杨德友先生所译卡尔维诺《未来千年文学备忘录》,译笔轻妙,薄薄一册,却可常读常新。前几日,他来电子邮件谈波兰作家舒尔茨小说作品及译事,说到舒尔茨的一篇小说,他认为题目应译作《肉桂商店》,而非《月桂商店》。他说:“‘肉桂’(cinnamon)不是‘月桂’(laurel):前者就是一般所说的桂皮,是调味品,犹太人广泛使用,加肉桂的面包是 Mr. Yang Deyou translated by Calvino ”Future Millennium Literary Memorabilia“, translating pen light, thin one, but can often read new. A few days ago, he e-mailed an article by Polish writer Schultz and translated a translation. When it comes to a Schultz novel, he thought the title should be translated as a ”cinnamon store,“ not as a ”laurel store.“ He said: ”’cinnamon’ is not ’laurel’: the former is the so-called cinnamon, the condiment, the widely used by Jews, the bread with cinnamon