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原文：

塞翁失馬，安知非福，使三年前結(jié)婚，則此番吾家破費(fèi)不貲矣。然吾家積德之門，茍婚事早完，淑媳或可脫災(zāi)延壽。姻緣前定，勿必過悲。但汝岳父處應(yīng)去一信唁之。（錢鐘書 - 圍城 ）

翻譯關(guān)鍵詞：塞翁失馬，安（焉）知非福，破費(fèi)不貲

譯文：
This may be a blessing in disguise. If you had married three years earlier, this would have cost us a large sum of money. But with a family of such virtue as ours, if the marriage had taken place earlier, perhaps Shu-ying would have been spared this calamity and lived a long life. One's marriage is predestined, and you have no cause to be overly grieved. You should, however, send a letter of condolence to your father-in-law.?(美 Jeanne Kelly, Nathan K.Mao <譯> –Fortress Besieged)

翻譯筆記：

塞翁失馬，安（焉）知非福

*?這是一個(gè)出自《淮南子·人間訓(xùn)》的一個(gè)成語，是說可能現(xiàn)在失去些東西，但有可能反而是一件好事
文中譯為This may be a blessing in disguise. in disguise譯為喬裝，偽裝
其實(shí)這個(gè)成語如果理解了他的含義，可以有另外的翻譯，像是Behind bad luck comes good luck，直譯：在不幸的背后，會(huì)有好運(yùn)來，不是同樣是“塞翁失馬，焉知非?！钡囊馑紗?？例如還有其他的翻譯，Misfortune may be a n actual blessing; Sweet are uses of adversity; Nothing so bad might be a blessing能否體會(huì)出這些翻譯背后的意義嗎？
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破費(fèi)不貲
?* 這里特別想指出的是“不貲”。破費(fèi)這個(gè)不用解釋了，大家都應(yīng)該知道是什么意思，那這里的“不貲”呢？解釋為數(shù)量非常多，一般指錢財(cái)，數(shù)量是無從計(jì)量的。
翻譯其實(shí)很簡單，cost a large sum of money。也可以就簡單的用一個(gè)詞來解釋expensive
Admittedly,?Mercedes-Benz cars is one of the most successful high-grade brand. It will cost us a large sum of money.
眾所周知，梅賽德斯奔馳是最成功的高檔品牌汽車之一，它將是一筆不貲的花費(fèi)。
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