今晚笔译大赛中译英决赛译的是梁实秋的《学问与趣味》选段，只能说笔译的路也还是路漫漫其修远兮啊。中译英还没系统的学，但是着实觉得有乐趣，尤其是散文，仿佛找到了初高中的语文课堂的一点感觉，不过真心很难的说。回来度娘了一下原文和网上找到的对照翻译。不知道这个质量如何。先留着看一下。
原文：
我尝见许多年青的朋友，聪明用功，成绩优异，而语文程度不足以达意，甚至写一封信亦难得通顺，问其故则曰其兴趣不在语文方面。又有一些位，执笔为文，斐可诵，而视数理科如仇讐，勉强才能及格，问其故则亦曰其兴趣不在数理方面，而且他们觉得某些科目没有趣味，便撇在一旁视如敝屣，怡然自得，振振有词，略无愧色，好像这就是发扬趣味主义。殊不知天下没有没有趣味的学问，端视吾人如何发掘其趣味，如果在良师指导之下按部就班的循序而进，一步一步的发现新天地，当然乐在其中，如果浅尝辄止，甚至躐等躁进，当然味同嚼蜡，自讨没趣。一个有中上天资的人，对于普通的基本的文理科目，都同样的有学习的能力，绝不会本能的长于此而拙于彼。只有懒惰与任性，才能使一个人自甘暴弃的在“趣味”的掩护之下败退。
在初学的阶段，由小学至大学，我们与其倡言趣味，不如偏重纪律。一个合理编列的课程表，犹如一个营养均衡的食谱，里面各个项目都是有益而必需的，不可偏废，不可再有选择。所谓选修科目，也只是在某一项目范围内略有拣选余地而已。一个受过良好教育的人，犹如一个科班出身的戏剧演员，在坐科的时候他是要服从严格纪律的，唱工作工武把子都要认真学习，各种脚色的戏都要完全谙通，学成之后才能各按其趣味而单独发展其所长。学问要有根底，根底要打平正坚实，以后永远受用。
网上的英文版 我觉得翻得有点一般啊 不过比我个菜鸟级的好很多啦
I have come across a great
many bright and diligent young friends who have done exceedingly
well in their studies, but are rather weak in Chinese. They cannot
even write a letter in correct Chinese. When I asked them why, they
said they were not interested in the Chinese language. Some, though
they can write beautifully, detest the study of mathematics and
physics, and barely managed to pass the examinations in them. When
I asked them why, they said they were not interested in them. They
cast away whatever subjects they dislike like something utterly
worthless. They are so smug and thick-skinned that they speak
volubly in defence of their own attitude like champions of
interest-ism. They hardly realize that there is no learning but is
capable of engendering interest and that all depends on how to
search for it. You will develop a liking for learning if, under the
guidance of a good teacher, you study to discover new horizons
opening up before you one after another by following the proper
order and advancing step by step. On the other hand, you will find
learning as dry as sawdust and feel frustrated if you refuse to go
into a subject in depth or even make impetuous advances without
following the proper order. People with an average natural gift are
equally capable of mastering the basics of liberal arts and natural
science. They are never predetermined by nature to be good in one
subject and poor in another. It is laziness and waywardness,
however, that causes one to give himself up as hopeless and back
down on the pretext of “no interest”.
During
the preliminary stage of learning, from primary school to college,
it is better to advocate discipline than interest. A properly
arranged school curriculum, like a cookbook on nutritionally
well-balanced food, must include all useful and indispensable
courses — courses which are equally important and obligatory. The
so-called electives mean only some little option within the scope
of a certain item. A well-educated person is like a professionally
trained Peking opera singer. While undergoing the training, he must
observe a most exact discipline. He must pay equal attention to
singing, acting and acrobatic skills, and learn to play different
roles. It is not until he has finished the all-round training that
he begins to develop his own speciality according to his personal
disposition. Laying a solid foundation for learning will be of
great lifelong benefit to you.
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