英语四级翻译积累训练
参考译文:
It is said that if there should be wonderlands on the earth, Jiuzhaigou Valley must be one of them. It has dreamlike scenery, which combines blue lakes,waterfalls, verdant forests, snow-covered mountains, and the folk customs of the Tibetan and Qiang peoples. More than just spectacular scenery, Jiuzhaigou Valley is home to nine Tibetan villages, over 220 bird species as well as a number of endangered plant and animal species. Jiuzhaigou Valley was declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 1992. It provides spectacular scenery throughout four seasons of the year, making it one of China's most well-known scenic sites.
词句点拨
1.据说如果地球上真有人间仙境,九寨沟一定是其中之一:该句前半句的“如果…”可判断出它表示与现在的事实相反,所以要用现在时的虚拟语气,即should+do的形式。其中“人间仙境”可译为wonderlands on the earth。
2.九寨沟不仅仅有壮观的景色,还是九个藏族村寨的居住地,还有超过220种鸟类以及许多濒临灭绝的动植物物种:其中“不仅仅有”可译为more than,是“超过,多于”的意思。“…的居住地”可以理解为“是…的故乡”,故可用be home to…表示,这是英语中常见的表达方式,如:China is home to the panda.(中国是熊猫的故乡。)
3.九寨沟一年四季的美景使它成为中国最著名的景点之一:“一年四季的美景”可以翻译为所有格的形式,但译为it provides spectacular scenery throughout four seasons of the year,会使译文增色不少。后半句部分因前半句出现了谓语动词provide,所以可用making it…来引导后半句,作句子的伴随状语。
英语四级翻译积累训练:徐志摩
徐志摩是20世纪著名的现代浪漫主义诗人。他毕业于北京大学,而后去剑桥大学(Cambridge University)学习政策和经济。经过两年在剑桥的学习,他深受欧洲和美国诗人的影响。1922年他回到中国,后来成为了现代诗歌运动的领导者。他的生命很短暂,但却为世界和中国文学作出了重大贡献。他是中国第一批成功将西方浪漫主义形式引入中国现代诗歌的作家之一。他的诗歌是世界文学的瑰宝。
参考译文:
Xu Zhimo was a famous modern romantic poet of 20C. He graduated from Peking University and then went to the Cambridge University to study policy and economy. After two years studying in Cambridge University,he was deeply influenced by the poets of Europe and America. In 1922 he went back to China and later became a leader of the modern poetry movement.Though he lived quite a short life,he made a great contribution to the world's and Chinese literature.He was one of the first Chinese writers to successfully introduce Western romantic form into the modern Chinese poetry, and his poetry is a treasure of the world literature.
词句点拨
1.徐志摩是20世纪著名的现代浪漫主义诗人:翻译“著名的现代浪漫主义诗人” 时,考生要注意形容词的顺序,即famous modern romantic poet。
2.他毕业于北京大学,而后去剑桥大学学习:“毕业于”可译为graduate from,也可译为graduate at; graduate at意思是“毕业于”,英国人常用,指在大学学业期满;graduate from美国人常用,指中等学业或大学业期满。
3.他的生命很短暂,但却为世界和中国文学作出了重大贡献:“很”可以用quite表示,也也用very表示,但要注意两者和不定冠词a之间的顺序,即quite a和a very(注意顺序)。“作出重大贡献”可译为make a great contribution,表示“对...做出贡献”可在短语后由介词to引出贡献对象。
4.他是中国第一批成功将西方浪漫主义形式引入中国现代诗歌的作家之一:“中国第一批....作家”可译为one of the first Chinese writers。“成功将...”可以用to do引出,即to successfully introduce...。“将...引入”可译为introduce…to。“西方浪漫主义形式”可译为Western romantic form,“中国现代诗歌”可译为modern Chinese poetry。