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【敬悼蕭永泰醫生】蕭永泰醫生,香港中文大學(中大)醫學院校友,於2019年9月29日辭世。中大醫學院對蕭醫生的離開深表哀悼,並向蕭醫生的家人致以深切慰問。
蕭醫生是傑出的外科醫生,多年來積極貢獻本地醫學界,當中尤對微創手術的發展建樹良多。
蕭醫生於1989年畢業於香港中文大學醫學院,在學時成績優異,屢獲殊榮,並於畢業試的專業考試中以總成績首名摘取「城市獅子會金章獎」。
蕭醫生一生以「做個好醫生」為目標。畢業後,他即投身杏林,以外科為終身事業,在業界德高望重,深受同業和社會各界的表彰及稱許,並於多個專業團體中擔任重要公職。
蕭醫生對母校關懷備至,多年來一直全心全力協助中大醫學院發展,給予很多高瞻遠足的意見,慷慨捐助,對加強舊生與醫學院之間的聯繫貢獻至深。他是中大醫學院舊生會的創會功臣,自舊生會成立至今一直擔任幹事,並於2011至2014年成為該會長。蕭醫生於出任會長期間,積極籌備醫科畢業生師友計劃,而計劃最終於2016年推行,為中大醫學院學生及新畢業醫生提供持續的支援。該計劃為醫科生提供一系列充實的輔導及網絡支持,讓他們從進入大學伊始(甚至進入迎新營之前),以致隨後的每一個學習階段,都能得所需的幫助。
蕭醫生對醫學界、教育界,以致社會各階層均貢獻良多,於2018年獲頒中大榮譽院士銜, 是首位醫學院畢業生得此榮譽;亦是首屆香港中文大學傑出醫科校友獎(卓越成就)的得主。
中大醫學院院長陳家亮教授對蕭醫生的離開表達沉痛哀慟:「蕭醫生畢生貢獻醫學界,積極回饋母校,扶掖後進,不遺餘力。他一生以『做個好醫生』為目標,豎立典範;多年來對醫學院的關切及支持更是不能言喻。即使患病後他仍如常出席各項活動,以行動表達對醫學院、教職員、學生及校友最大的支持。他的離世不論對醫學界及大學等均為重大損失。我們將永遠懷念他在醫學上展現的專業、對病人的關愛、對學生的和藹親切,以及對醫學院和校友的無私支持。我謹代表醫學院上下向蕭醫生的家人致以最誠摯的慰問。」
【Mourning Dr SIU】With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Dr SIU Wing-tai on 29 September 2019. Dr Siu was a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) and was a distinguished surgeon who had contributed greatly to the development of minimally invasive surgical skills.
Dr Siu’s story as a brilliant medical practitioner began when he graduated from the medical faculty in 1989. Even as a medical student, he gained prominence by winning many awards and honours, including the City Lions Club Gold Medal Award for the best overall performance in professional examinations in his graduating year.
Dr Siu was known to his colleagues, patients and staff as a compassionate and caring physician. As he had always humbly said, he “just wanted to be a good doctor”.
Dr Siu served on many societies and associations, either as a board member or president. But his love for his alma mater is unparalleled. He wholeheartedly supported the Faculty development by offering invaluable advice and through generous donations.
He made significant contributions to strengthening the bonds between the alumni and Faculty. He was directly involved in the establishment of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Alumni Association and was a Council Member of the Association since its foundation, and its President between 2011 and 2014. He was instrumental in establishing the Faculty’s signature Medical Alumni Buddy Programme in 2016. The programme is aimed at providing a mentoring and support network for medical students and young practitioners, as well as helping to cement the relationship between alumni and the Faculty. In 2018, he became the first winner of the CUHK Distinguished Medical Alumni Award for Global Achievement.
Dr Siu took extreme pride in his work as a surgeon and imparted whatever wisdom he could to his peers and younger doctors. His distinction as a surgeon brought him respect from his peers and the community and earned him numerous accolades.
In appreciation and recognition of his work, he was conferred Honorary Fellowship by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018, becoming the first CUHK medical graduate to receive such an honour.
Professor Francis KL Chan, Dean of Medicine, expressed his great sorrow at the passing of Dr Siu. “Dr Siu is a highly respected person who has dedicated himself to caring patients, giving back to his alma mater, and shaping the future generations of medical students. He has indeed achieved his ambition as being ‘a good doctor’.” Even in his illness, he attended Faculty events as much as he could to show his full support to the staff, students and alumni. Dr Siu’s passing is a great loss to the medical profession, CUHK and society. He will be dearly missed by his peers, his patients, and all of us from the Faculty. He will always be remembered for his selfless devotion to serving the community, and for his unfailing support to the Faculty. On behalf of the teachers, students and alumni of CU Medicine, may I offer our deepest condolences to Dr Siu's family.”
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蕭醫生集合了卓越醫術、君子丰采、無私前輩、良朋益友的品格,是專業人員的典範。
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【敬悼蕭永泰醫生】蕭永泰醫生,香港中文大學(中大)醫學院校友,於2019年9月29日辭世。中大醫學院對蕭醫生的離開深表哀悼,並向蕭醫生的家人致以深切慰問。
蕭醫生是傑出的外科醫生,多年來積極貢獻本地醫學界,當中尤對微創手術的發展建樹良多。
蕭醫生於1989年畢業於香港中文大學醫學院,在學時成績優異,屢獲殊榮,並於畢業試的專業考試中以總成績首名摘取「城市獅子會金章獎」。
蕭醫生一生以「做個好醫生」為目標。畢業後,他即投身杏林,以外科為終身事業,在業界德高望重,深受同業和社會各界的表彰及稱許,並於多個專業團體中擔任重要公職。
蕭醫生對母校關懷備至,多年來一直全心全力協助中大醫學院發展,給予很多高瞻遠足的意見,慷慨捐助,對加強舊生與醫學院之間的聯繫貢獻至深。他是中大醫學院舊生會的創會功臣,自舊生會成立至今一直擔任幹事,並於2011至2014年成為該會長。蕭醫生於出任會長期間,積極籌備醫科畢業生師友計劃,而計劃最終於2016年推行,為中大醫學院學生及新畢業醫生提供持續的支援。該計劃為醫科生提供一系列充實的輔導及網絡支持,讓他們從進入大學伊始(甚至進入迎新營之前),以致隨後的每一個學習階段,都能得所需的幫助。
蕭醫生對醫學界、教育界,以致社會各階層均貢獻良多,於2018年獲頒中大榮譽院士銜, 是首位醫學院畢業生得此榮譽;亦是首屆香港中文大學傑出醫科校友獎(卓越成就)的得主。
中大醫學院院長陳家亮教授對蕭醫生的離開表達沉痛哀慟:「蕭醫生畢生貢獻醫學界,積極回饋母校,扶掖後進,不遺餘力。他一生以『做個好醫生』為目標,豎立典範;多年來對醫學院的關切及支持更是不能言喻。即使患病後他仍如常出席各項活動,以行動表達對醫學院、教職員、學生及校友最大的支持。他的離世不論對醫學界及大學等均為重大損失。我們將永遠懷念他在醫學上展現的專業、對病人的關愛、對學生的和藹親切,以及對醫學院和校友的無私支持。我謹代表醫學院上下向蕭醫生的家人致以最誠摯的慰問。」
【Mourning Dr SIU】With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Dr SIU Wing-tai on 29 September 2019. Dr Siu was a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) and was a distinguished surgeon who had contributed greatly to the development of minimally invasive surgical skills.
Dr Siu’s story as a brilliant medical practitioner began when he graduated from the medical faculty in 1989. Even as a medical student, he gained prominence by winning many awards and honours, including the City Lions Club Gold Medal Award for the best overall performance in professional examinations in his graduating year.
Dr Siu was known to his colleagues, patients and staff as a compassionate and caring physician. As he had always humbly said, he “just wanted to be a good doctor”.
Dr Siu served on many societies and associations, either as a board member or president. But his love for his alma mater is unparalleled. He wholeheartedly supported the Faculty development by offering invaluable advice and through generous donations.
He made significant contributions to strengthening the bonds between the alumni and Faculty. He was directly involved in the establishment of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Alumni Association and was a Council Member of the Association since its foundation, and its President between 2011 and 2014. He was instrumental in establishing the Faculty’s signature Medical Alumni Buddy Programme in 2016. The programme is aimed at providing a mentoring and support network for medical students and young practitioners, as well as helping to cement the relationship between alumni and the Faculty. In 2018, he became the first winner of the CUHK Distinguished Medical Alumni Award for Global Achievement.
Dr Siu took extreme pride in his work as a surgeon and imparted whatever wisdom he could to his peers and younger doctors. His distinction as a surgeon brought him respect from his peers and the community and earned him numerous accolades.
In appreciation and recognition of his work, he was conferred Honorary Fellowship by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018, becoming the first CUHK medical graduate to receive such an honour.
Professor Francis KL Chan, Dean of Medicine, expressed his great sorrow at the passing of Dr Siu. “Dr Siu is a highly respected person who has dedicated himself to caring patients, giving back to his alma mater, and shaping the future generations of medical students. He has indeed achieved his ambition as being ‘a good doctor’.” Even in his illness, he attended Faculty events as much as he could to show his full support to the staff, students and alumni. Dr Siu’s passing is a great loss to the medical profession, CUHK and society. He will be dearly missed by his peers, his patients, and all of us from the Faculty. He will always be remembered for his selfless devotion to serving the community, and for his unfailing support to the Faculty. On behalf of the teachers, students and alumni of CU Medicine, may I offer our deepest condolences to Dr Siu's family.”
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《基因:人類最親密的歷史》,莊安祺譯:翻譯問題續探(二)
上一篇po出後有網友希望具體指出問題所在。另外,也得知出版社見文立即商議修改所提段落的翻譯問題:
//昨天與合作夥伴討論了原文翻譯與專業知識 ( 謝謝嘉儀與小安子 ),修正了譯文。覺得身在資訊流通的年代也有很大的好處,量產時代就算我們找盡資源還是力有未逮之處,尤其編輯不是專業人士,更是汗顏,而各路專業人士願意幫我們指出錯誤,讓我很感激,書能有不停修正至更臻完善的機會。//
在一本新書的熱銷期,樂見如此積極的作爲。本文:
一、討論上一篇指出的翻譯問題細節,供出版社參考;
二、討論網友一頁截圖中發現的新問題;
三、再加「博客來」試讀內容第一頁(此書前言的開頭)發現的誤譯。
//Once genes had been implicated in the development of sexual preference, the gay child was instantly transformed to normal. His 【hateful】 enemies were the abnormal monsters.
一旦性偏好的發展牽扯到基因,同性戀的孩子瞬間就變為正常,他【可惡的】敵人才是異常的怪物。//
說明:hateful 有兩個相反的意思,要從語境去弄清楚,這句話看了前文,加上末句有「才是」的對照語氣,意思非常清楚,是「懷著恨、充滿惡意的敵人」倒過來變成異常的怪物,而不是「可惡的敵人」。如果作者意指「可惡的敵人」,就不可能有 His hateful enemies were the abnormal monsters. 這句當中的「反而變成」、「才是」的含意。
hateful + 事物,意思通常很明白,是「可恨的」;hateful + 人,就要小心思考理解了,兩種意思都可能出現,光查字典幫不了你。
//It was boredom, more than activism, that prompted the search for the gay gene. Dean Hamer, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute, was not looking for controversy. He was 【not even looking for himself】. Although openly gay, Hamer had never been particularly intrigued by 【the genetics of any form of identity, sexual or otherwise.】
美國國家癌症研究所(National Cancer Institute)的研究員狄恩・哈默(Dean Hamer)並無意找碴,他甚至【也並不在乎自己的身分】,雖然他已出櫃,但對【任何形式的身分認同、性或其他遺傳學】並無特別興趣。//
說明:
1. not even looking for himself 的 looking 呼應同一段第一句 search for the gay gene(探尋是否有同性戀基因)的 search,兩個字都是「尋找」之意,所以這句意為「他甚至也不是爲了自己去探尋」,因爲下一句便說明原因:原來,他對很多東西根本不太感興趣,會發現同性戀基因,只不過因爲無聊、無意間發現。不懂這英文怎會理解成「不在乎自己的性向/身分」?根本瞎掰!
2. 下一句也很糟糕:Hamer 對「任何形式的身分認同、性或其他遺傳學」三件事不感興趣,中譯意思顯然是三種東西平行並列,但原文怎麼寫?the genetics of any form of identity, sexual or otherwise 這串字所指的,只有一件事,這是一個樹狀結構:of any form of identity 修飾 genetics,而 sexual or otherwise 又修飾 identity,整個合起來理解,就是「性(sexual)或其他方面的任何一種身分認同的遺傳成因」,也就是說,Hamer 對同性戀是否有遺傳成因並不太感興趣。
//He had tried, unsuccessfully, to study medicine at Edinburgh—but, horrified by the “screams of a strapped-down child 【amid the blood and sawdust】 of the . . . 【operating theater】,” had fled medicine to study theology at Christ’s College in Cambridge.
他本在愛丁堡習醫,卻因「【手術劇場】裡被綁縛的兒童【在血汙和鋸屑中】的尖叫」而驚悸,棄醫轉到劍橋大學基督學院研習神學。//
(中譯來自網友提供的截圖)
說明:
1.「手術劇場」真是個荒謬的譯法,operating theater 是醫院的手術示範室、手術觀摩室,像樣的字典會另立條目指出這個意思,不會跟「劇場」的意思混淆。在這樣一個空間,一邊進行手術、一邊讓見習醫師或訪問者居高觀摩,處理的是人命關天的真人真事,怎麼變成虛構故事的「劇場」了?在戰爭語境下,theater 是「戰場」,theater 同時也是「電影院」,也是「戲劇表演」,也可指「看表演的觀衆」(比較古老的用法)。最近有本出版熱烈宣傳的書,書名竟然就叫《手術劇場》,這是一種譁衆取寵的取名手段,不是原書名的直譯,但畢竟那是出版社爲了賣書、吸睛所擁有的權利和自由。在普通的文章裡,不同意義的 theater 就該有合適的譯法,否則要叫讀者如何理解?中國的中文譯法經常大而化之,電腦程式的 macro,和 macroeconomics 的 macro,一律是「宏」字;餐廳的 menu 和應用軟體的 menu 一律稱「菜單」,台灣請不要新創如「手術劇場」、「(二次大戰)歐洲劇場」這種沒水準的糟糕詞彙,中文沒有貧瘠到需要一詞用到底。
話說,香港有個動物醫院,網站有中英雙語介紹文,中文看來像是拙劣的半人工半機器翻譯的內容:
// 他們還接受靜脈輸液的利益,在手術過程中,包括絕育成本。手術是在無菌的方式和手術劇場。//
極爲可笑,不知所云,英文則是:
// They also receive the benefit of intravenous fluids during the surgery inclusive in the neutering cost. The surgery is carried out in a sterile manner and operative theater.//
這段英文拿去餵給 Google Translate 或 Bing 的機器翻譯,出來的結果都還勝過人工,機器都懂得把「operative theater」正確譯為「手術室」。難道現在一些譯者連查一查字典確認字義,或拜現代科技之賜、參考一下機譯結果這兩件事都懶得做了?
2. 同一句中譯裡,「在血汙和鋸屑中的尖叫」太過直譯 amid 這字,尖叫如何能在「鋸屑中」?這 blood and sawdust 指的是從手術臺流到地上的一灘血水,以及傾倒在地上用來吸收血水的木屑,可不是「人體鋸屑」,而木屑並沒有在空氣中亂飄,譯者寫出「在鋸屑中的尖叫」時,腦子不知浮現什麼奇異的「劇場」景象?我好像看到了譯者心中想像著,是不是那小孩的腿被鋸斷時,有「鋸屑」噴飛出來?
以下這一長段落,來自出版社提供的博客來試讀第一頁:
//Jagu—the fourth-born of my father’s siblings—came to live with us in Delhi in 1975, when I was five years old. His mind was also crumbling. Tall and rail thin, with a slightly feral look in his eyes and a shock of matted, overgrown hair, he resembled a Bengali Jim Morrison. Unlike Rajesh, whose illness had surfaced in his twenties, Jagu had been troubled from childhood. Socially awkward, withdrawn to everyone except my grandmother, he was unable to hold a job or live by himself. By 1975, deeper cognitive problems had emerged: he had visions, phantasms, and voices in his head that told him what to do. 【He made up conspiracy theories by the dozens: a banana vendor who sold fruit outside our house was secretly recording Jagu’s behavior. He often spoke to himself, with a particular obsession of reciting made-up train schedules】 (“Shimla to Howrah by Kalka mail, then transfer at Howrah to Shri Jagannath Express to Puri”). He was still capable of extraordinary bursts of tenderness—when I mistakenly smashed a beloved Venetian vase at home, he hid me in his bedclothes and informed my mother that he had “mounds of cash” stashed away that would buy “a thousand” vases in replacement. But 【this episode was symptomatic:】 【even his love for me involved extending the fabric of his psychosis and confabulation.】
一九七五年,當時我五歲,父親的四哥賈古搬來德里與我們同住。他也有精神崩潰的現象。賈古生得又高又瘦,帶著略顯凶悍的眼神和一頭糾結的亂髮,長得就像孟加拉版的美國歌手吉姆.莫理森(Jim Morrison)。和二十歲才發病的拉結什不同的是,他自幼就有精神問題。賈古生性內向畏縮,除了祖母之外,他對任何人都退避三舍,無法工作,生活也不能自理。到了一九七五年,他出現更嚴重的認知問題:幻象、幻覺,聽到腦裡有人指揮他要怎麼做。【他捏造了數十個陰謀:我家門外賣香蕉的小販偷偷記錄了賈古的言行舉止,說他自言自語,特別迷戀自訂的火車行程】 (「由西姆拉搭卡爾卡特郵車到豪拉,然後在豪拉轉札格納斯快車到浦里」)。他依舊會有溫情流露的時刻──有一次我不小心打破了家裡珍藏的威尼斯花瓶,他把我藏在他的被子裡,還告訴我媽他有「成堆的現金」可以買「上千個」花瓶賠償。不過,【這件事其實也說明了】【連他對我的愛都含有思覺失調和虛談症(confabulation)】//
說明:
1. He made up conspiracy theories by the dozens 後接一個冒號,這告訴我們,接下來的那句應該是要舉例陰謀,的確也是。不過,譯者卻誤解了英文,把再下一句的「自言自語」誤認為作者還在講述那陰謀,意思變成小販在無端指控賈古(「說他會自言自語、特別迷戀自訂的火車行程」),因此不是事實,但其實作者僅用一個短句舉例陰謀(a banana vendor who sold fruit outside our house was secretly recording Jagu’s behavior),接著便把主題拉回賈古身上,不再提陰謀,所以賈古的自言自語和覆誦火車行程,都是事實。
改:他捏造了數十個陰謀,例如:指控我們家門外賣香蕉的小販偷偷記錄了他的言行舉止。賈古也經常自言自語,特別執迷於覆誦他捏造的火車行程。
2. this episode was symptomatic 的翻譯頗敷衍,連醫學基本字彙都掌握不好,很令人不放心。symptomatic 是基本義「表現為某疾病的symptom」,不是引申義「某某事物即將發生的徵兆、跡象、預示」(sign, omen, portent),原譯「說明」,似乎把 symptomatic 理解爲後者而脫離了「病徵、症狀」之意。
symptomatic 後接冒號,表示下一句的內容在解釋、釐清前一句。什麼病的symptom?psychosis 和 confabulation。psychosis 還不能譯為思覺失調,因爲作者到了下一段才交代賈古被醫生正式診斷有思覺失調,這一段,作者對賈古的病症只是稱之為較籠統的 psychosis,譯者不要隨便「劇透」,辜負作者細心的鋪陳。
改:不過,這個小插曲是病徵的展現,連他對我的愛也攙進他的精神錯亂和虛談症(confabulation)。
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