内容简介

 《第十三份礼物》一书，讲述的是一个以圣诞节为背景、以爱为主题的感人故事。书中，作者Joanne Huist Smith用真挚朴实的语言阐述了对美好人性的认识，通过圣诞节的礼物传递人与人之间的爱，让迷失的人找到归家的路，让痛苦的人走出悲伤的阴霾，让破碎的心变得更加坚强。

    本次翻译实践选取《第十三份礼物》中的一、二两章进行翻译。选取材料无人翻译且难度适中。文中描述性语言较多，用词准确，句式灵活，适合作为探讨英文小说翻译的素材。

    主要内容为女主人公在失去了挚爱的丈夫之后一度消沉，不愿庆祝圣诞节，但孩子们却希望母亲置办圣诞节物品，这让女主人公时时都会想到丈夫生前与家人在一起的场景，而此时来自“真诚的朋友”的圣诞礼物接二连三出现在家门口，女主人公想找出这位“朋友”的身份却始终无果，但神奇的是这些礼物的出现让这个家庭慢慢走出了失去至亲的痛苦。

INTRODUCTION

  The 13th Gift tells a touching story under the background of Christmas, with the theme of love. In this book, the author elaborates the beauty of human nature with a sincere and simple language, which passes the love among the people through a Christmas gift, lets the lost people find the way home, helps the painful people out of the shadow of sadness, and makes the broken heart stronger. 

The main content is shown as follows. The heroine is depressed after the loss of her beloved husband and not willing to celebrate Christmas. However, the children want their mother to buy Christmas items, which makes the heroine always think of her family scene before her husband’s death. At this time, Christmas gifts from the “sincere friend” appear one after another in front of the house. The heroine wants to find out the identity of the “friends”, but always in vain. The magic thing is that the gifts appearing in the family slowly make the family out of the pain of losing a loved one.