今天在「高齋翻碩」給大家分享第5屆韓素音翻譯大賽英譯漢原文和官方參考譯文，以及大概的單詞解析。
原文
It is simple enough to say that since books have classes — fiction, biography, poetry — we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall beflattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we couldbanish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read.
官方參考譯文
書既然有小說，傳記，詩歌之分，就應區別對待，從各類書中取其應該給及我們的東西。這話說來很簡單。然而很少有人向書索取它能給我們的東西，我們拿起書來往往懷著模糊而又雜亂的想法，要求小說是真實的，詩歌是虛假的，傳記要吹捧，史書能加強我們自己的偏見。讀書時如能拋開這些先入為主之見，便是極好的開端。不要對作者指手畫腳，而要盡力與作者融為一體，共同創作，共同策劃。如果你不參與，不投入，而且一開始就百般挑剔，那你就無緣從書中獲得最大的益處。
單詞解析
第一句：It is simple enough to say that since books have classes—fiction, biography, poetry—we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us.
書既然有小說，傳記，詩歌之分，就應區別對待，從各類書中取其應該給及我們的東西。這話說來很簡單。
1. It is + adj + to say that +從句，意為「說....是....的」，其中 it 是形式主語，真正的主語是to say that +從句的內容，如金融時報例句：
It is safe to say that the next Congress, keen to seize a rare opportunity, will wish to govern as though that half of the electorate did not exist.
可以肯定地說，下屆國會將急於抓住這難得的機遇，從而遺忘另一半選民的存在。
2. Biography [ba ɑ ɡr fi] 傳記；傳記作品，如柯林斯詞典例句：
Biography must to some extent delineate characters.
傳記必須在一定程度上描繪人物。
第二、三句：Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices.
然而很少有人向書索取它能給我們的東西，我們拿起書來往往懷著模糊而又雜亂的想法，要求小說是真實的，詩歌是虛假的，傳記要吹捧，史書能加強我們自己的偏見。
1. Blurred [bl rd] 模糊不清的；難以區分的；模稜兩可的；記不清的，如牛津詞典例句：
She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision.
她飽受頭暈目眩之苦。
2. flattering [ fl t r ] 奉承的；討好的；使人感到榮幸的；使人顯得更漂亮的，如柯林斯詞典例句：
There were pleasant and flattering obituaries about him.
訃告裡全是對他的客套溢美之詞。
3. Enforce [ n f rs] 加強；實施；強制執行；強迫；堅持，如經濟學人例句：
To enforce its rulings, it relies on local bureaucrats over whom it has no authority.
為了加強管理，它依賴當地官員，而它對他們沒有權威。
4. Prejudice [ pred ud s] 意為「偏見；成見」，在文中是其複數形式prejudices，如金融時報例句：
Maybe, as a former Goldman Sachs chief executive, he did let his prejudice against Fuld get the better of him.
或許，作為高盛（GoldmanSachs）前執行長，他未能克制住自己對富爾德的偏見。
第四句：If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.
讀書時如能拋開這些先入為主之見，便是極好的開端。
1. Banish [ b n ] 消除；擺脫；不再去想；打消…的念頭；放逐；驅逐，如經濟學人例句：
Mukesh Ambani, a Gujarati industrialist and one of the world's richest men, gushed that Mr Modi would soon 「banish poverty」 .
穆克什 安巴尼（Mukesh Ambani）是古吉拉特邦的實業家和世界上最富有的人之一，他滔滔不絕地讚揚莫迪，認為他不久就能在該邦「消除貧困」。
2. Preconception [ pri k n sep n] 意為「事先形成的觀念；先入之見；預想；成見」，在文中是其複數形式preconceptions，如經濟學人例句：
True creativity and genius depends on an unfiltered view of the world, one that is unconstrained by preconceptions and more open to novelty.
真正的創造力和天才來自對世界全面的視角，不被先入之見限制，對新鮮事物更加開放。
3. Admirable [ dm r bl] 極好的；可欽佩的；值得讚賞的；令人羨慕的，如柯林斯詞典例句：
The symphony is admirable in conception.
這支交響樂的構思好極了。
第五句：Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice.
不要對作者指手畫腳，而要盡力與作者融為一體，共同創作，共同策劃。
1. Dictate [ d kte t]（尤指以令人不快的方式）指使，強行規定；支配；擺布；決定；口述，如牛津詞典例句：
What right do they have to dictate how we live our lives?
他們有什麼權利強行規定我們該怎樣生活？
Dictate to somebody 任意指使某人；向某人發號施令，如經濟學人例句：
For a start, it is illiberal to dictate to others what they can wear, especially when those others form a religious minority.
告訴別人該穿什麼，特別是告訴宗教少數族裔該穿什麼，這從一開始就是很偏狹的事。
2. Accomplice [ kɑ mpl s] 同謀；共犯；幫兇，如柯林斯詞典例句：
As plans took form in her mind, she realized the need for an accomplice.
隨著計劃在腦海裡逐漸成形，她意識到需要找一個幫手。
第六句：If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read.
如果你不參與，不投入，而且一開始就百般挑剔，那你就無緣從書中獲得最大的益處。
1. hang back 躊躇不前；退縮；躲避；卻步；拖延，如金融時報例句：
But, as the situation stands, foreigners are right to hang back from sending in ground troops.
但根據目前的形勢，外國有理由不願派遣地面部隊。
2. Reserve [r z rv] 保留，預留；擁有；儲備；預訂，預約（座位、席位、房間等），如牛津詞典例句：
I』d prefer to reserve my judgement until I know all the facts.
在了解全部事實之前我不想發表意見。
今天就分享這麼多啦！