[2011.06.02] 艾滋病的历史：英雄与恶棍

引用 nktwj 2011-6-3 09:26

你的用语很好啊！具有中国的味道！

引用 sinno123 2011-6-3 09:49

我们来看看哪些地方不尽如人意。
1、There were two claimants---这个claimant我的理解就是认为自己有功的人。

2、the weakening of the immune system characteristic of AIDS is caused by drug-taking---你译成了“认为艾滋病削弱了免疫系统的特征是由吸毒引起的”-----中文读下来，重心是特征是由吸毒引起的。你自己再读一下看看。----如果你是这么理解的，那就有点偏了，这不是原文要表达的意思。原文是这样的the weaking is caused by ...------这里的characteristic of AIDS是修饰immune system的。这样说可好理解些？

引用 sinno123 2011-6-3 09:59

3、This theory would not have mattered much except that Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa, latched on to it. 这一句的虚拟语气没有译出来。就是本来这个观点呢是不matter much的，但。。。一对它有了兴趣就。。。。

4、 this was bad news, as was Mr Mbeki’s health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who was appointed mainly because she agreed with him, and recommended beetroot and garlic as treatment for the disease.-----你的译法“这是个糟糕的消息，而且姆贝基先生那因认同他而被任命的卫生部长曼托查巴拉拉-姆西曼（Manto Tshabalala-Msimang）建议用甜菜根和大蒜来治疗艾滋病。”。

我的理解：这个前总统对这种理论一感了兴趣，可糟了。他居然任命。。为。。。，只是因为这位部长认同这位前总统的观点，部长建议用。。。。
that was bad news ,as bad as was....

5、admitting he had not done enough to combat AIDS during his own presidency of South Afric----这里是not enough.

6、take a dime view 你译成极不相像？是笔误了吧？？

引用 710802847 2011-6-3 10:56

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sinno123 发表于 2011-6-3 09:59
3、This theory would not have mattered much except that Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Afr ...

我的理解是
总统对那个观点感兴趣，已经够糟糕了，部长还建议用甜菜根大蒜治疗艾滋病
也就是bad news指的是
1、a former president latched on to it.
2、health minister recommended beetroot and garlic as treatment for the disease.

引用 hddmail126 2011-6-3 13:49

questionable scientists 译成了“善于质疑的科学家”？

Perhaps HIV was merely a passenger that took advantage of an immune system weakened by another cause? One once-respected scientist, Peter Duesberg, who did early research on viral causes of cancer, would not drop the idea. 也许HIV病毒仅仅是搭了个便车，免疫系统的衰弱另有原因。从事过癌症病毒性成因早期研究、曾经受到尊敬的彼得•迪斯贝格没有放弃这种想法。

This theory would not have mattered much except that Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa, latched on to it. Since South Africa has the world’s largest number of AIDS cases, and one of its highest infection rates, this was bad news, as was Mr Mbeki’s health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who was appointed mainly because she agreed with him, and recommended beetroot and garlic as treatment for the disease. Only with the election of Jacob Zuma, who has himself been publicly tested for HIV (he did not have it), did South Africa return to sensible anti-AIDS policies.这种理论原本也不打紧，但南非前总统姆贝基对此产生了兴趣。由于南非艾滋病患者最多，感染率最高，这就和姆贝基的卫生部部长曼托查巴拉拉-姆西曼一样，成了坏消息。曼托查巴拉拉-姆西曼的任命，主要是因为她同意姆贝基的观点，并推荐用甜菜根和大蒜治疗艾滋病。直到祖玛当选，南非才重拾理智的反艾政策。祖玛曾公开接受HIV病毒测试（他没有感染HIV病毒）。

Activists do not much like born-again Christians, who take a dim view of the sort of sex lives that help to spread HIV.活跃人士不太喜欢信仰重生的基督徒。基督徒对有利于传播HIV病毒的性生活不以为然。

引用 hddmail126 2011-6-3 14:10

took AIDS seriously from the beginning, forming a particularly fruitful partnership with the government of Botswana, one of the worst-affected countries.一开始就很重视艾滋病，与博茨瓦纳政府建立了富有成效的伙伴关系。博茨瓦纳是受艾滋病影响最严重的国家之一。

引用 710802847 2011-6-3 15:19

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我的理解是
总统对那个观点感兴趣，已经够糟糕了，部长还建议用甜菜根大蒜治疗艾滋病
也就是bad news指的是
1、a former president latched on to it.
2、health minister recommended beetroot and garlic as treatment for the disease.

引用 sinno123 2011-6-3 15:19

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正解

引用 migmig 2011-6-3 19:58

ANNIVERSARIES are times for reflection,
纪念日是（人们/人类）反思的时刻。
人们/人类往往在纪念日（进行）反思。

引用 endless.163 2011-6-4 20:39

ANNIVERSARIES are times for reflection, and this one should be no exception, for the 30-year history of AIDS is a mirror in which humanity can examine itself.
人们往往在纪念日（进行）反思，这次也会不例外：艾滋病30年的历史是一面能使人类（重新）自我审视的镜子。
译文中的（重新）我认为还是（不断）好，因为每个纪念日都是自我审视的时刻，艾滋30年的历史是人类不断自我审视的镜子。

引用 vegeLisa 2011-6-4 22:22

欣赏楼主的大作！
同时，请允许我指出一个小瑕疵：
PEPFAR is one of the two main organisations, along with the Global Fund, that dish out the cash that rich countries give poor ones to combat AIDS.
此句插入语后的that指two main organisations，所以“分配富裕国家给贫穷国家用于抗击艾滋病的资金”是两者的共同功劳，而非Global Fund独揽~~

引用 qq317218118 2011-6-16 23:10

学习了，谢谢楼主！

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