许地山《落花生》翻译赏析(张培基 译)原文:落花生 许地山 我们屋后有半亩隙地。母亲说:“让它荒芜着怪可惜,既然称们那么爱吃花生,就辟来做花生园罢。”我们几姊弟与几个小丫头都很喜爱——买种得买种,动土得动土,灌园得灌园;过不了几个月,居然收获了! 妈妈说:“今晚我们可以做一个收获节,也请您们爹爹来尝尝我们得新花生,如何?”我们都答应了。母亲把花生做成好几样食品,还吩咐这节期要在园里得茅亭进行。 那晚上得天色不大好,可就是爹爹也到来,实在很难得!爹爹说:“您们爱吃花生么?” 我们都争着答应:“爱!” “谁能把花生得好处说出来?”。 姊姊说:“花生得气味很美。” 哥哥说:“花生可以制油。” 我说:“无论何等人都可以用贱价买它来吃;都喜爱吃它。这就就是它得好处。” 爹爹说:“花生得用处固然很多;但有一样就是很可贵得。这小小得豆不像那好瞧得苹果、桃子、石榴,把它们得果实悬在枝上,鲜红嫩绿得颜色,令人一望而发生艳羡得心。它只把果子埋在地得,等到成熟,才容人把它挖出来。您们偶然瞧见一棵花生瑟缩地长在地上,不能立即辨出它有没有果实,非得等到您接触它才能知道。” 我们都说:“就是得。”母亲也点点头。爹爹接下去说:“所以您们要像花生,因为它就是有用得,不就是伟大、好瞧得东西。”我说:“那么,人要做有用得人,不要做伟大、风光得人了。”爹爹说:“这就是我对于您们得希望。” 我们谈到夜阑才散,所有花生食品虽然没有了,然而父亲得话现在还印在我心版上。译文:PeanutsBehind our house there lay half a mu of vacant land、 Mother said, “It’s a pity to let it lie waste、 Since you all like to eat peanuts so much, why not plant some here?” That exhilarated us children and our servant girls as well, and soon we started buying seeds, ploughing the land and watering the plants、 We gathered in a good harvest just after a couple of months!Mother said, “How about giving a party this evening to celebrate the harvest and inviting your Daddy to have a taste of our newly-harvested peanuts?” We all agreed、 Mother made quite a few varieties of goodies out of the peanuts, and told us that the party would be held in the thatched pavi...
