“黑天鵝”,英語譯為blackswan。例如:1.在圓明園,有一對黑天鵝在湖面上優(yōu)美地游來游去。In the Yuanmingyu?
an Park,there are a pair of black swanss wimming around gracefully on the lake.
17世紀(jì)以前,歐洲只有白天鵝(whiteswan)。歐洲人認(rèn)為世上不存在黑色天鵝。例如:2.在古時(shí),歐洲人理所當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為黑色天鵝是不可能的,或至少是不存在的。In old times,Europeans took it for granted that a black swan was impos?sible or at least nonexistent.
17世紀(jì)末,荷蘭探險(xiǎn)家WillemdeVlamingh等人在澳大利亞發(fā)現(xiàn)了黑天鵝,使人們認(rèn)識到并非所有的天鵝都是白色的。例如:3.“黑色天鵝”這個(gè)名詞基于一種古老說法,假定黑色天鵝是不存在的,但是在荒野中發(fā)現(xiàn)黑天鵝之后,這種說法就改寫了。The term“blackswan”is based on an ancient saying which presumed black swans did not ex?ist, but the saying was rewritten after black swans wered iscovered in the wild.
“黑天鵝”現(xiàn)已成為表示具有重大意義的意外事件的代名詞?!昂谔禊Z事件”譯為BlackSwanevent。例如:4.2016年,世界人民目睹了一系列“黑天鵝事件”,像英國“脫歐”和特朗普當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)。In 2016,the world witnessed a se?ries of Black Swan events like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.▲
(本欄目供稿:王逢鑫教授)