钱钟书先生的这篇散文说的是窗子,但是其用意绝不仅仅是说说窗子而已,而是要以窗子来比喻生活、比喻人生。本文也和钱先生的其他文章一样,充满智慧,在不经意间道出哲理。从语言上来说,本文也是一贯的钱派手法,用词平实、普通,没有长句,没有什么复杂的结构,非常从容地叙述、说理,却又紧紧地扣住了主题,显示出作者对语言极强的驾驭能力。这样的特点对翻译构成的难度不言而喻,翻译中应当时时充分考虑上述特点,尽量在译文中体现出来。原文比较长,由于篇幅有限,作了一定的删节,但也尽我们所能保留了原文的精髓。本期译介的是文章的前半部分。 This essay by Mr. Qian Zhongshu speaks of a window, but its purpose is not merely to talk about the window, but to use the window to describe life and describe life. This article, like other articles by Mr. Qian, is full of wisdom and inadvertently reveals philosophy. From a linguistic point of view, this article is also consistent with the money tactics, the words plain, ordinary, no long sentences, no complicated structure, very calmly narrative, reasoning, but firmly cling to the theme, showing the author of Very powerful language skills. Such characteristics of the difficulty of translation is self-evident, translation should take full account of these characteristics from time to time, try to be reflected in the translation. The original text is relatively long. Due to limited space, some abridgement has been made, but we also try our best to retain the essence of the original text. This issue is the first half of the article.