張培基英譯中國現代散文選 之《螃蟹》
螃 蟹
——魯迅
老螃蟹覺得不安了，覺得全身太硬了(1)，自己知道要蛻殼(2)了。
他跑來跑去的尋。他想尋一個窟穴，躲了身子，將石子堵了穴口，隱隱的蛻殼。他知道外面蛻殼(3)是危險的。身子還軟(4)，要被別的螃蟹吃去的。這并非空害怕，他實在親眼見過。
他慌慌張張的走。
旁邊的螃蟹(5)問他說：“老兄，你何以這般慌？”
他說：“我要蛻殼了。”
“就在這里蛻不是很好么？我還要幫你呢。”
“那可太怕人了。”
“你不怕窟穴里的別的東西，卻怕我們同種么？”
“我不是怕同種。”
“那是怕什么呢？”
“就怕你要吃掉我(6)。”
注釋:
《螃蟹》是近年發現的魯迅佚文。文章發表于1919年8月間，時值五四運動方興未艾，作者通過寓言故事，提醒人們新生事物往往有被舊事物消滅于萌芽狀態的危險。
(1)“覺得全身太硬了”譯為Finding himself stiff al over，其中all over意即“全身”或“渾身”，作狀語短語用。如逐字譯為finding his whole body stiff并無不可，但語言稍欠地道。
(2)“蛻殼”譯為to moult his shell，其中to moult 為專用語，意同to cast off。
(3)“外面蛻殼”中的“外面”意即“在露天”，故譯為（to moult）in the open，以代替to moult outside the cave。
(4)“身子還軟”意即“蛻去舊殼后新殼還軟”，故譯為with his new shell still being soft。如按字面直譯為with his body still being soft則欠確切，因“身子”在此指“新殼”，不泛指“軀體”。
(5)“旁邊的螃蟹”譯為A nearby crab比Ａcrab beside him靈活。
(6)“就怕你要吃掉我”譯為Nothing but being eaten up by you, 乃I’m scared of nothing but being eaten up by you之略。
The Crab
——Lu Xun
An old crab grew restless. Finding himself stiff all over, he knew it was time for him to moult his shell.
He dashed here and there in search of a cave to hide. He was going to block up the mouth of cave so that he could moult in secret. He knew it would be very dangerous to shed his shell in the open because, with his new shell still being soft, he might be eaten up by other crabs. This fear was not groundless for he himself had really seen it happen to other moulting crabs.
The old crab kept moving about in a hurry.
A nearby crab asked, “Hey, brother, what’s the rush?”
“I am going to moult,” answered the old crab.
“Wouldn’t it be all right to moult right here? I could help you out with it.”
“How horrible that would be!”
“You mean while you’ll not scared of other things in the cave you’re scared of your own kind?”
“No, I’m not scared of my own kind.”
“Then what are you scared of?”
“Nothing but being eaten up by you.”
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