英語四六級考試改革后，翻譯部分由原來的單句漢譯英“換裝”為段落漢譯英，四級翻譯段落有140-160個漢字，六級有180-200個漢字。翻譯長度的增加無疑給廣大考生增加了一定難度，但是對比四六級考試委員會給出的樣題，我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)，改革前后的翻譯考點與之前的考點基本是一致的，無外乎中國的歷史、文化、經(jīng)濟(jì)、社會發(fā)展等主題，這就為考生的備考提供了一些啟示。那么，考生該如何復(fù)習(xí)翻譯，奪取高分呢？

翻譯策略指點：

穩(wěn)定心態(tài)，挖掘考點、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：

由樣題和2012年12月的真題可以看出，翻譯題越來越重視中國的歷史、文化，也就是越來越接地氣。所以，建議考生有意識的積累和背誦一些和中國節(jié)日、歷史事件、經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會發(fā)展相關(guān)的詞匯。關(guān)注以反映中國社會為主的一些英文雜志和報紙。例如中國日報及其網(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)。推薦一個中國日報網(wǎng)站下面的一個小欄目：language tips，有大量簡單實用的雙語文章。

2. 實戰(zhàn)演練：

【漢譯英1】波士頓咨詢公司最近做的一項研究顯示，到2020年中國將會有2.2億家庭收入在2萬到100萬美元的富裕消費者。這些消費者中75%住在“較小城市”。隨著網(wǎng)絡(luò)的發(fā)展，較小城市的消費者的一種必然趨勢是他們更加依賴社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)上的信息。很多網(wǎng)絡(luò)顧客都是通過微信、微博和QQ空間分組的。據(jù)估計今年中國將會有2.5億消費者進(jìn)行網(wǎng)購，位于四線城市的消費者平均每人會花費他們50%或者更高的工資在網(wǎng)購上，這一數(shù)據(jù)要比一線城市的消費者的花費高。

【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】聘金是中國傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗的一部分。這一習(xí)慣在整個中國都很普遍。但是近幾年來其標(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，在這個過程中，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，雖然簡簡單單，但也幸福美滿，沒有給他們婚后的生活帶來任何負(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.