英语六级翻译练习题与译文

　　【参考翻译】

　　Facial makeup refers to the colorful painting on theface of the actors in Peking Opera, which is atraditional Chinese opera. It has certain format interms of color,design and type.Red，yellow，white，black，purple，green and silverare the main colors used for facial makeup to represent different characters. The facial designsfor the roles are made by painting, powdering and coloring in the basic forms of ZhengLzan(keeping the basic face pattern)，San Kuai Wa Lian(three-section face) and SuiLian(fragmentary face).These types are widely used to represent generals,officials，heroes,gods and ghosts. The Chou (clown) actors can be recognized by the patch of white in variousshapes painted around the eyes and nose. Sometimes these patches are outlined in black, oftencalled Xiao Hua Lian(partly painted face).

　　【词汇解析】

　　1.脸部的彩色化妆:可译为the colorful painting on theface。

　　2.在色彩、形式和类型上:可用词组in terms of表达，译为in terms of color,design and type。

　　3.整脸、三块瓦脸和碎脸:“整脸”是最原始的脸谱形式，利用双眉把脸分为额 和面两个部分的脸谱;“三块瓦脸”是在整脸的基础上再利用口鼻把面部分为左右的脸谱;“碎脸”是三块瓦脸的变种，其分界边缘花形极大，破坏了原有的轮廓。这里可先音译成汉语拼音，再在括号内加以解释说明。

　　4.形状各异的:即“不同形状的”，可译为in various shapes或in different shapes。

　　5.丑角:翻译为Chou actors，同样地，括号内可以加注解(Clown)。

　　6.勾勒:翻译为outline。

　　一个人的生命究竟有多大意义，这有什么标准可以衡量吗?提出一个绝对的标准当然很困难;但是，大体上看一个人对待生命的态度是否严肃认真，看他对待劳动、工作等等的态度如何，也就不难对这个人的存在意义做出适当的估计了。古来一切有成就的人，都很严肃地对待自己的生命，当他活着一天，总要尽量多劳动、多工作、多学习、不肯虚度年华，不让时间白白地浪费掉。我国历代的劳动人民以及大政治家、大思想家等等都莫不如此。

　　【参考翻译】

　　Is there a standard to evaluate the significance of one's life?It's certainly difficult to offer a definite standard.But generally speaking,we can tell it by judging his attitude towards life and work,making clear whether he is serious about his life.

　　Throughout the history,the outstanding people were all very serious about their lives.They made best use of every minute of their lives to work and study as much as possible,never wasting their time.None of the working people and the great statesmen and their thinkers were of exception.

　　从某种意义上说，汉语是一种很古老的语言，其最早的汉字已有近四千年的历史了。汉字在其漫长的发展史中演化成许多不同的书写形式，例如篆书、隶书、楷书和行书。中国书法家往往使汉字的字形夸张以取得艺术效果，例如旅游胜地的一些石刻碑文。中国书法是一门研究艺术，随着各位学习兴趣的提高，我们将适时介绍中国书法的流派，以及如何欣赏中国书法的艺术性。

　　【翻译译文】

　　In a sense, Chinese is a very old language, and its earliest characters date back nearly four thousand years ago.

　　During their long history of development, Chinese characters have evolved into many different script forms,

　　such as the Seal script, Clerical script, Regular script and Running script. Chinese calligraphers usually render

　　their Chinese characters in ways that exaggerate the form to yield artistic beauty, such as those in stone inscriptions

　　seen in tourist resorts. Chinese calligraphy is a subject of artistic study. As your interest in Chinese character system

　　increases in the days to come, we will introduce in due time the different schools of Chinese calligraphy, and how to

　　appreciate the artistic beauty of Chinese calligraphy.

　　【重点词汇】

　　从某种意义上说 in a sense

　　汉字 Chinese character

　　演化 evolve

　　书写形式 script form

　　篆书 Seal script

　　隶书 Clerical script

　　楷书 Regular script

　　行书 Running script

　　书法家 calligrapher

　　致使 render

　　取得 yield

　　旅游胜地 tourist resort

　　石刻碑文 stone inscription

　　适时 in due time

　　欣赏 appreciate