不言而喻,翻译主要是由两项工作构成的,也就是阅读、理解原文(这里主要针对英文的小说、剧本而言)并把原意用优美、正确的日本语准确无误地表现出来。这两项工作犹如一辆车子的两个轮子,那一项有欠缺都会造成所谓的“缺陷翻译”。因此我考虑把这篇关于翻译与敬语之间密切关系的小文章大体分两部分予以论述。 It goes without saying that translation mainly consists of two tasks, namely, reading and understanding of the original text (mainly for English novels and scripts) and accurately displaying the original meaning in beautiful and correct Japanese. These two jobs are like two wheels of a car. The lack of one will result in the so-called “defect translation.” Therefore, I consider that this small article on the close relationship between translation and honorifics can be divided into two parts.