2017年6月英语四级话题翻译模拟题

人若志趣不远，心不在焉，虽学不成。以下是小编为大家搜索整理的2017年6月英语四级话题翻译模拟题，希望能给大家带来帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们应届毕业生考试网!

　　翻译题目

在中国，赠送礼物应考虑具体情况和场合。礼物常用红色或其他喜庆的颜色(festive color)来包装，但白色或黑色不适宜用于此。当你将礼物递出去时，收礼者(recipient)可能会礼貌谢绝。在情况下试着将礼物再-次送出去。通常收礼者在客人离开之后才打开礼物。此外，送礼还有—些禁忌(taboo)如给夫妻送伞就不合适，因为中文里“伞”与“散”同音。

　　表达难点

1.第1句中的“赠送礼物应考虑具体情况和场合”不能直译成presenting gifts should consider the specific situation and occasion，因为在英语表达习惯中，consider的施动者应该是人而不是事情，故翻译时应增加代词we或one作主语。

2.第4句中“在这种情况下”既可译为in this case，也可译为in/under the circumstances, in such a situation等。状语“再一次”可译作once again，并按英语的`表达习惯置于句末。

3.翻译倒数第2句时，可套用not…until(直到……才)句型，译作the recipient won't…until the guest leaves.

4. 最后一句中举例的部分“如……，因为……”使用的文字较多，宜拆译为另一个句子，译作For example…。“给夫妻送伞就不合适”可用it is + a. + to do sth.这种句型来表达，译作it is inappropriate to an umbrella…。

参考译文

In China, we should consider the specific situation and occasion when presenting gifts. The gifts are usually packaged in red or other festive colors. But white and black and not suitable in the packaging. When you offer the gift, the recipient may refuse it politely. In this case, you could try to offer the present once again. Usually, the recipient won't open the gift until the guest leaves. In addition, there are some taboos in giving gifts. For example, it is inappropriate to present an umbrella as a gift to a couple because the word “umbrella” has the same pronunciation with another word "separate" in Chinese.

　　请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

　　压岁钱

这是孩子们的父母和祖父母给他们作为春节礼物的钱。压岁钱据说能带来好运，能驱魔;因此，就有了“压岁钱”的称呼。父母和祖父母先把钱放入特制的小红包里，年夜饭后或当孩子们来拜年时，将红包发给他们。他们之所以要把钱放到红包里，是因为中国人认为红色是个幸运色。他们想给自己孩子既有压岁钱还有幸运色。

　　参考译文：

　　Lucky Money

It is the money given to kids from their parents and grandparents as New Year gift. The money is believed to bring good luck, ward off monsters; hence the name "lucky money". Parents and grandparents first put money in small, especially-made red envelopes and give the red envelopes to their kids after the New Year's Feast or when they come to visit them on the New Year. They choose to put the money in red envelopes because Chinese people think red is a lucky color. They want to give their children both lucky money and lucky color.