2017年英语四级翻译习题及答案

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冰灯(ice lantern)是中国北方广泛创作的冬季艺术品。它最初是为了照明，在 寒冷的冬夜为中国北方的农民和渔民的工作生活提供光源。后来，各种形状和大 小的水晶般透明的冰灯逐渐成为一种民间艺术，冰灯博览会(fair)成为北方特有 的民俗休闲活动。黑龙江省省会哈尔滨是中国冰雪艺术的发源地。1963年元宵节 期间，哈尔滨市在公园举办了首届冰灯博览会，几千盏冰灯和几十枝冰花展出， 冰灯和冰花由简单的工具制成，如结冰的盆和篮子。后来，大型年度冰灯博览会 每年都在哈尔滨举行。

　　参考翻译：

An ice lantern is a wintertime work of art widelycreated in north China. It was originally made forillumination, providing a light source for the life andwork of farmers and fishermen of north China oncold winter night. Later, the crystal-clear ice lanternsof all shapes and sizes gradually became a folk art and an ice lantern fair became a folkrecreational activity unique to the north. Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, is thebirthplace of Chinese ice and snow art. During the Lantern Festival in 1963，the city hosted thevery first ice lantern feir in the park, during which over a thousand ice lanterns and dozens ofice flowers made with simple tools like basins and basket for freezing were on display. Later, alarge-scale annual ice lantern feir was held each year in Harbin.

五行学说(the theory of five elements)是中国古代的一种物质观。五行包括金、木、水、火和土五种要素。五行学说强调整体概念，描绘了事物的结构关系和运动形式。五行学说认为宇宙万物都是基于这五种要素的运行和变化。这五个要素相互作用，不但影响到人的命运，同时也使宇宙万物循环不已。五行学说成熟干汉代 (the Han Dynasty)，之后广泛应用于中医、建筑和武术(martial arts}等领域。

　　四级翻译参考答案:

The theory of five elements is a concept of matter inancient China. The five elements include metal, wood,water, fire, and earth. The theory of five elementsemphasizes on an overall concept, describing thestructural relationships and forms of movement ofmatters. The theory holds that everything in theuniverse is based on the movement and change of these five elements. These five elementsinteract with each other, affecting a person's fate as well as making the universe move inendless cycles. The theory got mature in the Han Dynasty and was widely employed in thefields like traditional Chinese medicine, architecture, and martial arts.

1.第2句五行中的“金”指“金属”，而非“黄金”，故第2句中应译为metal，而非gold。

2.第3句中的第2个分句“描绘了事物的结构关系和运动形式”可处理为状语，表伴随状态，用分词短语describing thestructural relationships and forms of movement ofmatters 来表达。

3.第4句中的“五行学说认为”可译为the theory holdsthat...，亦可译为according to the theory，承前句，“五行学说”可简单转换表达为“该学说”(thetheory)。“宇宙万物”可译为the universe，强调整体，也可表达为 everything in the universe。

4.第5句有三个分句，可把“这五个要素相互作用”处理成主干，“不但影响到……，同时也使宇宙万物……”处理为结果状语，用分词短语来表达，“不但……同时也”可用结构both... and...或... as well as...来表达，故整句译为 These five elements interact with each other, well as making...。

5.最后一句“五行学说成熟于汉代，之后广泛应用于……”可用并列结构译出：The theory got mature in theHan Dynasty and was widely employed...。翻译宾语“中医、建筑和武术等领域”时，先译出中心词fields，再用like或者such as来引出例子。

十二生肖(the twelve Chinese Zodiacs)是中国传统文化的重要组成部分，它们源于自然界的`11种动物和一个民族图腾(totem)。十二生肖代表动物的性格特点各不相同。到了龙年或虎年，人们常说“生龙活虎”;马年人们会说“马到成功”;猪在中国人的眼里是“宝”的意思;牛是勤劳(diligence )的象征，这一点在鲁迅的诗句“俯首甘为孺子牛”中有着完美的体现。

　　参考答案:

The twelve Chinese Zodiacs, including eleven animals in the nature and a national totem, play an important role in the Chinese traditional culture. The twelve symbolic animals have their own characteristics. In the Year of Dragon or the Year of Tiger, people will say shenglonghuohu—full of vim and vigor; in the Year of Horse, people will say madaochenggong—to gain an immediate success. In Chinese eyes, pig is a “treasure”. Ox is a symbol of diligence, which is well presented in the verse by Lu Xun一an outstanding writer in China, “head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children”.

1.生龙活虎、马到成功:中国成语在翻译时可以先译为拼音，再进一步解释其内涵。“生龙活虎”即“精力充沛，活力四射”，可译为vim and vigor; “马到成功”即“快速获得成功”可译为gain an immediate success。

2.牛:生肖中的“牛”用ox来表达，而不用如cattle, cow, bull等其他表示“牛” 的词。

3.俯首甘为孺子牛:可直译为Head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children;或者根据其表达的“愿意为弱小服务的精神”译为modesty combined with the spirit of willingly serving the young and weak。同时，译文要简略给出鲁迅的身份，以使译文内容更为周全。

孔雀舞(peacock dance)是傣族(Dai ethnic group)最广泛流传的古代舞蹈之一，同时也是傣族最受喜爱的舞蹈。对傣族来说，孔雀象征着好运、幸福、美丽和诚实，所以跳孔雀舞是为了歌颂美好的生活，表达对幸福生活的美好的祝愿。孔雀舞主要在傣历的新年-泼水节(the Water-splashingFestival)、关门节(the Gate Closing Festival)、开门节(the Gate Opening Festival)和一些重要的宗教活动上表演。他们通过跳优雅的孔雀舞来祈求和平与幸福。

　　参考答案:

The peacock dance is one of the most wide-spreadancient dances and also the best-loved dance of theDai ethnic the Dai people, the peacock is asymbol of good luck, happiness, beauty to perform this dance is to present aeulogy of good life and express good wishes for a happy is mostly performed on the NewYear (Water-splashing Festival) of the Dai calendar, at the Gate Closing Festival,the GateOpening Festival and some important religious pray for peace and happiness withgraceful peacock dancing.

1.孔雀舞是傣族最广泛流传的古代舞蹈之一：“最广泛流传的”可用the most wide-spread表示，spread意为“传播”，wide-spread意为“广泛传播的”;“傣族”可译为Daiethnic group。

2.对傣族来说，孔雀象征着好运、幸福、美丽和诚实：“对傣族族来说"可译为to the Dai people,因上文有“傣族”的全称，故此处可以简写，也可译为for the Dai people; “象征着”可以理解为“是…的象征”，故可以用bea symbol of：..来表示。