(一)《孙子兵法》(The Art of War)是中国古代最重要的一部军事著作之一,是我国优秀传统文化重要组成部分。孙子(Sun Tzu),即该书作者,在书中揭示的一系列具有普遍意义的军事规律,不仅受到军事家们的推崇,还在经济领域,领导艺术,人生追求甚至家庭关系等诸多方面,均有广泛的指导作用。《孙子兵法》中许多名言警句(epigram),富有哲理,意义深远,在国内外广为流传。如今《孙子兵法》中的语言,在世界军事史上具有重要地位。
译点精析:
1、普遍意义的——universal,军事规律——military laws
2、具有广泛的指导作用——play an extensive guiding role.“广泛的”还可以翻译为far-reaching或broad
3、人生追求——the pursuit of life
4、名言警句——famous sayings and epigrams
5、意义深远——have profound meanings
6、广为流传—— be widely circulated。”流传“还可用spread表示
参考译文:The Are of War is one of the most important ancient Chinese military literary works,and serves as an important part of outstanding traditional culture in China.Sun Tzu,The author of the book,revealed a series of universal military laws which are not only valued by militarists but also play an extensive guiding role in several fields such as economy,art of leadership,the pursuit of life and even family relationship.There are a lot of famous sayings and epigrams in The Art of War that are rich in wisdom and have profound meanings and are thus widely circulated both at home and abroad .Nowadays The Art of War has been translated into many languages and it also plays an important role in the military history of the world.
(二)太极(Tai Chi)是中国文化史上的一个重要概念。太极拳(traditional Chinese shadow boxing)包含一系列缓慢的动作,旨在修炼身心。它是一种舞蹈却不需要随音乐起舞,你只需聆听内心的节奏。太极拳是中国武术(martial art)的一种,他创自数千年前,原本是一种自卫的技艺。全世界成千上万人练习它,主要是由于它对人类健康的神奇作用。因为他将身体动作,平静、冥想(meditative)心境结合起来,所以他长被称作“冥想运动(meditation in motion)”。
【译点精析】
修炼身心——physical and spiritual practice或者physical and mental practice。
不需要音乐起舞——dot no need to dance to music,其中dance...to固定表达,随着...起舞
一种自卫技艺——a self-defensive skill,defensive 译为防御的,防卫的。
它对人类健康的神奇作用——its miraculous effects on human’s health
将身体动作,平静、冥想(meditative)心境结合起来——combines the body’s movements with the calm and meditative state of mind。将...与...结合起来可译为combine ...with...
state of mind心境
【参考译文】
Tai Chi is a significant notion in Chinese cultural history.Traditional Chinese shadow boxing includes a series of slow movements aiming at the physical and spiritual practice.It is a kind of dance but you do not need to dance to music.You just need to listen to the rhythm of your heart.Traditional Chinese shadow boxing is a kind of Chinese martial art.It was created thousands of years ago and originally used as a selfdefensive skill.It is practiced by thousands of people around the world mostly because of its miraculous effects on human’s health.It is often called “meditation in motion”because it combines the body’s movement-s with the calm and meditative state of mind.
(三)电子书(e-book)通常指数字化出版物,它可以包含文字、图片、声音、影像或几者兼有。现在人们经常使用智能手机(smartphone)、平板电脑(tablet)或者专门为电子书制造的电子阅读器来阅读电子书。电子书内容丰富,便于存储,而且价格低廉,有助于阅读的普及。从传统意义上讲,电子书是纸质书的电子化,但现在许多电子书并没有纸质的对应物。电子书以数字形式存储,因此人们随时都可以阅读。2012年,美国电子书的销量首次超过精装书(handcover book)。
[译点精析]
1、数字化译为digitized ,而不是digital,是要强调动作概念。
2、专门为...制造译为specially made for...
3、阅读的普及:the popularity of reading
4、版本的英文表达version,纸质书译为printed books
5、纸质的对应物:”对应物“可译为equivalent
6、超过:可用surpassed表示,还可以用exceed表示
冲刺备考建议
首先,在进行翻译练习时,尽量力求翻译答案多样化,特别化。常用的简单的表达方式尽量不要用了,选择一些不常用的复杂一点的表达方式会让我们的翻译内容显得更有水平。
其次,掌握重点核心表达,多背搭配,同时利用经典搭配多造句子,完善语法结构。这样不仅可以扩展思维、开阔思路,同时可以提高自己的写作水平。
最后,分析历年真题,强化重点语法知识。如倒装结构、虚拟语气、比较结构、定语从句、状语从句、非谓语动词等。
翻译原文:E-books generally refer to digitized publications.They can include words,pictures,sounds,images,or a combination of two or more.Now people often read e-books with smartphones,tablets,or e-books readers that are specially made for e-books.E-books have colorful contents and are convenient to store.Their prices are cheap and they are conductive to the popularity of reading.E-books are traditionally believed as an electronic version of the printed books.but now many e-books exist without any printed equivalent.E-books are stored digitally,so they can be read at any time.In 2012,e-books sales in the United States surpassed hardcover book sales for the first time.
(四)孔子是中國著名的思想家,教育家,以及儒教(Confucianism)的創立者。他的學說深刻影響了中國兩千多年的歷史。孔子因其哲學家思想而著名,他在當時說過很多著名的言論。這些言論幫助人們認識自然,世界和人類行為。他也幫助過政府和帝王。孔子教他們如何成功管理自己的王國。孔子的言論主要收錄在《孔子論語》(Analects of Confucius)一書中。它們反映了孔子政治和道德觀。
Confucius is a famous ancient Chinese thinker ,educator ,and founder of Confucianism which deeply influences China for more than two years .Confucius is famous for his philosophy because he made many wise sayings in ancient China .Those sayings helped people learn about nature ,world ,and human behavior .He also helped the government and the emperor .He taught them lessons on how to rule his kingdom successfully .Confucius's thoughts were mainly collected in the Analects of Confucius .They relects Confucius's thoughts on politics and ethics .
解析:
第二句的學說即是儒教,所以可以用定語從句將其與第一句連接起來。影響可以說influence,have an influence on···
Be famous for=be known for因···而著名。
Teach sb. Sth.教某人某事
(五)京剧(Peking Opera)已有200多年的历史,是中国的国剧。与其他地方戏相比,京剧享有更高的声誉,但其实京剧融合了多种地方戏的元素。京剧演员的脸谱(facial make-up)和戏服都很精美,相比之下舞台布景则十分简单,表演者主要应用四种技能:唱、念、做、打。京剧较擅长于表现历史题材的政治,军事斗争,故事大多取自历史演义和小说话本(historic and fictional stories)。在古代,京剧大多是在户外演出的,因此演员们形成了一种有穿透力的唱腔,以便每个人都能听到。
【译点精析】
1,享有更高的声誉——enjoys a higher reputation
2, 戏服——costume
3,相比之下——by contrast
4,舞台布景——backdrop,如果不知道这个词,也可以用background。
5,政治军事斗争——political and military struggle,斗争还可译为battle。
6,在户外——in the open air或者outdoors。
7,形成可用develop表示,而不用shape或form。”有穿透力的“译为piercing。唱腔乍看可能不好翻译,其实就是歌唱的风格,即style of song。
【参考译文】
Peking Opera,as the national opera of China,has a history of more than 200 years.Compared with other Chinese local operas,Peking Opera enjoys a higher reputation,but actually it absor