0655翻譯跨越百年的美麗資料

1、06 55 翻 譯 跨 越 百 年 的美麗0655翻譯：跨越百年的美麗(梁衡)Tran slatio n: Beauty Spanning over A Hun dred Years (Lia ng Heng)(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)1998年是居里夫人和她的丈夫發(fā)現(xiàn)放射性元素鐳一百周年。The year 1998 was the 100th anni versary after Madame (1) Curie and her husba nd discovered radium a radioactive eleme n

2、t.一百年前的1898年12月26日，法國科學院人聲鼎沸，On December 26th, 1898, a hun dred years back from today, French Academy of Scie nces was bustl ing with voices and commoti on.一位年輕漂亮、神色莊重又略顯疲倦的婦人走上講臺，全場立即肅然無聲。A young, beautiful, sole mn-look ing and slightly worn-out woma n came on stage and the en tire audie nee immed

3、iately tur ned dead sile nt.她叫瑪麗居里，Her n ame was Mary Curie.她今天要和她的丈夫皮埃爾居里一起，在這里宣布一項驚人的發(fā)現(xiàn)：天然放射性元素鐳。On that day, she and her husba nd together were going to announce a stunning discovery: radium -a n atural, radioactive eleme nt.本來這場報告，她想讓丈夫來作，但皮埃爾居里堅持讓她來講。Origi nally she wan ted to let her husba nd

4、make the report, but Pierre Curie in sisted that she spoke. 在此之前還沒有一個女子登上過法國科學院的講臺。Before that day, there was n ever a female who went up to the podium of French Academy of Scie nces.瑪麗居里穿著一襲黑色長裙，Mrs. Mary Curie was weari ng a black long gow n.白凈端莊的臉龐顯出堅定又略帶淡泊的神情，Her fair-sk inned and sole mn face w

5、as show ing a steadfast and mildly subdued expressi on.那雙微微內(nèi)陷的大眼睛，讓你覺得能看透一切，看透未來。Her slightly inden ted big eyes con veyed the impressi on that she could see through everythi ng as well as the future.她的報告使全場震驚，Her report shocked the en tire audie nee.物理學進入了一個新的時代，The scie nee of physics had en tered

6、 a new era.而她那美麗、莊重的形象也就從此定格在歷史上，定格在每個人的心中。Her lovely and serious image from there on had a perma nent place in history and everybody mind.關于放射性的發(fā)現(xiàn)，居里夫人并不是第一人，但她是關鍵的一人。In the discovery of radioactivity, Madame Curie was not the first pers on, but she was one of the key in dividuals.在她之前，1896年1月，德國科學

7、家倫琴發(fā)現(xiàn)了 X光，這是人工放射性；Before her on January 1896, Germa n scie ntist Wilhelm Konrad Ron tge n discovered X-ray, which was man-made radioactivity.1896年5月，法國科學家貝克勒爾發(fā)現(xiàn)了天然放射性。In May 1896, French scientist Henri Becquerel uncovered natural radioactivity.盡管這都還是偶然的發(fā)現(xiàn)，居里夫人卻對此提出了新的思考：其他物質(zhì)有沒有放射性？Despite these wer

8、e accidental discoveries, Madame Curie initiated a new thinking process “ Do other materials have radioactivity?”就像是在海灘上撿到一個貝殼，別人也許僅僅是把玩一下而已，It was like in picking up a seashell on the beach, other people might merely play around with it a little bit.可居里夫人卻要研究一下這貝殼是怎樣生、怎樣長、怎樣沖到海灘上來的。But Madame Curie

9、 would con duct studies on how this seashell was born, developed, and washed up to the beach?別人摸瓜她尋藤，別人摘葉她問根。Metaphorically it was like others were just feeli ng the melo n, but she wan ted to look for the vin es, or similarly others were pluck ing the leaves while she was enq uiri ng about the root

10、s. 是她提出了放射性這個詞。It was she who proposed the term“radioactive ”.兩年后，她發(fā)現(xiàn)了釙，接著發(fā)現(xiàn)了鐳。Two years later she discovered polonium and the n radium.為了提煉純凈的鐳，居里夫婦搞到一噸可能含鐳的工業(yè)廢渣。To refi ne pure radium, the married couple Mr. and Mrs. Curie obta ined a ton of in dustrial waste residue that could contain radium.他們在院

11、子里支起了一口大鍋，一鍋一鍋地進行冶煉，Then they propped up a big caldr on in a courtyard and proceeded in smelt ing the residue pot after pot.然后再送到化驗室溶解、沉淀、分析。Then they took the refined materials to the laboratory for dissolution, sedimentation and analyses. 化驗室只是一個廢棄的破棚子，The laboratory was only an aba ndoned dilapid

12、ated shed.瑪麗終日在煙熏火燎中攪拌著鍋里的礦渣。All day long, Mary was stirri ng mining dregs in the pot amid fumes and flames.她衣裙上，雙手上，留下了酸堿的點點燒痕。Her dress and hands were peppered with bur nt marks from caustic acid.一天，疲勞之極的瑪麗揉著酸痛的后腰，隔著滿桌的試管、量杯問皮埃爾：你說這鐳會是什么樣子？ ”O(jiān)ne day the exhausted Mary was rubb ing the sore backsid

13、e of her waist and asked Pierre through a table full of test-tubes and measuri ng flasks, “What do you say radium would look like?皮埃爾說：我只是希望它有美麗的顏色?！盤ierre said:“ I just hope it has a beautiful color.”經(jīng)過三年又九個月，他們終于從成噸的礦渣中提煉出了0.1克鐳。After three years and nine mon ths, they fin ally extracted 0.1 gram

14、of radium from a ton of mining dregs.它真的有極美麗的顏色，It really had an extremely gorgeous color.在幽暗的破木棚里發(fā)出略帶藍色的熒光。In the gloomily dark and run-dow n woode n shed, it was giving off slightly bluish fluoresce nt light.這點美麗的淡藍色的熒光，融入了一個女子美麗的生命和不屈的信念。This little bit of pretty fai nt blue fluoresce nee melded

15、in to a woman' s beautiful life and un waveri ng belief.瑪麗的性格里天生有一種更可貴的東西，Mary' s pers on ality was born with a type of more precio quality.她堅定、剛毅、頑強，有遠大、執(zhí)著的追求。She was steadfast, fortitud ino us, and in domitable with far-reach ing and purposeful pursuits. 這種可貴的性格與高遠的追求，使瑪麗居里幾乎在完成這項偉大自然發(fā)現(xiàn)的同時

16、，也完成了對人生意義的發(fā)現(xiàn)。As a result of her praiseworthy disposition and lofty aspiration, she was able to find the meaning of her life at the same time in achieving the magnificent discovery breakthrough in nature. 在發(fā)現(xiàn)鐳之后的不斷研究中，居里夫人也在不停地變化著。In the un ceas ing researches after the discovery of radium, Madame C

17、urie was un dergo ing con ti nu ous cha nges pers on ally.在工作卓有成效的同時，鐳射線也在無聲地侵蝕著她的肌體。At the same time while her work was highly prolific, radiati on was quietly eati ng away her health.她美麗健康的容貌在悄悄地隱退，逐漸變得眼花耳鳴，渾身乏力。Her delightful and vigorous complexi on was fadi ng away incon spicuously, and she suf

18、fered blurred visi on, heari ng loss, and con sta nt fatigue.s discrim in ation皮埃爾不幸早逝，社會對女性的歧視，更加重了她生活和思想上的負擔。Unfortun ately Pierre died early, and society life and thinking.但她什么也不管，只是默默地工作。But she ignored everyth ing else and continued to work without making a protest. 她從一個漂亮的小姑娘，一個端莊堅毅的女學者，At cer

19、tain times before she was a cute little girl and then a solemn, resolute female-scholar. 變成科學教科書里的新名詞放射線”變成物理學的一個新的計量單位居里”變成一條 條科學定律，她變成了科學史上一塊永遠的里程碑。Now she had become synonym ous with the eiw term“ radiatioim science textbook, a newmeasurement unit“ curie ” in pbyBesentation of many scientific pri

20、nciples, and aperma nent milest one in the history of scie nee.居里夫人的美名，從她發(fā)現(xiàn)鐳那一刻起就流傳于世，迄今已經(jīng)百年。The good n ame of Madame Curie has bee n spread throughout the world from the mome nt she discovered radium, and a hun dred years has passed since the n.這是她用全部的青春、信念和生命換來的榮譽。This is an honor which she paid f

21、or with her entire youth, faith and life.她一生共得了 10項獎金、16種獎章、107個名譽頭銜，In her lifetime she received 10 prizes, 16 medals, and 107 honorary titles in total.特別是獲得了兩次諾貝爾獎。The two Nobel Prizes she received were particularly no teworthy.她本來可以躺在任何一項大獎或任何一個榮譽上盡情地享受，Any time she could have chose n to live off any big prize or honor without a worry in the world. 但是，她視名利如糞土，But she brushed off fame and fortune.她將獎金捐贈給科研事業(yè)和戰(zhàn)爭中的法國，而將那些獎章送給6歲的小女兒當玩具。Her prize money was don ated