大学英语四级翻译练习题和范文

　　与后宫(the imperial harem)其他许多女人不同，慈禧(Empress Dowager Cixi) 因读写汉字的能力而受重视。这给她提供了充足的机会来协助生病的皇帝处理国家日常事务。咸丰帝(Xianfeng Emperor)曾多次让慈禧读奏折(palace memorials) 给他听，并让她按照他的意愿在奏折上写批复。因此，慈禧对国家大事十分熟悉，并且从生病的皇帝那儿学会了管理国家的艺术。国内外的历史学家普遍都把她描述成王朝没落的罪人(sinner)。

　　Unlike many other women in the imperial harem,Empress Dowager Cixi was known for her ability toread and write. This provided her ampleopportunities to help the ailing emperor in daily stategoverning. On various occasions, the XianfengEmperor had Cixi read palace memorials for him, and leave comments on the memorialsaccording to his will. As a result, Cixi became well-infonned about state af&irs, and learnedthe techniques of state governing from the ailing emperor. Historians both home and abroadhave generally portrayed her as a sinner responsible for the fall of the Dynasty.

　　龙深深地植根于中国文化之中。中国人经常称自己为“龙的传人”。龙看起来像 多种动物的组合。传统意义上，中国文化认为龙是负责降雨的神仙(immortal)，象 征着帝王和权力。据说，龙年出生的人是强大的。在古代中国人心中，龙是一个神， 代表了中国人民的理想和意志。那时，没有人曾怀疑过龙的存在，它看起来几乎是万能的。

　　Dragons are deeply rooted in the Chinese culture.The Chinese often consider themselves as “thedescendants of the dragon”. The dragon looks like acombination of many kinds of animals. Traditionally,it is regarded as the immortal of rainfalls in Chineseculture and symbolizes the emperor and power. It is said that people born in the year of thedragon are powerful. In the minds of the ancient Chinese people, the dragon was a god thatembodied the will and ideals of the Chinese people. Nobody had any doubts about the existenceof dragons. It seems that the dragon is capable of managing almost anything.