作者davidyun ([ 慢! ])
看板Eng-Class
标题[求译] Nice Guys Finish Last 歌词试译
时间Mon May 24 17:49:00 2010
心血来潮想翻译歌词,第一次尝试就遇到一些困难,请高手解惑。
Nice Guys Finish Last - Nimrod/Green Day
Nice guys finish last
[1]
好人总是被发卡
You're running out of gas
你正在耗尽你的体力
Your sympathy will get you left behind
你的同情心将使你被抛在後面
Sometimes you're at your best, when you feel the worst
当你感觉最差的时候,有时候已经是你的最佳状态
Do you feel washed up like piss going down the drain
你是否觉得前浪死在沙滩上,就像尿尿被冲到小便斗一样
Pressure cooker pick my brain[2] and tell me I'm insane
满涨的压力质询我的脑袋并告诉我,我疯了
I'm so fucking happy I could cry
我真他妈的高兴我还哭得出来
Every joke can have it's truth and(but) now the joke's on you
每个笑话都有他真实的一面但现在你就是那个笑话
I never knew you were such a funny guy
我从来不知道你是这麽滑稽的家伙
Oh nice guys finish last
哦好人总是被发卡
When you are the outcast
当你是那被抛弃的一方时
Don't pat yourself on the back
不要拍你的背
You might break your spine
你可能会拍断你的脊椎骨
Living on command
生活在命令之中
You're shaking lots of hands
你握着许多人的手
You're kissing up and bleeding all your trust
你拍着马屁但你的信仰在淌血
Taking what you need
带上你所需要的
Bite the hand that feeds[2]
去伤害那些曾经支持你的人们吧
You lose your memory and you got no shame
丢掉你的记忆且不需要觉得羞耻
注释:
[1]:nice guys finish last =
It basically means that you will never have any sex whatsoever
in your life if you don't treat women like shit.
男人不坏,女人不爱的意思。
[2]:pick someone's brain(s) =
to ask someone who knows a lot about something for information
and advice about it.
寻求someone的建议
[3]:bite the hand that feeds you =
to harm someone who has helped or supported you.
咬伸出来的援手 = 恩将仇报
提问:
1)Pressure cooker pick my brain and tell me I'm insane.
pressure cooker的意思是压力锅或是高压的环境或情绪,pick my brain的
意思是寻求「我的」建议。这句话意思变成pressure cooker问「我」的建议
,然後告诉「我」我疯了?是这边不当这个片语用吗?因为查这片语,大多
数brain都有加s,但歌词里面没加,不知道是不是少打了s还是这边只是单纯
有拿起脑袋来看看的意思?
2)上一句接着I'm so fucking happy I could cry.这两句话是唯二的第一人称
用法,歌词描述看起来那个第二人称(You)才是那个Nice guy,但这两句第一
人称突然的出现,有人觉得有特别的解释吗?
3)Every joke can have it's truth and(but) now the joke's on you.
歌词是写and但我听起来像but,这边是不是but比较适合。
now the joke's on you加上前面的歌词可以理解成「你一直当好人因此你就
是一个笑话」但前面的Every joke can have it's truth有什麽意思吗?每个
笑话can have(都能) it's truth(他的真相,真实的一面,真谛)跟後面这句话
有什麽特殊关连吗?
4)Taking...这段,有没有人有更好的翻译方式,首先我觉得伤害支持他的人,
丢掉记忆,不需要觉得羞耻这三句话出现得有点莫名其妙。无从着手。
感谢回应罗。
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