安徒生：世界儿童文学的太阳

2016-11-12byVeroniqueDeMiguel

疯狂英语·初中天地 2016年10期

关键词：丑小鸭安徒生丹麦

by Veronique De Miguel

翻译：寒星

安徒生：世界儿童文学的太阳

by Veronique De Miguel

翻译：寒星

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他身材太高，体形太瘦，鼻子太大，不讨喜的外形让他年纪轻轻就受够了冷言冷语，尝尽了人情冷暖，也看遍了世态炎凉—这也许是你不曾了解的安徒生。但，你大概还记得他笔下的各种梦幻国度：小美人鱼在唱歌，天鹅在飞舞，拇指姑娘用花瓣做床垫，雪夜里卖火柴的小女孩一根又一根地点亮希冀……从没有一种童话写过那么多的苦难，也从没有一种童话表达过那么多的爱。品读安徒生的童话，你所读到的，是他孤独但华丽的一生。

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Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2， 1805， in1）Odense， Denmark. He was an author and poet particularly known for his children's fairy tale stories. Andersen was the first Danish author to2）emerge from3）poverty and be recognized during his lifetime. He was4）acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide， receiving honors from royalty. Many of his stories， including “The Ugly Duckling”and “The Princess and the Pea，” remain classics of the genre. He died in5）Copenhagen on August 4， 1875.

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Despite the fact that Hans and Christian are traditional Danish names，6）combining two names is7）rare in8）Danes. Andersen was diferent from the very beginning as he was born with9）dyslexia and， although he learned to read，he could never spell properly， and his handwritten texts10）were riddled with mistakes. As a result， his writing style remained close to the spoken language and still sounds fresh today. His publishers corrected his errors but left the style11）untouched.

1） Odense ［əʊ΄ðənseI］ n.（丹麦第三大城市）欧登塞

2） emerge ［I΄mзːdʒ］ v.（自困境中）摆脱，脱颖而出

3） poverty ［΄pɒvətI］ n. 贫穷

4） acclaim ［ə΄kleIm］ v. 称赞，欢呼

5） Copenhagen ［ˌkəʊpən΄heIgən］ n.（丹麦首都）哥本哈根

6） combine ［kəm΄baIn］ v. 结合

7） rare ［reə］ adj. 罕见的

8） Dane ［deIn］ n. 丹麦人

9） dyslexia ［dIs΄leksIə］ n. 诵读困难

10） be riddled with 充满，充斥

11） untouched ［ʌn΄tʌtʃt］ adj. 未改变的，原原本本的

12） motion picture 电影

13） animated flm 动画片

14） commemorate ［kə΄meməreIt］ v. 纪念，铭记

15） contrary to 与……相反

16） commit suicide 自杀

17） to name a few 仅举几个例子

注1：即安徒生博物馆，由安徒生出生时的故居改建而成。丹麦语的hus相当于英语中的house。

注2：即安徒生童年故居，距离安徒生博物馆不远。丹麦语的barndomshjem意为“童年时的家”。

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It was Andersen's father himself who introduced the young Andersen to literature， reading Arabian Nights to him. At frst， Andersen was not very proud of his fairy tale writing and he even considered giving them up at one point. Later， he believed that fairy tales would somehow become a “universal poetry”of sorts and he continued to write in the genre. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired12）motion pictures， plays， ballets and13）animated flms.

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Two museums， H.C. Andersen Hus注1and H.C. Andersens Barndomshjem注2， are dedicated to him in his hometown of Odense. There's also a statue in New York's Central Park14）commemorating Andersen and his story， “The Ugly Duckling.”

215）Contrary to the popular Disney and Pixar movie versions， Andersen's stories usually came to unfortunate conclusions that would today horrify our little ones to know. The Little Mermaid16）committed suicide， the Little Match Girl froze to death and the Steadfast Tin Soldier melted，17）to name a few sad fates！

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Andersen was rather particular about his romantic relationships too. He was known for his interest in18）unattainable women like the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind， who inspired him to write “The Nightingale，” and a girl named Riborg Voigt who wrote him a letter which was found on Andersen's chest when he died， several decades after he frst fell in love with her. Although Andersen had multiple crushes on women， he never married and always lived alone.

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In Andersen's famous last19）will and20）testament，the21）bachelor writer22）bequeathed the largest sum of money to Edvard Collin， business adviser and partner in a lifelong， complicated friendship. He donated his rare books and23）manuscripts， including24）proof editions of Charles Dickens' works， to the Danish Royal Library，and he turned in letters received throughout his life from world25）celebrities for publication.

参考译文

1 汉斯·克里斯汀·安徒生于1805年4月2日出生于丹麦的欧登塞市。他是一名作家、诗人，以其创作的儿童童话故事著称。安徒生是丹麦首位贫穷人家出身且享誉终生的作家。他因将欢乐带给全世界的孩子而受到赞扬，还获得了来自皇家的荣誉。他的许多童话故事，诸如《丑小鸭》《豌豆公主》等，至今仍是童话体裁中的经典之作。1875年8月4日，他在哥本哈根与世长辞。

2 尽管“汉斯”和“克里斯汀”都是传统的丹麦人名，但在丹麦人当中，这两个名字组合在一起还是比较少见的。安徒生自打生下来就与众不同，因为他患有先天性诵读困难症。虽然他学会了阅读，但他从来都不能准确地拼写单词，他手写的文章错漏百出。因此，他的写作风格与口语很接近，至今听起来依然十分生动。他的出版商修正了文章中的错误，但保留了其原有的风格。

3 安徒生的父亲给他朗读《一千零一夜》，亲自将年幼的安徒生带上了文学之路。起初，安徒生对自己写的童话故事并不是很满意，甚至一度想要放弃。后来，他开始相信童话故事会在某种意义上成为“属于世界的诗歌”，于是继续在这个文学体裁上创作。他的诗歌和故事被翻译成了150多种语言，启发了许多电影、戏剧、芭蕾舞剧和动画片的创作。

4 在安徒生的故乡欧登塞市，有两家纪念安徒生的博物馆，分别是安徒生博物馆和安徒生童年故居。在美国纽约市的中央公园里也还有一座雕像，同样意在纪念安徒生和他的童话故事《丑小鸭》。

5 与流行的迪士尼和皮克斯动画电影版本相反，安徒生的童话故事常常有着不幸的结局，足以让现在的小朋友们感觉触目惊心。小美人鱼自杀了，卖火柴的小女孩被冻死了，小锡兵融化了—这只是其中的一小部分悲剧！