「床前明月光」，懂中文的人大概無不知道那是我國詩仙李白傳世的名作。這首詩家傳戶曉，通常小學課本就有收入，成為一代又一代龍的傳人最早上口的其中一首古詩。
此作簡易直接，意象明確，音節鏗鏘，大概以詩而論，可不是翻譯成外文的好材料嗎？
〈靜夜思〉
床前明月光
疑是地上霜
舉頭望明(山)月
低頭思故鄉
這首詩是唐代開元十五年(公元727年) 詩人官場失意遭貶往南方，寓居現今湖北安陸時偶抒思鄉濃情而作。
你會怎麼樣翻成英文呢？
讓我們集中討論首句吧……請看以下幾個版本，哪一個是你的最愛？
1. bright moon light.—-0
2. The bright moonlight by the bed.—-2
3. By the bed, the bright moonlight shines. —-4
4. The moon shines brightly as I watched by the bed. —-5
為甚麼你認為它最好？
選好了，記下來。下一篇與你分享這個測試背後的玄機：怎樣選，原來反映出你對翻譯工作的態度、對這門工藝、科技、業務的理解、對翻譯本質的取向。
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