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四级段落翻译7-(12生肖) 答案解析学习资料

虎年出生的人则“强大、勇敢、但又急
躁”。十二生肖在亚洲的其他国家,如韩 国和日本也很流行。
• 1. 为了让人们更好地记住年份,我们的祖 先用12只动物来代表年份,即“十二生肖” (Chinese Zodiac)。re easily, our ancestors used twelve animals to represent the years, which is called the “Chinese Zodiac”.
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• In order to remember the years more easily, our ancestors used twelve animals to represent the years, which is called the “Chinese Zodiac”. Every year is represented by an animal and every 12 years comes in a circle beginning with Rat and ending with Pig. Each animal has its unique cultural connotations. For example, a person born in the Year of Ox is said to be hard working, calm, and reliable, while the person born in the year of Tiger is powerful, brave, and impatient. The Chinese Zodiac remains popular as well in other Asian countries, such as Korea and Japan.
代表 represent 独特的 unique 勤奋的 hard working 虎年 the year of Tiger 急躁的 impatient 以…结尾 end with
表达难点
• 第1句中的“为了让人们更好地记住年份”, 如果直译成in order to make people remember the years more easily,表达不够 地道,有中国式英语的感觉。“让人们” 是汉语中约定俗成的表达,可省译,此处 即可译为 in order to remember。 “即‘十 二生肖’”可紧跟上文,用which引导的非 限制性定语从句来表达。
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• 第2句中的“每隔12年进行一个循环”可以 用every 12 year comes in a circle表达,主 语every 12 years 为整体概念的单数名词。
“从鼠开始,以猪为结尾”用现在分词短 语beginning with Rat and ending with Pig 来表达,作“循环”的后置定语。
十二生肖
• 为了让人们更好地记住年份,我们的祖先 用12只动物来代表年份,即“十二生肖” (Chinese Zodiac)。每一年由一种动物代 表,每隔12年进行一个循环,从鼠开始, 以猪为结尾。每一种动物还有其独特的文 化内涵(cultural connotation)。例如,牛 年出生的人据说“勤奋、冷静、可靠”,
• 第4句中的“牛年出生的”处理成后置定语, 用分词短语born in the Year of Ox来表达。
• 翻译最后一句时,先译出主干(The Chinese Zodiac remains popular)。 地点 状语“在亚洲的其他国家”用介词短语in other Asian countries来表达。
• 2. 每一年由一种动物代表,每隔12年进行 一个循环,从鼠开始,以猪为结尾。
• Every year is represented by an animal and every 12 years comes in a circle beginning with Rat and ending with Pig.
• 3. 每一种动物还有其独特的文化内涵 (cultural connotation)。例如,牛年出生 的人据说“勤奋、冷静、可靠”,虎年出 生的人则“强大、勇敢、但又急躁”。
• Each animal has its unique cultural connotations. For example, a person born in the Year of Ox is said to be hard working, calm, and reliable, while the person born in the year of Tiger is powerful, brave, and impatient.
• 4. 十二生肖在亚洲的其他国家,如韩国和 日本也很流行。
• The Chinese Zodiac remains popular as well in other Asian countries, such as Korea and Japan.
词汇难点
• 祖先 ancestor • 循环 come in a circle • 牛年 the Year of Ox • 可靠地 reliable • 强大的powerful • 以…开始 begin with
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