作者SeanA (慌荒肓)
看板Eng-Class
标题[求译] whose neck is in the noose
时间Fri Sep 3 18:55:23 2010
求中译：
All of the regional actors now
alter their calculus a bit,
but none more obviously and skittishly than Karzai because
he is really the one
whose neck is in the noose.
(後面是：He is the one who would literally be hanging from
a lamppost within a month, let us say, if the U.S. and NATO
forces withdrew today. Or at least that is what I think
would happen.)
我的试译：现在所有地方要角都另有盘算，但没有人比Karzai更提心吊胆了，
因为他的处境最为危险。
提问：
对不起真的翻的很烂，calculus是计算的意思，alter是修改的意思，我在
想是不是另外打算、盘算的俚语。另外， neck is in the noose照字面翻
应该是吊死的意思吧?所以推测应该是非常危险之意，我想翻岌岌可危却跟
整句接不太起来...怎麽看都觉得超级不通顺的!还请大家帮忙~谢谢!
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1F：→ dunchee:你翻的不错。只是"地方要角"是中文的set phrase，有固定 09/03 21:50
2F：→ dunchee:意思。(Karzai是总统，不是"地方要角"(之一)) 09/03 21:51
3F：→ dunchee:"alter ...calculus"是呼应开头的"political and military 09/03 21:51
4F：→ dunchee:calculations" 参考: 09/03 21:52
6F：→ dunchee:-> 4 ... 算是字面意思 (不是俚语) 09/03 21:52
7F：→ dunchee:"所以推测应该是..."-> Yes. 特别是後句也说了"would 09/03 21:53
8F：→ dunchee:literally..."->因为他是靠美国把之前的"Taliban"拉下 09/03 21:54
9F：→ dunchee:美国一走.... 09/03 21:54
10F：→ SeanA:你的回文给我很大的鼓励耶! 09/12 00:51