桃花源記是我們國小時期必背的文言文之一，大家還記得怎麼背嗎?下面是小編分享的陶淵明桃花源記英譯賞析。歡迎閱讀!
桃花源記——陶淵明
The Peach Colony
(譯者： 林語堂)
晉太元中，武陵人捕魚為業，緣溪行，忘路之遠近。忽逢桃花林，夾岸數百步，中無雜樹，芳草鮮美，落英繽紛;漁人甚異之。復前行，欲窮其林。林盡水源，便得一山。山有小口，彷彿若有光，便舍船，從口入。初極狹，才通人;復行數十步，豁然開朗。土地平曠，屋舍儼然。有良田美池，桑竹之屬，阡陌交通，雞犬相聞。其中往來種作，男女衣著，悉如外人;黃髮垂髫，並怡然自樂。見漁人，乃大驚，問所從來;具答之。便要還家，設酒、殺雞、作食。村中聞有此人，鹹來問訊。自雲：先世避秦時亂，率妻子邑人來此絕境，不復出焉;遂與外人間隔。問今是何世?乃不知有漢，無論魏、晉!此人一一為具言所聞，皆嘆惋。餘人各復延至其家，皆出酒食，停數日，辭去。此中人語云：“不足為外人道。”
既出，得其船，便扶向路，處處志之。及郡下，詣太守，說如此。太守即遣人隨其往，尋向所志，遂迷不復得路。南陽劉子驥，高尚士也，聞之，欣然規往，未果，尋病終。後遂無問津者。
During the reign of Taiyuan of Chin, there was a fisherman of Wuling. One day he was walking along a bank. After having gone a certain distance, he suddenly came upon a peach grove which extended along the bank for about a hundred yards. He noticed with surprise that the grove had a magic effect, so singularly free from the usual mingling of brushwood, while the beautifully grassy ground was covered with its rose petals. He went further to explore, and when he came to the end of the grove, he saw a spring which came from a cave in the hill, Having noticed that there seemed to be a weak light in the cave, he tied up his boat and decided to go in and explore. At first the opening was very narrow, barely wide enough for one person to go in. After a dozen steps, it opened into a flood of light. He saw before his eyes a wide, level valley, with houses and fields and farms. There were bamboos and mulberries; farmers were working and dogs and chickens were running about. The dresses of the men and women were like those of the outside world, and the old men and children appeared very happy and contented. They were greatly astonished to see the fisherman and asked him where he had come from. The fisherman told them and was invited to their homes, where wine was served and chicken was killed for dinner to entertain him. The villagers hearing of his coming all came to see him and to talk. They said that their ancestors had come here as refugees to escape from the tyranny of Tsin Shih-huang (builder of Great Wall) some six hundred years ago, and they had never left it. They were thus completely cut off from the world, and asked what was the ruling dynasty now. They had not even heard of the Han Dynasty (two centuries before to two centuries after Christ), not to speak of the Wei (third century A.D.) and the Chin (third and fourth centuries). The fisherman told them, which they heard with great amazement. Many of the other villagers then began to invite him to their homes by turn and feed him dinner and r a few days, he took leave of them and left. The villagers begged him not to tell the people outside about their colony.
The man found his boat and came back, marking with signs the route he had followed. He went to the magistrate’s office and told the magistrate about it. The latter sent someone to go with him and find the place. They looked for the signs but got lost and could never find it again. Liu Tsechi of Nanyang was a great idealist. He heard of this story, and planned to go and find it, but was taken ill and died before he could fulfill his wish. Since then, no one has gone in search of this place.
【譯文】
東晉太元年間，有一個武陵人以捕魚為業，一天他沿著溪流划船前行，竟然忘掉了路的遠近。忽然遇到一片桃花林，夾著溪水兩岸有數百步之長，其中沒有其他樹木，地上的芳草鮮嫩優美，遍地是掉落的桃花瓣;漁人覺得十分驚奇。又繼續向前走，想走完這片桃花林。
桃花林的盡頭就是溪水的發源地，走到那裡便發現有一座山。山有一個小的洞口，洞口好象有亮光;漁人就離開小船從洞口進去。剛進去時洞很狹窄，僅能容得一個人通過;又朝前走了幾十步，突然開闊明亮起來。裡面土地平坦開闊，房屋排列整齊，有肥沃的田地，美麗的池塘及桑樹、翠竹一類東西;田間道路交錯相通，彼此可以聽到雞鳴狗叫的聲音。桃花源中的人往來、耕種、勞作，以及男女穿的衣服，都同外面的人一模一樣;老老少少都很安適快樂。他們看到漁人以後，大為驚異;問他從什麼地方來，漁人全都作了回答。他們就邀請漁人到家裡去，備酒殺雞熱情款待。村民聽說來了這樣一個人，都來探問外界訊息。他們說自己的祖先為了躲避秦時的戰亂，帶領妻子小孩和同鄉人來到這個與外界隔絕的地方，從此以後不再出去;於是就跟外界隔絕了。又問漁人現在是什麼朝代，他們竟不知道有漢朝，更不要說魏朝和晉朝了。漁人就詳盡地講了自己所知道的事情，他們都十分感嘆。其他的人也都邀請漁人到自己家裡，拿出酒食來款待。住了幾天，漁人要告辭回去，桃花源中的人對他說：“這裡的事不必對外人講。”
漁人出來以後，找到他的.船，就沿著老路回去，一處處都做了標記。到了郡城，就往見太守說了自己進入桃花源的經過。太守立即派人跟隨漁人前去，尋找先前所做的標記，結果竟然迷失方向沒有能夠找到原來的道路。南陽的劉子驥，是個高尚的隱士，聽到這件事情，就高興地計劃前去探訪。但沒有能夠實現，不久就生病死了。以後就再也沒有去尋找的人了。
【賞析】
文章開端，先以美好閒靜、“芳草鮮美，落英繽紛”的桃花林作為鋪墊，引出一個質樸自然的化外世界。在那裡，一切都是那麼單純，那麼美好，沒有稅賦，沒有戰亂，沒有沽名釣譽，也沒有勾心鬥角。甚至連一點吵吵嚷嚷的聲音都聽不到。人與人之間的關係也是那麼平和，那麼誠懇。造成這一切的原因，作者沒有明說，但從“乃不知有漢，無論魏晉”一句中已隱約透露了訊息：原來歸根結底，是因為沒有一個高踞人民頭上為私利互相攻伐的統治集團。這個幻想中的桃源世界，對生活在虛偽黑暗、戰亂頻繁、流血不斷的現實世界中的人們來說，無疑是令人神往的。作者的簡淨筆觸，恰如其分地表現出桃花源的氣氛，使文章更富有感染力。當然，這種理想的境界在當時現實中是不存在的，只是作者通過對大同社會的構想，藝術地展現了大同社會的風貌，是不滿黑暗現實的一種精神寄託，表現了作者對理想社會的憧憬以及對現實社會的不滿。
桃花源中的家庭多為主幹家庭(三代同堂)，從“其中往來種作，男女衣著，悉如外人。黃髮垂髫，並怡然自樂。”從“男女”、“黃髮”、“垂髫”這三個詞便可以看出此點。
文章的結構也頗有巧妙之處。作者借用小說筆法，以一個捕漁人的經歷為線索展開故事。開頭的交代，時代、漁人的籍貫，都寫得十分肯定，似乎真有其事。這就縮短了讀者與作品的心理距離，把讀者從現實世界引入到迷離惝恍的桃花源。相反，如果一開頭就是“山在虛無縹緲間”，讀者就會感到隔遠，作品的感染力也就會大打折扣。“不足為外人道也”及漁人返尋所志，迷不得路，使讀者從這朦朧飄忽的化外世界退回到現實世界，心中依舊充滿了對它的依戀。文末南陽劉子驥規往不果一筆，又使全文有餘意不窮之趣。