2019年英语四级翻译习题库:智能手机
来源 :中华考试网 2019-12-07
中智能手机日益渗入人们的生活。许多年轻人似乎一刻也离不开它。在大街上,经常可以看到一些年轻人不停地用智能手机拍照,添加一段说明,然后放到微博(microblog)或微信(WeChat)上。的确,智能手机为人们的沟通提供了前所未有的便利:它让人们能随时随地与朋友互动,分享新鲜事。但是,相关学者对此也表示了担忧。因为智能手机反而使身边的人疏远了。
1.笫1句中的“日益”用副词increasingly来表达,比短语more and more来得精彩。
2.第2句“许多年轻人似乎一刻也离不开它”套用句型比seems that…来表达,更符合英语表达习惯。
3.第3句中的“一些年轻人不停地用智能手机拍照”如果逐字对译为some young people can't stop using their smart phones to take
pictures,则稍显生涩。把“不停地”译成 be busy doing sth...“用智能手机”置 于句末作状语on their smart phones,符合英语表达习惯。“然后放到微博或微信上”中的“然后”表明先后顺序,可直译为and then,但英语中更常用before “在……之前”来表达动作的先后顺序,这种说法更地道。
4.第4句中的“提供了……便利:它让人们能随时随地与朋友互动,分享新鲜事”,此句冒号后的内容为“提供便利”的具体形式,故可用by引导的介词短语表达。“随时随地个是时间状语,另一个是地点状语。在英语表达习惯里,时间状语比地点状语更为远离中心语,因此译为anywhere anytime。
参考译文:
Smart phone increasingly penetrates into people's lives. It seems that many young people can't live a moment without it. In the streets, we can often see that young people are busy taking pictures and typing some information on their smart phones, before posting them on their microblogs or WeChat. Indeed, smart phones provide great convenience for people by letting them interact with friends anywhere anytime and share something new. However, some scholars concerned egress concern towards it Smart phones are driving their ixsere away from people around them.