在英语六级的考试中,翻译目前考察的方向多偏向于社会经济、文化等方面,因此也有技巧规律可循,今天小编为同学们总结了翻译的四大技巧,并分享一些常考话题材料进行练习解析,以帮助大家更好地拿下翻译!

  翻译的四大技巧

  1.注意时态:汉语当中多主动,英语当中多被动。

  2. 注意用词:翻译重点考察语言的应用能力,所以在考试时,应尽量避免使用一些过于简单的词汇,而应选择一些更高级的词汇。比如"have to"可以换成"be obliged to","help to"可以换成"contribute to"。

  3. 注意搭配:这里的搭配主要指一些固定搭配。比如“学习知识”不用"learn knowledge",而必须用"acquire knowledge";"concern"后面的介词必须跟"over"而不是"of"等等。

  下面给大家总结出了常见的一些搭配:

  动词和名词的搭配:raise awareness, adopt measures, take steps, adopt approaches

  动词词组的搭配:give a green light to, deepen one’s understanding of, pave the way for

  形容词和名词的搭配:compelling reason, ample evidence, harsh punishment

  名词词组搭配:environmental awareness, coverage of crime, health effect

  介宾短语的搭配:in the media, on the internet, on television, in newspapers

  表示某个特定意思的习惯搭配:lead a fulfilling life, close the rich/poor gap, discriminate between right and wrong,have a higher chance of developing cancer, fail to achieve work-life balance

  避免中式英文的直接翻译:improve the problem →solve the problem or improve the situation contact with violence→exposure to violence advertisements about children→advertisements aimed at children.

  4. 注意变通词汇:另辟蹊径,试着用几个词去解释自己突然想不起的单词或者找同义词,近义词来替换。如“匿名”对应的单词是"anonymity",可以用"a unknown name"来代替。”美化”对应的单词“beautify”,可以用“make sth more beautiful”来代替。

  话题材料练习与解析

  请将下面这段话翻译成英文:

  70年代,中国人曾以有一件外国衬衣和一块进口电子手表而自豪。那时候,国产商品在外观和功能方面无疑都远远逊色于外国品牌产品。“崇洋媚外”在中国消费者心里打下了烙印。随着中国的现代化科技、经济和国力的发展,今天的国产商品从外观、质量、科技含量等各个方面都得到了飞跃,不少产品已优于同类的外国品牌。中国消费者对外国品牌从仰视,到平视,最后甚至会俯视。消费者心理正在发生改变,逐步回归理性消费。

  参考翻译:

  In the 1970s, Chinese people were proud of owningan imported shirt and an imported electronic watch.At that time, domestic products were inferior toproducts of foreign brands both in appearance andfunction. The idea of worshipping and having blindfaith in foreign things has been deeply rooted in the Chinese consumers. With the developmentof modern science and technology, economy and national strength in China, domestic productsat present have made a leap in appearance, quality, elements of science and technology.Many domestic products are even superior to the similar products in foreign brands. Chinesepeople's attitude toward foreign products has changed from admiration to objectiveness, andfinally even to contempt. The psychology of consumers is changing and people are graduallycoming back to rational consumption.

  解析:

  1.以...而自豪:可用be proud of…表达。

  2.逊色于:可译为be inferior to。其反义词组为besuperior to,表示“优胜于”。

  3.得到了飞跃:可译为have made a leap in。其中leap意为“激增,剧增”,可表达“飞跃”之意。

  翻译需要长时间的积累练习,想要获得实质性的提升并非一日之功,希望同学们能坚持练习!最后祝大家备考顺利!