英语四级翻译习题及答案

　　2.第2句中的定语“能立即暖身和提神的”较长，可用引导的定语从句来表达，“暖身”和“提神”可译成两个并列的动宾成分，表达为that instantly warms their bodies and lifts their spirits。

　　3.第4句“各地火锅风格各异，所使用的火锅原料也不尽相同”，此句的实际意义为—火锅风格和火锅原料因地方不同而不同”，英语中“因......而异”有vary from... to...的表达方式，故此处可表达为hot pot styles andingredients vary from region to region。

　　4.最后一句中的定语“用于火锅的”按英文表达习惯，可将其处理成“肉类”的后置定语used for hot pot,由于通篇讲的都是hot pot的话题，故此处可省略for hot pot，以避免重复啰嗦，使行文言简意赅。

　　With a history of several thousand years, hot pot isone of the traditional Chinese diets. In the coldwinter,people like to eat the hot pot that instantlywarms their bodies and lifts their spirits. Today inmany modern homes,the traditional coal-heated hotpots have been replaced by induction cookers.Hotpot styles and ingredients vary from region toregion in China. Generally, the common meats used include pork, beef, chicken, duck andothers, while other hot pot dishes are vegetables, mushrooms, noodles, etc.

　　广州以“购物天堂”著称。这里有众多的市场、商业街和购物中心。各种世界名牌商品(commodity}都可以在这里找到，你可以在市中心买到几乎任何你想要的东西。在广州，同类型的商店通常扎堆在一起，久而久之就形成了许多具有鲜明特色的街道。夜市是从黄昏开市至午夜,销售曰常用品、衣服和食物。它不仅方便了购物者,也是一种夜生活。

　　1.第1句中的“以......著称”用短语be known as来表达,后面跟表示某种职业或某种身份的名词或名词短语。而be knownfor后面跟闻名的原因。

　　2.第3句由两个分句组成,两个分句句意完整且逻辑主语不同,故可处理成and连接的并列句。注意前一个分句中的“可以在这里找到”实际上隐含被动的意味，故译成被动语态。“任何你想要的东西”译成anything you want。

　　3.第4句中有两个并列的动作扎堆在一起”和“形成"，二者语义独立,故用and来连接。定语“具有鲜明特色的”较长，故将其处理成后置定语，用介词with distinct characteristics来表达。

　　4.倒数第2句中有两个谓语：“开市”和“销售”，但均较短，故可选用“开市”作为句子的谓语，将“销售日用品……”处理成现在分词短语selling daily articles...，作“开市”的伴随动作。

　　Guangzhou city is known as "shopping paradise".There are huge amounts of markets. Commercialstreets and shopping malls. All sorts of world-famous brand commodities can be found here, andyou can get almost anything you want in downtownarea In Guangzhou, shops of the same kind usuallygather together and gradually form many streetswith distinct characteristics. Night markets open from dusk to midnight, selling daily articles,clothes and food. It is not only convenient for shoppers but also a sort of nightlife.