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  大学四级英语翻译练习:年糕

  请将下面这段话翻译成英文:

  年糕(Chinese New Year Cake)是中国人的传统食品,距今已有两千年的历史。早期被用来祭奠灶神(the KitchenGod),其后渐渐成为一种春节特色食品。年糕主要是用糯米粉(glutinous rice flour)制作而成,有黄、白两色,象征金、银。在汉语中,“粘”与“年”同音,而“糕”与“高”同音,所以年糕寓意人们的生活水平一年比一年提高。年糕营养丰富,不但吃起来香甜可口,而且还有健身祛病的作用。中国地域广、各地的风俗习惯不同,因而年糕的种类也多种多样。

  参考翻译:

  Chinese New Year Cake is a traditional food forChinese people with a history of 2,000 years. In earlytimes, it was used as an offering to the Kitchen Godand gradually evolved into a kind of food typical inthe Spring Festival. Chinese New Year Cake is madeof glutinous rice flour, with yellow or white as its color, symbolizing gold and silver. In Chinese, "sticky" is identical in sound to "year" and "cake" to "high", so Chinese New Year Cake alsoimplies that people’s standard of living would be improved year by year. Chinese New YearCake, containing lots of nutrition, not only tastes sweet and delicious but also benefits peoplehealth and wards off diseases. China is vast in territory and its customs vary from place toplace, thus the types of Chinese New Year Cake are also various.

  1.第一句话的主干结构是“年糕是中国人的传统食品”;“距今...的历史”可翻译为with a history of 2,000 years放主句后。

  2.第二句应增译主语“年糕”,为避免重复,故翻译为it;“被用来”和“渐渐成为”作it的并列谓语,第—个谓语动词要使用被动语态。

  3.第三句“年糕主要是…”中,“象征金、银”是对年糕颜色的进一步说明,可处理为现在分词短语symbolizing gold and silver。

  4.第四句“在汉语中…”较长,句中“所以”提示,可用连接词so承接前后分句,注意so引导的分句中“人们的生活水平…提高”要使用被动语态。

  5.倒数第二句的主语是“年糕”,后跟三个谓语。可将“营养丰富”处理为现在分词短语containing lots ofnutrients在句中作状语;“不但…而且…”连接两个并列谓语可套用not only...but also...句式来表达。

  大学四级英语翻译练习:太极拳

  从最近几年的英语四级翻译真题中我们不难看出,翻译目前考察的方向多偏向于社会经济、文化等方面,日常复习中我们也要提前储备一些常考话题材料。下面无忧考网英语四级频道为大家整理了2017年6月英语四级翻译练习,希望对大家的备考有所帮助。

  请将下面这段话翻译成英文:

  太极拳

  太极拳(Tai Chi)是一系列缓慢的动作,旨在修炼身心。它就像是一种舞蹈,却不需要你随音乐起舞,而是需要你向内看,聆听内心的节奏。它创自数千年前,原本是一种武术(martial art)—一种自卫的技艺。然而,它的武术方面如今不太流行了。目前全世界成千上万人练习它,主要是由于它对于人类健康的神奇作用。它将身体动作与平静、冥想的(meditative)心理状态结合起来,所以也被称作“冥想运动(meditation in motion) ”。

  参考翻译:

  Tai Chi

  Tai Chi is a series of slow movements which areaimed at trainning us physically and mentally. It isjust like a dance that requires you to look inside anddance to the internal rhythms instead of music. Itwas created thousands of years ago as a martial art and specifically as a defensive art.However, nowadays its martial aspect is not that popular. It is practiced by thousands ofpeople around the world mostly because of its miraculous effects on human's health. It is oftencalled “meditation in motion” because it combines the body's movements with the calm andmeditative state of mind.

  1.修炼身心:可译为train us physically and mentally 或者译为 train the body and mind 此处译文的us为补译的内容,为的是使英语句子结构完整。

  2.随音乐起舞:应译为dance to the music,其中dance to是一种固定表达方式,表示“随着…起舞”之意。

  3.一种自卫的技艺:应译为a defensive art。这里的“技艺”指“手脚灵巧, 有技能”,所以不能翻译成technique。

  4.它对于人类健康的神奇作用:翻译为its miraculous effects on human's health,其中要注意与effects搭配使用的介词为on。

  5.将结合起来:对应的英文表达为combine...with...

  大学四级英语翻译练习:798艺术区

  请将下面这段话翻译成英文:

  798艺术区(798 ArtZone)是根据建于20世纪50年代的798工厂而命名的。它位于北京市的东北角。798艺术区具有现代艺术特色,目前已经成为中国文化和艺术的展览中心。它也是世界闻名的文化和创意产业集中地区。这里经常举行重要的国际艺术展览、艺术活动以及时装表演。许多世界著名的政治人物、电影明星和社会名流都无法抗拒798艺术区的吸引力而来到这里参观。

  参考翻译:

  798 Art Zone is named after the 798 factory whichwas built in 1950s. It is located in the northeastcorner of Beijing. Characterized by the feature ofmodern art, it has now become the exhibitioncenter of Chinese culture and art. It is also theworld-famous centralized area of cultural and creative industries. It frequently holds importantinternational art exhibitions and art activities as well as fashion shows. Many world-famouspolitical figures, movie stars and social celebrities have not been able to resist the art zone'sattraction and have come to pay a visit.

  1.798艺术区是根据建于20世纪50年代的798工厂而命名的:该句的后半部分可以用which或that引导的定语从句译出;其中“根据…命名”可译为be named after...,name的常用用法是name sth. after sih.(以...命名...)。

  2.这里经常举行重要的国际艺术展笕、艺术活动以及时装表演:其中“举行"可 译为hold, hold经常与meeting(会议)搭配。


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