少量多餐学英语 VSI Kafka 34

1. cut a cross into the palm of his hand
在他手的掌面上刻一个十字
注意:the palm of his hand与his palm有何区别?我这里特意用“手的掌面”而不是“手掌”。

2. after sentence has been pronounced
判刑之后
注意:①sentence前为何无冠词?②pronounce与sentence的搭配。

3. There was no single morality, but rather diverse systems of morals.
没有单一的道德,只有多元的伦理体系。
注意:区别morality与morals——别忘了,还有morale和可用名词单数形式的moral。

4. his apostasy into worldly pursuits
他的背叛信仰,投身名利
注意:①apostasy与apostate的读音。②into的语义。

5. His reading in religion and philosophy was wide and eclectic.
他在宗教与哲学领域,博览群书。
注意:①“博览群书”的译法。wide言其“博”,eclectic则意重“采众长”。②in可否改为of?

来源
Robertson, Ritchie. Kafka: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.