Part IV Translation
1、 从前,有个农夫正在地里耕作,突然看见一只兔子飞奔而过,撞在一棵大树上死了。农夫毫不费力就吃到了兔肉,心里非常高兴。他想,“如果总是这样该多好啊!”于是,他不再耕作,每天守候在那棵树旁,等待着能再捡到撞死在树上的兔子。他等呀等,等了一天又一天,田地也荒芜了,却再也没有等到第二只兔子。人们因而都嘲笑他把偶然当成了必然。
正确答案:
参考译文
Once upon a time, a farmer was farming in the fields when he suddenly saw a rabbit dash past and crash into a large tree dead. The farmer was overjoyed as he ate the rabbit meat effortlessly. He thought, “It would be great if it was always like this!” So, he stopped farming and waited by the tree every day, hoping to pick up more rabbits that hit the tree and die. He waited and waited day after day, with his fields deserted, but he never saw another rabbit. Therefore, he was laughed at for taking chance as certainty.
答案解析:
词汇难点
耕作 farm
飞奔而过 dash past
撞 crash into; hit; bump into
毫不费力 without any effort; effortlessly
捡到 pick up; get
荒芜 deserted; go wild
偶然 chance; the accidental
必然 certainty ; the inevitable
表达难点
第一句:本句较长,可根据句意,将“农夫正在地里耕作”作为主句,剩下部分处理为when引导的时间状语从句。从句部分动词较多,但逻辑关系清晰,“飞奔”“撞在”和“死了”都是“看见”的情景,而“死了”作为“撞”的结果,可处理为结果状语,用形容词dead表示,所以“突然看见一只兔子飞奔而过,撞在一棵大树上死了”可译为saw a rabbit dash past and crash into a large tree dead。
第二句:本句包含两个分句,隐含因果关系,“毫不费力就吃到了兔肉”可作为农夫高兴的原因,处理为原因状语从句,译为as he ate the rabbit meat effortlessly。
第三句:本句包含引语内容,为农夫心中所想,可译为直接引语。需要注意引语中内容是农夫所希望的情况,需要使用虚拟语气,译为It would be great if it was always like this。也可以用if only句型,译为If only this would always happen。
第四句:根据本句句意,可将“他不再耕作”和“每天守候在那棵树旁”作为句子主干,译为he stopped farming and waited by the tree every day。“等待着能再捡到……”可作为状语,用现在分词短语表示,译为waiting to pick up...,为避免重复,可将waiting用hoping代替;“撞死在树上的兔子”可处理为定语从句修饰的名词,译为rabbits that hit the tree and die。
第五句:本句包含四个分句,含有“却”所表示的转折关系,可译为but连接的并列句。动词较多,分别为“等呀等”“等”“荒芜”和“等到”。前两个动词“等呀等”和“等”存在意思上的重复,可合译为waited and waited,最后一个动词“等到”表示一种结果,为避免与前面的waited重复,可用saw代替。“田地也荒芜了”可译为伴随状语用with his fields deserted表示,也可译为状语从句even when his fields went wild。
第六句:本句比较简单,句子主干为“人们……嘲笑他……”,可译为people laughed at him,因为通篇的主语都是“农夫”,为保持连贯性,可将句子变为被动句He was laughed at。“把偶然当成了必然”可作为laugh at sb. for结构后面的介词宾语成分,译为taking chance as certainty。
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