标出部分如何理解和翻译？

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-7-27 11:32:10

本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-7-27 18:59 编辑

With the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, I was born by C-section in November 1964 and then came up on the wrong side of the Cascade Mountains in the small, eastern Washington town of Ellensburg. My family were from a long line of coal miners, loggers, bootleggers, South Dakotan dirt farmers, criminals, convicts, and hillbillies of the roughest, most ignorant sort.

武汉加油 · 发表于 2020-7-27 12:08:04

本帖最后由武汉加油于 2020-7-27 12:48 编辑

Cascade Mountains 将美国的华盛顿州分成了东西两部分，经济发达的大城市集中在沿海的一侧，即western side。而estern side相对落后一些。作者就是在eastern side的城市中长大的，所以就是wrong side.

这句话的理解涉及文化背景。比如给一个华盛顿州的人看，他马上可以反应过来什么是 grow up on the wrong side of the Range，但要是给一个佛罗里达州的人看这句话，他也不一定就能明白是什么意思。

“... 然后我就长错边儿了，在喀斯喀特山脉东边儿，华盛顿州的一个小城镇长大。”

武汉加油 · 发表于 2020-7-27 12:46:22

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配合论坛的知识水平，我这样写一句话，估计就能看懂了。

Born on the wrong side of the Korean Peninsula, Lee Dae-young grew up with his two siblings in a remote, impoverished little town that even people in its surrounding areas do not know exists.
Self-sufficient and hand-to-mouth, they lived off a small tract of land passed down from a long line of poor fathers, poorer grandfathers, and poorest great-grandfathers.
This family appeared to be happily oblivious to the outside world, except for a herd of animals and the Paramount Leader, Kim Jong-il, until Lee encountered a man from the other side, or, in this case the right side, of the two Koreas.

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-7-27 13:59:41

武汉加油发表于 2020-7-27 12:08
Cascade Mountains 将美国的华盛顿州分成了东西两部分，经济发达的大城市集中在沿海的一侧，即western side ...

长错边了？

什么意思？

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-7-27 14:04:55

本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-7-27 14:15 编辑

武汉加油发表于 2020-7-27 12:46
配合论坛的知识水平，我这样写一句话，估计就能看懂了。

Born on the wrong side of the Korean Peninsula, Lee Dae-young grew up with his two siblings in a remote, self-sufficient little town that even North Korean locals do not know exists.
Happily oblivious to the outside world except for a herd of animals and the Paramount Leader, Kim Jong-il, the family lived off a small tract of land passed down from a long line of poor fathers, poorer grandfathers, and poorest great-grandfathers, until Lee encountered a man from the other, or, in this case the right, side of the two Koreas.
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嘛意思？？？？？？？

~荆棘 · 发表于 2020-7-27 19:06:11

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary：
come up 释义
6. chiefly dialect : grow up

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-7-27 20:10:00

本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-7-27 20:14 编辑

~荆棘发表于 2020-7-27 19:06
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary：
come up 释义
6. chiefly dialect : grow up

原来如此。谢谢。

查了很多词典，都没查到这个词义。
再次表示感谢！

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