translation of Repetition
| 14:50 Mar 7, 2008 |
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| 4 | "Silence, o silence! If we don't break out of this silence, we shall perish in this silence". |
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"Silence, o silence! If we don't break out of this silence, we shall perish in this silence". Explanation: I think that you should keep the 4 "silences". In English classical literature, one can often see repetition like that, to emphasize the feeling. What is important, though, is to have a clear difference between the first verb and the second one. 爆发 can also be translated as "break out". I find "flourish" to weak a word compared to the "perish" in the second sentence, hence the "break out". " Burst out", like in your first suggestion, is also correct, but then it should be followed by "out of this silence", if not sounds as if the sentence is not complete. Also, I would not use "unless" because it is not a very poetic word. So in short, keep the 4 "silences" - I think they make up the beauty of this sentence. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2008-03-09 11:29:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Have a look at this pdf file about Shakespeare. Hope it helps! www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http://www.mn... |
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