雨雪时候的心情寒暑表降到冰点下十八度的时候，我们也是在廊下睡觉。每夜最熟识的就是天上的星辰了。也不过是点点闪烁的光明，而相看惯了，偶然不见，也有些想望与无聊。连夜雨雪，一点星光都看不见。荷和我拥衾对坐，在廊子的两角，遥遥谈话。荷指着说：“你看维纳斯（Venus）升起来了！”我抬头望时，却是山路转折处的路灯。我怡然一笑，也指着对山的一星灯火说：“那边是丘比特（Jupiter）呢！”愈指愈多。松林中射来零乱的风灯，都成了满天星宿。真的，雪花隙里，看不出来天空和森林的界限，将繁灯当作繁星，简直是抵得过。一念至诚的将假作真，灯光似乎都从地上飘起。这幻成的星光，都不移动，不必半夜梦醒时，再去追寻他们的位置。于是雨雪寂寞之夜，也有了慰安了!StarsonaSnowyNightThethermometerhaddroppedto18degreesbelowzero,butstillchosetosleepintheporchasusual.Intheevening,themostfamiliarsighttomewouldbestarsinthesky.Thoughtheywereameresprinkleoftwinklingdots,yetIhadbecomesoaccustomedtothemthattheiroccasionalabsencewouldbringmelonelinessandennui.Ithadbeensnowingallnight,notasinglestarinsight.MyroommateandI,eachwrappedinaquilt,wereseatedfarapartinadifferentcorneroftheporch,facingeachotherandchattingaway.Sheexclaimedpointingtosomethingafar,“Look,Venusinrising!”Ilookedupandsawnothingbutalamproundthebendinamountainpath.Ibeamedandsaidpointingtoatinylamplightontheoppositemountain,“It’sJupiteroverthere!”Moreandmorelightscameintosightaswekeptpointinghereandthere.Lightsfromhurricanelampsflickeringaboutinthepineforestcreatedthesceneofastar-studdedsky.Withthedistinctionbetweenskyandforestobscuredbysnowflakes,thenumerouslamp-lightsnoweasilypassedforasmanystars.Completelylostinamake-believeworld,Iseemedtoseeallthelamplightsdriftingfromtheground.Withtheillusorystarshangingstilloverhead,IwassparedtheeffortoftracingtheirpositionswhenIwokeupfrommydreamsinthedeadofnight.ThusIfoundconsolationevenonalonelysnowynight!注释：《雨雪时候的星辰》是冰心的早期抒情散文。文章赞美自然，想象精细，文笔清新，充满诗情画意。①题目《雨雪时候的星辰》翻译为StarsonaSnowyNight。“雨雪”作“下雪”解，“雨”在此是动词，读音为yù。②“无聊”翻译为ennui,是英语常用文学语言，意即afeelingofboredomcausedbyalackofexcitementoractivity。③“一点星光都看不见”译为notasinglestarinsight,是句中独立主格，和notasinglestarbeinginsight同。又译文用s押头韵，night和sight压韵脚，有音韵美。④“荷和我……”译为MyroommateandI...，其中用Myroommate（同寝之友）代替专门名词He（荷），以免外国读者把He读解为男性第三人称的代词。⑤“荷指着说……”译为Shesaidpointingherfingerat...，因英语topointone'sfingerat有“指责”的含义。⑥“我抬头望时”不宜逐字死译为Iraisedmyheadtotakealook。译为Ilikedup即可。⑦“山路转折处”译为roundthebendinamountainpath。注意bend后面跟介词in，属习惯用法。“将繁灯当作繁星，简直是抵得过”译为thenumerouslamp-lightsnoweasilypassedforasmanystars，其中短语topassfor的意思是“被看作”，“被当作”等。z∟coo∟.c○m
