My dream has always been to work somewhere in an area between fashion and publishing. Two years before graduating from secondary school, I took a sewing and design course thinking that I would move on to a fashion design course. However, during that course I realized that I was not good enough in this area to compete with other creative personalities in the future, so I decided that it was not the right path for me. Before applying for university I told everyone that I would study journalism, because writing was, and still is, one of my favourite activities. But, to be honest, I said it, because I thought that fashion and me together was just a dream—I knew that no one could imagine me in the fashion industry at all! So I decided to look for some fashion-related courses that included writing. This is when I noticed the course “Fashion Media & Promotion”.

我一直梦想着能找到一份介于时尚领域和出版领域之间的工作。高中毕业前的两年，我学习了缝纫和设计课程，想着自己以后可以继续学习时尚设计。然而，在这门课上，我发现自己在该领域不够优秀，不足以在未来与其他富有创造力的人竞争。因此我断定：这条道路不适合我。在申请大学之前，我告诉大家自己会选择新闻专业，因为写作曾经是——现在依然是——我最喜欢的活动之一。但是说实话，当时这样说，是因为我认为时尚于我而言就是个梦——我知道，别人根本无法想象我会进入时尚行业！因此，我决定去寻找一些与时尚相关又涉及写作的课程。就在这时，我注意到了“时尚媒体与推广”这门课程。

生词本

fashion n. 时尚

secondary adj. 中等的

publishing n. 出版业

sewing n. 裁缝；缝纫

journalism n. 新闻学

promotion n. 推广，宣传

apart from 除了（某事物）以外都……

apply for 申请

promotion n. 推广

名师解析

第一句：My dream has always been to work somewhere in an area between fashion and publishing.

表达难点：本句中My dream has always been to…引出梦想的内容，可译为“我一直梦想着”或“我的梦想一直是”，使得文意更连贯、更紧密。an area between fashion and publishing可译为“介于时尚和出版之间的工作”。

第二句：Two years before graduating from secondary school, I took a sewing and design course thinking that I would move on to a fashion design course.

表达难点：根据句意可进行适当拆分，逗号前为时间状语，可译为“高中毕业前的两年”；后半句thinking...为分词短语作伴随状语，用于表达作者选课时的心理活动。move on to可译为“继续做……”，took a course意为“选择某课程”。

第三句：However, during that course I realized that I was not good enough in this area to compete with other creative personalities in the future, so I decided that it was not the right path for me.

表达难点：本句可采用顺译的翻译方法。主语I realized that意为“我发现”或“我意识到”，compete with意为“与……竞争”；be not good enough to do sth.需译成“不够……，不足以……”。本句decide应理解为“得出结论”，不可译为“下决心”。

第四句：Before applying for university I told everyone that I would study journalism, because writing was, and still is, one of my favourite activities.

表达难点：本句应注重时态变化，本句中writing was, and still is需要译成“写作曾经/过去是，现在也是……”。

第五句：But, to be honest, I said it, because I thought that fashion and me together was just a dream—I knew that no one could imagine me in the fashion industry at all!

表达难点：本句中的I said it中的it指上面的I told everyone that I would study journalism，可直译为“我这么说……”。而破折号引出句子，进行进一步解释说明。

第六句：So I decided to look for some fashion-related courses that included writing.

表达难点：本句中that引导的定语从句可修饰course，说明课程涉及的内容，在翻译较短的定语时可考虑使用前置法，较长的定语时可使用拆分法。本句中的some fashion-related courses that included writing可采用前置法，译为“一些与时尚相关又涉及写作的课程”。

第七句：This is when I noticed the course “Fashion Media & Promotion”.

表达难点：本句中翻译中需注意同位语的处理。句中“Fashion Media & Promotion”作course的同位语，可译为：“时尚媒体与推广”这门课程。