Advanced Week 131

写在前面的话

“ScalersTalk 口译进阶小组”的前身是“ScalersTalk 交传小组”，成立于 2015 年 2 月，现阶段，小组继续专注高级阶段的交替传译与同声传译训练，在巩固语言基本功的同时训练各类口译技能，从而为承担正式场合的口译打下坚实基础。96 周起，小组全面引入 CATTI 新版二口教材的训练，时间为每天晚上 8 点到 9 点，训练期间播放录音、记笔记，在空白处按暂停键后做口译，用 QQ 发群语音，然后对照文档，查找漏译和错译的部分，标出口译时较为困难的词汇和表达，随时发到群里；每天早上 6 点到 7 点训练复述及同声传译。

本周复盘说明

第 131 周训练为同声传译和复述。本日志整理的是同传材料 How autonomous flying taxis could change the way you travel 的部分内容，视频及文本地址：https://www.ted.com/talks/rodin_lyasoff_how_autonomous_flying_taxis_could_change_the_way_you_travel。

第 131 周——同传材料知识点整理

段落一

Now, I work in downtown San Jose, which is near the airport. And there are actually days when I can leave work, get on a plane and fly to Los Angeles faster than I can drive to San Francisco. Cities are only getting more populated, the roads are full, and it's really difficult to expand them. And so in a lot of places, there really aren't a lot of good solutions for getting around traffic.

参考译文

现在，我上班是在圣何塞市中心，离机场很近。还真的有时候可以下班之后，坐上飞机飞到洛杉矶，还快过我开车去旧金山。城市只会变得越来越挤，路上都是车，很难再去扩建了。所以在很多地方，真的没有多少好的办法能解决出行难的问题。

短语词组

• get around: To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it. 克服，解决问题或困难

句子解析

• 同传时遇到比较级，切记不要说“比……高/快/长”，刻意保留句子成分会加重翻译负荷，可直接处理为“高于/快过/长过……”。

段落二

But what if you could fly over it? The sky is underutilized, and I would argue it will never be as congested as the roads are. First of all, you've got a whole other dimension, but also just safety considerations and air-traffic management will not allow bumper-to-bumper traffic in the sky. Which means, in many cases, flying can be a long-term, compelling alternative to traveling on the ground.

参考译文

那如果能飞过去呢？天空还没有充分利用起来，要我说，它以后肯定不会像路上那么堵。首先，这是另一处空间，况且光是出于安全考虑和空中交通管制，压根就不会允许空中“水泄不通”。也就是说，基本上，飞行能作为一种长期可行的替代出行方式。

短语词组

• underutilized: not used as much as it could or should be 没有充分利用

• bumper-to-bumper: with so many cars that are so close that they are almost touching each other 水泄不通

• compelling: that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting 引人入胜的；so strong that you must do sth about it 不可抗拒的；that makes you think it is true 令人信服的

句子解析

• 这句话的句子结构为“I would argue”加上两个原因，“First of all”，以及“(not only) but also”，因此处理时要注意语气，否则容易偏离原意，从 “天空不会像路上那么堵”偏向“天空目前诸多限制”。

• compelling使用时往往会覆盖多重意思，也就是说，飞行这种出行方式，既吸引人（飞行出租车的概念），又令人信服（天空交通更顺畅），这里概括为“可行”。

段落三

Chris Anderson: Someone comes out of their car, the door opens, they get in, there's no one else in there. This thing takes off. Could we do a poll here? Because these are early adopters in this room. I want to know who here is excited about the idea of being picked up solo in an auto-flying -- Well, there you go! Rodin Lyasoff: It's pretty good. CA: That is pretty awesome, half of TED is completely stark staring bonkers. RL: So, one of the things we're really focusing on is, really, the cost. So you can really wrap a business around that. And so, that's why some of the features are really driven by price. And the 40-dollar price tag is really a target that we're aiming for, which should make it accessible to a larger crowd than this one.

参考译文

CA：人从车里出来，门打开，他们坐进去，里面没别人，然后车子起飞。我们能做个小调查吗？因为在座的可都是第一批吃螃蟹的人。我想知道，谁会觉得很激动？自己坐车，自动飞行如何？嗯，人可不少！ RL：是不少。 CA：真不少，半个TED可都完全迷上了。 RL：所以，我们真正关注的，其实是成本。你得能够做起来才行。因此，部分配置优先考虑的是价格。40美元的价格是前提，是我们的目标，这样的价格，很多人能坐得起，不止刚刚举手的这些。

短语词组

• stark raving mad/bonkers, [BrE] stark staring mad 完全疯了

句子解析

• “early adopters”可直译为“早期接纳者”，贴着字面翻译即可。“are really driven by price”是一个相对较短的被动，可以不变“的（考虑的是）”，直接译为“是由价格决定的”。

• 同传选择译文要当心，不要自己给自己“挖坑”，如“is excited about”如果翻译成“对……感到激动”，无疑会增加翻译负荷，此时可以灵活贴合问答的语境，切分成短句，后一句话再稍作重复，“谁会觉得很激动？……如何？”

• “stark staring bonkers”在听的时候容易反应不过来，可以根据语境（提问，举手）灵活处理，如“半个TED可都跃跃欲试了”。最后的“to a larger crowd than this one”也容易反应不过来，如果无法从语境判断出“this one”的所指，可以果断省略，也不影响句意，即“这样的价格，很多人能坐得起。”

段落四

CA: So, first, this is ride sharing. Are we that far away from a time when lots of people have one of these in their garage and just kind of, go direct to their friend's house? RL: My personal view is that ride sharing actually allows you to operate that entire business much more efficiently. You know, there are millennials that say they never want to own a car. I think they'll probably feel even stronger about aircraft. So I really think that the network scales and operates a lot better as a ride-sharing platform, also because the integration with air-traffic management works a lot better if it's handled centrally.

参考译文

CA：那好，首先这是共享出行。我们是否还远远没法实现，普罗大众都能来一台，停在车库里，有需要就直接飞去朋友家？ RL：我个人认为，共享出行实际上会让你运营起来更有效率。有不少千禧一代都说不想买车，我觉得他们应该更不想买飞机吧。因此，我的确认为整个网络能拓展和运营得更好，前提是做成共享出行平台，同时也因为，与空中交通管理整合效果更好的前提是集中管理。

句子解析

• “Are we that far away from a time when……”在切分时记得要通顺语句，补一个动词“实现”，也可以说“我们是否还远远没到那时候……”。

• “feel even stronger about aircraft”译为“更不想买飞机”相对更简单，如果有余力当然也可以译为“更抗拒飞机”。

• “as”的限定还有“if”条件句的同传策略是处理为“前提是”，这样既不增加负荷，也不影响逻辑，其余部分顺着翻译即可。如果讲者语速较慢，也可以重复，如：我的确认为整个网络能拓展和运营得更好，做成共享出行平台会好很多。同时也因为，这样与空中交通管理整合效果更好，集中管理好一些。