthood", so it is enough to directly translate them as the main one. Unlike other historical works, which require frequent translation and various interpretations, Journey to the West is relatively easy to translate.

"It's been good since Tang Seng came out......"

Chen Dingtian directly began to write in English, he has read this Journey to the West not only once since he was a child, but even many versions. He has also read many translations of these Journey to the West translated by later generations to foreigners, so he is already familiar with translating Journey to the West. He started writing Journey to the West directly in this English, without even thinking about it, because these foreign languages were already very familiar in his mind.

Journey to the West is only hundreds of thousands of words, and it takes him only ten days to write with a pen. Ten days is enough for him to turn a Journey to the West into a translation, which is also his ability as a senior translator.

Therefore, when Truman saw that Chen Dingtian had translated a book of hundreds of thousands of words in just ten days, he was greatly surprised.

"Translated so quickly?" Truman asked.

Chen Dingtian said directly: "Mr. Truman, please inspect the goods." If you are satisfied, then we should be able to proceed with the payment between us. Although you are helpful to me, according to the habits of you Westerners, it should be friendship and business should be business, so we still have to make the accounts clear, what do you think? ”

As a translator, Chen Dingtian is naturally very aware of the habits of those foreigners, which is very direct. They will not be as shameful as the Chinese, but in the West, it is a direct transaction of interests of red fruits, so that even if the relationship between the two sides is good, the interests must be calculated clearly. This has its own merits, but since Chen Dingtian's current employer is a Westerner, it is better to follow the habits of the cabin washers, and the two sides have avoided all entanglements of interests, so as to avoid a mess between the two sides for the sake of interests entanglement in the future.

Truman opened this Journey to the West, then looked at it, and after a long while, he was immediately amazed.

"Good, great, great! This is the real Journey to the West translation, you Chinese people don't know what translation is at all, and the mess of translation makes me uncomfortable to look at, not to mention those people in China who don't have any foundation in Chinese culture? But after reading your translation, it's really good, it's really good! Even a person who has not studied any Chinese culture can understand it, which is great! It seems that the price is worth the money, and it is really worth the money! Truman said excitedly.

Chen Dingtian smiled, how could people in this era not be amazed, because this book was obtained by combining the excellent experience of translation experts in the next hundred years. If this is not satisfactory to them, then there is absolutely no translator in this world who can translate Journey to the West well. Many people may think that translation is simple, but in fact it is not. If it is indeed very simple to translate words, but if you translate a work or a famous book, it is not only the translation of the words, but also the cultural gap between the two sides, the test of the translator's personal experience and quality, and the degree of understanding between the two cultures.

Before Chen Dingtian crossed over, there was a person who claimed to be a translator who actually translated Tagore's poems into "yellow poems", which is really speechless. As you can imagine, translating words is not the same thing as translating literary works. Even if you can get the copyright of a translated literary work, if someone else asks you for a translation, you will also have to pay royalties for the translation.

Truman quickly took out some pounds, and then said very happily: "This is the translation royalty I gave you, this English version of Journey to the West, I bought it out, what do you think?" It's a total of 100 pounds here, I bought out your English version of Journey to the West, if you can translate other versions of Journey to the West in the future, I can also pay to buy it out, what do you think? ”

Chen Dingtian quickly agreed, because he chose to accept this more than 100 pounds. You must know that the pound of this era is not the pound of more than a hundred years later, the pound of this era is the real gold, every pound is bound to gold, one pound is equal to seven grams of gold, which is worth a lot. Even many ordinary workers may not have a pound a month, so Chen Dingtian certainly would not refuse this huge sum, especially when he needed wealth.

After Chen Dingtian obtained this huge amount of money, he immediately bought a house in this foreign concession, and a hundred pounds is enough to buy a good house, especially since this Shanghai concession has just been established, although foreigners have come to do business, but real estate has not flourished, so the price is still very cheap. Therefore, Chen Dingtian easily bought a house with a small area, which is completely a small villa. If it were Shanghai in later generations, it would be impossible to have such a good villa. However, the decoration of this small villa is still relatively simple, and it cannot be compared with those villas in later generations, after all, it has not been able to really develop here.

Chen Dingtian also didn't want to live with that Truman for a long time, although he had a good relationship with Truman and he was also his employer. But Truman's wife was also by his side, and it was inconvenient for a big man to follow him for a long time. At that time, if a man lives with them for a long time, then I am afraid that even if Truman and his wife don't care, Chen Dingtian must be very careful.

This kind of thing is a matter of melons and plums, even if there is no one, you have to take the initiative to avoid suspicion, this Chen Dingtian still understands it very well. So Chen Dingtian bought a house of his own, and then lived in it himself.

"Chen, you are also a person with good fortune now. Look at such a big house, do you think you are looking for a hostess? Especially since you are so talented, proficient in more than a dozen foreign languages at a young age. And if you are so talented, I'm afraid that even if you go to London, there are many aristocratic ladies who are willing to marry you! Truman said half-jokingly.

Although Truman was half-joking, he did not discriminate against Chen Dingtian too much. This is because the sharp decline in China's international status took place more than a decade later. At present, China is still in a relatively high position, and in fact, it has not been discriminated against much in the West. As for being invaded by the British once, this is nothing to the West. was violently beaten by the British invasion once, which is actually like being violently beaten by the United States in later generations. was violently beaten by the world's number one power, but in fact, it was not a shame, but it was a little bit of defeat and glory.

So at present, although Chen Dingtian is Chinese, he is talented and wealthy. Especially he is not only talented and wealthy, but also looks so handsome, he is definitely a handsome guy, so he is the fifth diamond king everywhere he goes. So this Truman wants to see what kind of women Chen Dingtian likes, and whether he can introduce those girls he is familiar with.

Truman knew that a top talent like Chen Dingtian, if he went to the West, it would definitely be first-class, and even if he had money, he couldn't hire a high-level talent, who wouldn't want to hire it? Tang spent three pounds to hire Chen Dingtian as a secretary and translator, and Truman thought he had made a lot of money. Truman was still more far-sighted, and knew that instead of continuing to exploit a great talent, he should take the initiative to deal with him and not suffer losses in the future.

"Mistress? Now I don't plan to get married, I don't want to get married that early! Chen Dingtian said.

"That's a shame, but you don't have to be too stingy with such a big house. You should also ask a few maids to come over so that they can take care of your life, and then take good care of this big house. Your house is no less than 300 square meters, and if you take care of it yourself, it is not suitable. In particular, your time is very precious, and if you spend it on this house, it will be too much of a loss. So I suggest getting a maid to come over, so that you can take care of your life and save time to concentrate on work! Truman suggested.

Chen Dingtian thought about it, although it costs money to find a maid, but sharpening the knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter. Truman was also telling the truth, and he would definitely not be able to handle a house of his size. And it's also very good to find a maid, at least you can save time.

"Well, Mr. Truman, it's inconvenient for me to leave this Shanghai Concession, do you think you can help me find a Chinese woman to be my secretary?" I hope this woman is also more passable, preferably pretty, after all, I don't want an ugly woman to be around me for a long time. And it's better to have a certain culture, so that you can be my maid and also be my secretary, helping me deal with some manuscripts and other things. ”

"What do you think?"

Truman quickly agreed, this Chen Dingtian is his cash cow, and his ability to translate has been proven, so there is no need to worry too much. So naturally he will not have an opinion. And Truman also knew that it was inconvenient for Chen Dingtian to leave the concession of the Shanghai Ocean people, otherwise he would be easily caught by the Manchu government and killed. What a pity it would be if such a great talent was inexplicably beheaded as a rebel because he had no braids! So in order to retain talents and have a good relationship with talents, this little thing still needs to be helped.

Isn't it just a maid with a certain culture, this is actually very simple, at least in Truman's eyes, this is actually very simple.