英语口译之看《功夫熊猫1》学台词第3讲

 英语口译之《功夫熊猫1》 三：

[Scene: in the Jade¹ Palace, Master and his students are playing kungfu, and the bad news comes. ]

-Master: Well done, students...

干得好，徒儿们！

if you were trying to disappoint me.

如果还有什么想让我挑剔的地方，就是

Tigress, you need more ferocity！

ferocity: 凶猛

Tigress，力道要更强！

Monkey, greater speed.

Monkey，速度要更快。

Crane, height.

Crane，更高。

Viper², subtlety³. Mantis⁴...

subtlety: 微妙

Viper，更精准。Mantis……

-Zeng: Master Shifu.

大师傅。

-Master: What?！

插什么嘴？！

-Zeng: It's Master Oogway.

是Oogway大师，

He wants to see you.

他想见您。

-Master: Master Oogway, you summoned me?

summon: 召唤

Oogway大师，您召见我。

Is something wrong?

是出什么事了吗？

- Oogway: Why must something be wrong for me to want to see my old friend?

为何非要出事才能与老友相聚呢？

-Master: So nothing's wrong?

这么说，没出啥事？

-Oogway: Well, I didn't say that.

我倒也没这么说，

-Po: You were saying?

您是说……

-Oogway: I have had a vision.

vision: 幻觉

我看见了些幻相，

Tai Lung will return.

Tai Lung会重现江湖。

-Master: That is impossible! He is in prison.

这不可能！他还在牢里呢。

-Oogway: Nothing is impossible.

一切皆有可能。（阿迪达斯赞助了？）

-Master: Zeng！

Zeng！

Fly to Ohorh-Gom prison and tell them,

马上飞到桃岗天牢去告诉他们，

to double the guards, double their weapons, double everything!

看守加倍，兵器加倍，什么都加倍，

Tai Lung does not leave that prison!

确保Tai Lung不会越狱

-Zeng: Yes! Master Shifu!

遵命！师傅大师

-Oogway: One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.

avoid: 拒绝

有言，子欲避之，反促遇之。

-Master: We must do something！

我们不能无动于衷！

We can't let him march on the valley,

march on: 向...推进 valley: 山谷

我不能让他来谷中泄愤，

take his revenge！

take revenge: 报复

以报私恨

He'll...

他会……

-Oogway: Your mind is like this water my friend.

你心如此水，老朋友。

When it is agitated⁵ it becomes difficult to see.

agitated: 不安的

乱则不明。

But if you allow it to settle...

但若心如止水，

...the answer becomes clear.

……答案便尽现眼前。

The Dragon Scroll⁶.

dragon: 龙 scroll: 卷轴

龙之卷轴。

It is time.

是时候了。

-Master: But who?

可传给谁?

Who is worthy⁷ to be trusted with the secret to limitless power?

谁能有能力继承这无限的力量？

To become the Dragon Warrior⁸?

warrior: 武士

成为“龙武士”？

-Oogway: I don't know.

我亦不知。

1 jade   

n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠

参考例句：

• The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
• He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。

2 viper   

n.毒蛇；危险的人

参考例句：

• Envy lucks at the bottom of the human heart a viper in its hole.嫉妒潜伏在人心底，如同毒蛇潜伏在穴中。
• Be careful of that viper;he is dangerous.小心那个阴险的人，他很危险。

3 subtlety   

n.微妙，敏锐，精巧；微妙之处，细微的区别

参考例句：

• He has shown enormous strength,great intelligence and great subtlety.他表现出充沛的精力、极大的智慧和高度的灵活性。
• The subtlety of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience.大多数听众都没有觉察到他讲话的微妙之处。

4 mantis   

n.螳螂

参考例句：

• Praying mantis has two powerful claws like sharp knives.螳螂有一对强壮的爪子，它们像锋利的刀。
• In her mind,it was a female mantis,devouring her mates.她的意识中，是一只雌螳螂正吞咽她的配偶。

5 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

6 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

7 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

8 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。