2013年8月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四六級(jí)考試改革后,翻譯部分由原來(lái)的單句漢譯英“換裝”為段落漢譯英,四級(jí)翻譯段落有140-160個(gè)漢字,六級(jí)有180-200個(gè)漢字。翻譯長(zhǎng)度的增加無(wú)疑給廣大考生增加了一定難度,但是對(duì)比四六級(jí)考試委員會(huì)給出的樣題,我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn),改革前后的翻譯考點(diǎn)與之前的考點(diǎn)基本是一致的,無(wú)外乎中國(guó)的歷史、文化、經(jīng)濟(jì)、社會(huì)發(fā)展等主題,這就為考生的備考提供了一些啟示。那么,考生究竟怎樣才能在最后沖刺階段復(fù)習(xí)翻譯,奪取高分呢?

名師翻譯策略指點(diǎn):

資深名師認(rèn)為:穩(wěn)定心態(tài),挖掘考點(diǎn)、有的放矢,增強(qiáng)訓(xùn)練是攻克翻譯這座大山的不二法寶。

1. 挖掘考點(diǎn):

由樣題可以看出,翻譯題越來(lái)越重視中國(guó)的歷史、文化,也就是越來(lái)越接地氣。所以,建議考生有意識(shí)的積累和背誦一些和中國(guó)節(jié)日、歷史事件、經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)發(fā)展相關(guān)的詞匯。關(guān)注以反映中國(guó)社會(huì)為主的一些英文雜志和報(bào)紙。例如中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)及其網(wǎng)站。大家每天看看網(wǎng)站中頭條新聞,配合中文新聞的背景,就可以學(xué)到很多表達(dá)。推薦一個(gè)中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站下面的一個(gè)小欄目:language tips,有大量簡(jiǎn)單實(shí)用的雙語(yǔ)文章。

2. 實(shí)戰(zhàn)演練:

【漢譯英1】波士頓咨詢(xún)公司最近做的一項(xiàng)研究顯示,到2020年中國(guó)將會(huì)有2.2億家庭收入在2萬(wàn)到100萬(wàn)美元的富裕消費(fèi)者。這些消費(fèi)者中75%住在“較小城市”。隨著網(wǎng)絡(luò)的發(fā)展,較小城市的消費(fèi)者的一種必然趨勢(shì)是他們更加依賴(lài)社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)上的信息。很多網(wǎng)絡(luò)顧客都是通過(guò)微信、微博和QQ空間分組的。據(jù)估計(jì)今年中國(guó)將會(huì)有2.5億消費(fèi)者進(jìn)行網(wǎng)購(gòu),位于四線城市的消費(fèi)者平均每人會(huì)花費(fèi)他們50%或者更高的工資在網(wǎng)購(gòu)上,這一數(shù)據(jù)要比一線城市的消費(fèi)者的花費(fèi)高。

【參考譯文】A recent study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group says there will be 220 million affluent consumers, who are from households earning between $ 20,000 to $ 1 million in China by 2020, and 75 percent of them will live in “smaller” cities. With the development of the Internet, an inevitable trend among these consumers is they are much more dependent on information from social networking services. Many of the website’s customers are “grouped” by Wechat, Weibo and QQ Zones. It is now estimated that 250 million Chinese consumers will shop online this year and the average shopper in a fourth-tier city in China will spend 50 percent or more of their income on e-commerce than those in top-tier cities.

【漢譯英2】聘金是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗的一部分。這一習(xí)慣在整個(gè)中國(guó)都很普遍。但是近幾年來(lái)其標(biāo)準(zhǔn)不斷上升,致使大多數(shù)家庭都很難達(dá)到。高額的聘禮常?!皳尳佟绷诵吕筛改副厣姆e蓄,甚至引起家庭糾紛。此外,許多新婚夫婦被迫舉行奢侈的婚禮宴會(huì),在這個(gè)過(guò)程中,大量債務(wù)的累積可能使他們的新婚生活變得辛酸,至少在最初階段是這樣。想想老一輩節(jié)儉的婚禮,雖然簡(jiǎn)簡(jiǎn)單單,但也幸福美滿(mǎn),沒(méi)有給他們婚后的生活帶來(lái)任何負(fù)擔(dān)。

【參考譯文】Endowment may be part of Chinese tradition, but the standards have become so high in recent years that a majority of families are finding it difficult to meet them. The high endowment amounts often rob grooms’ parents of their life’s savings and causes family disputes. Besides, many newly married couples are forced to host extravagant wedding ceremonies to keep up with the Joneses and, in the process, run up huge debts that could turn their married life sour, at least in the initial phase. Considering the frugal wedding of many parents, simple but happiness, didn’t have any bearing on their married life.

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