分享：“让权力在阳光下运行”的英译
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Dec 27, 2012, 7:35:55 AM12/27/12
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“让权力在阳光下运行”的英译
十七大报告就用了“让权力在阳光下运行”一语：“确保权力正确行使，必须让权力在阳光下运行。”英译用了Power must be exercised in the sunshine to ensure that it is exercised correctly. 这里用了in the sunshine表示在阳光下。德文翻译同志提问：“在阳光下运行”能否理解为：透明地运行？文件起草小组回答：请直译。外国人能理解，比如，有的国家就有“阳光法”一说。这里用sunshine一词就是受了答疑的左右。
查AHD词典，sunshine n.似没有“公开性”的义项。1. The light or the direct rays from the sun.
日光，日照 2. Radiant cheerfulness; geniality.欢乐；亲切愉快 3. A source of cheerfulness 欢乐之源
但是 词典解释
sunshine adj.（形容词）Requiring governmental bodies to hold open meetings and sometimes to permit public access to records:
公开的：要求政府机构召开公开会议，有时允许公众查阅会议纪录的：
a sunshine law 译为“公开性保障法”
似乎做“公开地”的sunshine只用作形容词？这么看来 in the sunshine 似不甚好。
这次十八大报告再次出现这一用语：“加强党内监督、民主监督、法律监督、舆论监督，让人民监督权力，让权力在阳光下运行。”最后英译：We should tighten intra-Party, democratic and legal oversight as well as oversight through public opinion to ensure that the people oversee the exercise of power and that power is exercised in a transparent manner.去掉了比喻。
大概是因为对in the sunshine有疑问，在这次翻译改稿过程中有几次变化。第一稿用了in the sunshine；后来改为 under the sun，但是查词典 under the sun有专门释义，等于 in the world;再查资料，改为 in the light of day; 后面觉得还是没把握，最后改为保险没错的 in a transparent manner.
现在查资料，发现 in the sunshine 和 in the light of day 用法是正确的。
wiki中sunshine的资料：
Government in the Sunshine Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies. It is one of a number of Freedom of Information Acts, intended to create greater transparency in government.
这里的sunshine显然是名词，表示公开性。不知道为什么词典没有收录这个释义。
关于 in the light of day:
in the light of day ＝ in the daylight
AHD daylight n.
...
4. Exposure to public notice:
引起公众注意的曝光：
corrupt business practices that were finally brought into the daylight.
最终导致曝光的商业贪污行为
牛津大 OED的注释更明确：
daylight n.
1. a.1.a The light of day. (Formerly also day's light.) †to burn daylight: see burn v. 11 b.
b.1.b fig. The full light of knowledge and observation; openness, publicity.
1690 Locke Hum. Und. iv. xiv. (1695) 374 God has set some things in broad Day-light; as he has given us some certain Knowledge. 1856 Emerson Eng. Traits, Character (Wks. Bohn) II. 58 They are good at‥any desperate service which has daylight and honour in it. 1892 Law Times 417/1 A healthy condition of such [jury] lists is not to be relied upon unless they are kept in plenty of daylight.
奥巴马在他的就职演说中用过这个词： And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
至此可以得出结论：如果要保留“在阳光下”的比喻，in the daylight (in the light of day)是最好选择。
王平兴 2012.12.27.
十七大报告就用了“让权力在阳光下运行”一语：“确保权力正确行使，必须让权力在阳光下运行。”英译用了Power must be exercised in the sunshine to ensure that it is exercised correctly. 这里用了in the sunshine表示在阳光下。德文翻译同志提问：“在阳光下运行”能否理解为：透明地运行？文件起草小组回答：请直译。外国人能理解，比如，有的国家就有“阳光法”一说。这里用sunshine一词就是受了答疑的左右。
查AHD词典，sunshine n.似没有“公开性”的义项。1. The light or the direct rays from the sun.
日光，日照 2. Radiant cheerfulness; geniality.欢乐；亲切愉快 3. A source of cheerfulness 欢乐之源
但是 词典解释
sunshine adj.（形容词）Requiring governmental bodies to hold open meetings and sometimes to permit public access to records:
公开的：要求政府机构召开公开会议，有时允许公众查阅会议纪录的：
a sunshine law 译为“公开性保障法”
似乎做“公开地”的sunshine只用作形容词？这么看来 in the sunshine 似不甚好。
这次十八大报告再次出现这一用语：“加强党内监督、民主监督、法律监督、舆论监督，让人民监督权力，让权力在阳光下运行。”最后英译：We should tighten intra-Party, democratic and legal oversight as well as oversight through public opinion to ensure that the people oversee the exercise of power and that power is exercised in a transparent manner.去掉了比喻。
大概是因为对in the sunshine有疑问，在这次翻译改稿过程中有几次变化。第一稿用了in the sunshine；后来改为 under the sun，但是查词典 under the sun有专门释义，等于 in the world;再查资料，改为 in the light of day; 后面觉得还是没把握，最后改为保险没错的 in a transparent manner.
现在查资料，发现 in the sunshine 和 in the light of day 用法是正确的。
wiki中sunshine的资料：
Government in the Sunshine Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies. It is one of a number of Freedom of Information Acts, intended to create greater transparency in government.
这里的sunshine显然是名词，表示公开性。不知道为什么词典没有收录这个释义。
关于 in the light of day:
in the light of day ＝ in the daylight
AHD daylight n.
...
4. Exposure to public notice:
引起公众注意的曝光：
corrupt business practices that were finally brought into the daylight.
最终导致曝光的商业贪污行为
牛津大 OED的注释更明确：
daylight n.
1. a.1.a The light of day. (Formerly also day's light.) †to burn daylight: see burn v. 11 b.
b.1.b fig. The full light of knowledge and observation; openness, publicity.
1690 Locke Hum. Und. iv. xiv. (1695) 374 God has set some things in broad Day-light; as he has given us some certain Knowledge. 1856 Emerson Eng. Traits, Character (Wks. Bohn) II. 58 They are good at‥any desperate service which has daylight and honour in it. 1892 Law Times 417/1 A healthy condition of such [jury] lists is not to be relied upon unless they are kept in plenty of daylight.
奥巴马在他的就职演说中用过这个词： And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
至此可以得出结论：如果要保留“在阳光下”的比喻，in the daylight (in the light of day)是最好选择。
王平兴 2012.12.27.
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