考研英语翻译中,需要掌握多种法法,其中,最主要的就是直译和意译,两者要学会结合运用。下面是小编为大家整理收集的关于2017考研英语翻译:真题为例解读直译和意译的应用,仅供大家参考。
▶(1)能直译就直译
Eg. …the managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing members of bigger, longer frames. (2008年真题)
翻译:俱乐部的经理们也非常乐意调整队服的尺寸,以适应不断增多的、越来越大越来越高的身躯。
▶(2)不宜直译才意译
Eg. It was the banks that were on the wrong planet, with accounts that vastly overvalued assets.
翻译:银行们脱离了轨道,它们的账目将资产评估过高。(2010年真题)
▶(3)直译与意译相结合
Eg. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. The world won't end if you don't pass a test. So don't worry excessively about a single test.
翻译:考试的目的在于显示你对某一科目的掌握程度。一次考试不及格天是不会塌下来的。因此不必为一次考试过分担心。
▶直击真题
He adds humbly that perhaps he was "superior to the common run of men in noticingthings which easily escape attention, and observing them carefully." (2008.49)
【结构分析】
翻译时,大家还是要先弄懂句子结构,该句中he指代上文中的"Darwin,达尔文",that引导宾语从句,从句中"in noticing…observing them carefully"在从句中作状语,翻译时要提前,而且其中which引导的定从又来修饰其前的things。此外,大家还要理解句中部分单词和短语的释义,"superiorto"意为"优于、胜于;地位高于;包括范围广于","common"意为"普通的、日常的","run"意为"种族",则"the common run of men"译为"普通人、常人"。这样我们基本上可以用直译法把句意传达出来,但定语从句"which easily escape attention"若直译为"容易逃脱注意力",则不符合汉语的表达习惯,句意表达比较别扭,故宜采用意译法,译为"人们容易忽视"。
【完整译文】
达尔文谦虚地补充说道,"在注意到人们容易忽视的事物并在仔细观察他们方面,他或许优于普通人"。