段落翻译练习

后者生活在一个相对稳定的社会秩序下，而他们 从灵魂深处牢记：他们的特征就是尊重他们所习 惯的和有好声誉的。 英国人相对说来生活在一个相对稳定的社会秩 序里。这种秩序铭记在他们心灵里的是对习惯上 和名誉上的东西有一种特有的尊敬。
3) Until the World War brought chaos to most of their institutions， their whole lives were regulated perhaps more than those of any other people save the Spaniards by a regard for precedent.

而虽然美国人中一部分的祖先是英国人， 但他们没有这种约束。也没有这种一致性 习惯的要求。
5) On the contrary, they have plunged to the other extreme for the conditions of life in their country have put a high value upon the precisely opposite qualities of curiosity and daring and so they acquired that character of restlessness that impatience of forms that disdain of the dead hand which now broadly marks them.
段落翻译练习The American and the English

1) Of the intrinsic differences that separate American from English the chief have their roots in the obvious disparity between the environment and traditions of thventeenth century and those of the English. 2) The latter have lived under a relatively stable social order and it has impressed upon their souls their characteristic respect for what is customary and of good report. 3) Until the World War brought chaos to most of their institutions their whole lives were regulated perhaps more than those of any other people save the Spaniards by a regard for precedent. 4) The Americans though partly of the same blood have felt no such restrain and acquired no such habit of conformity. 5) On the contrary they have plunged to the other extreme for the conditions of life in their country have put a high value upon the precisely opposite qualities of curiosity and daring and so they acquired that character of restlessness that impatience of forms that disdain of the dead hand which now broadly marks them.

直到世界大战给他们的体系带来混乱，否则他们的生 活可能比其他民族更尊重先例，除了西班牙人。

虽然第一次世界大战改变了他们大多数的风 俗习惯，但在这之前，他们的全部生活，或许 比其他任何民族的生活，除西班牙人，都更受 到先例的制约。
4) The Americans though partly of the same blood have felt no such restrain and acquired no such habit of conformity.

相反，他们走到了另一个极端，因为他们 国家的生活状况使他们看重的是好奇和冒 险这恰恰相反的品质，这样他们养成的是 不安现状，厌烦形式主义，藐视旧势力的 影响的个性。这些个性在他们身上普遍反 映出来。
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许多本质上的不同造成了美语从英语中分出来。而主要 的不同是两种语言根植于两个完全不同的社会环境和文化传 统。自17世纪来，美国人和英国人在这两方面的差异十分明 显。英国人相对说来生活在一个相对稳定的社会秩序里。这 种秩序铭记在他们心灵里的是对习惯上和名誉上的东西有一 种特有的尊敬。虽然第一次世界大战改变了他们大多数的风 俗习惯，但在这之前，他们的全部生活，或许比其他任何民 族的生活，除西班牙人，都更受到先例的制约。而虽然美国 人中一部分的祖先是英国人，但他们没有这种约束。也没有 这种一致性习惯的要求。相反，他们走到了另一个极端，因 为他们国家的生活状况使他们看重的是好奇和冒险这恰恰相 反的品质，这样他们养成的是不安现状，厌烦形式主义，藐 视旧势力的影响的个性。这些个性在他们身上普遍反映出来。

在众多将美语从英语中分离出来的本质原因中，最主 要的原因都源自于17世纪以来美国人和英国人的生活 环境和传统的区别。 许多本质上的不同造成了美语从英语中分出

来。而主要的不同是两种语言根植于两个完全 不同的社会环境和文化传统。自17世纪来，美 国人和英国人在这两方面的差异十分明显。
2) The latter have lived under a relatively stable social order and it has impressed upon their souls their characteristic respect for what is customary and of good report.
1) Of the intrinsic differences that separate American from English the chief have their roots in the obvious disparity between the environment and traditions of the American people since the seventeenth century and those of the English.