16.12.5四级翻译和写作

2016年12月英语四级翻译冲刺训练：花木兰、十二生肖、五行学说，黄梅戏

1.花木兰是中国著名古诗《木兰辞》中描绘的一位替父从军的英雄。因木兰的父亲年事已高，不能经受奔波劳苦，木兰又没有兄长可以代替老父，于是她把自己乔装成男子代父从军。虽然这个故事是否真实不得而知，但是千百年来，花木兰作为孝顺的典范而深受中国人的尊敬。1998年，美国迪士尼公司将花木兰的故事改编成了动画片，受到了全世界的欢迎。

四级翻译参考答案:

Hua Mulan is a heroine who joined the army for her father, according to what is described in a famous Chinese ancient poetry The Ballad of Mulan. Mulan's father is too old to bear suffering from the bitterness, and she doesn't have an elder brother to go and fight instead of the old father. So Mulan decides to disguised herself as a man to join the army for her father. Hua Mulan has been highly respected as a filial model by the Chinese people for hundreds of years, even though it is unknown whether the story has any factual basis. In 1998，her story was adapted into an animated cartoon by Disney of the United States, and the cartoon was very popular all over the world.

1.替父从军:可译为join the army for her father即可，不必直译为take the place of her father and join the army。

2.英雄:由于花木兰是女性，所以最好译为heroine,而不用hero。

3.不能经受奔波劳苦:翻译为could not bear suffering from the bitterness，其中“经受”用动词bear 表达，“奔波劳苦”用名词bitterness表达即可，没必要字对字翻译。

4.把自己乔装成男子:翻译为disguise herself as a man,动词disguise意为“乔装，化妆;伪装”。

5.深受中国人的尊敬:翻译为be highly respected by the Chinese people, 其中highly为副词，表示“高度地，极其，非常”。

6.改编成了:翻译为be adapted into。

2.十二生肖(the twelve Chinese Zodiacs)是中国传统文化的重要组成部分，它们源于自然界的11种动物和一个民族图腾(totem)。十二生肖代表动物的性格特点各不相同。到了龙年或虎年，人们常说“生龙活虎”;马年人们会说“马到成功”;猪在中国人的眼里是“宝”的意思;牛是勤劳(diligence )的象征，这一点在鲁迅的诗句“俯首甘为孺子牛”中有着完美的体现。

四级翻译参考答案:

The twelve Chinese Zodiacs, including eleven animals in the nature and a national totem, play an important role in the Chinese traditional culture. The twelve symbolic animals have their own characteristics. In the Year of Dragon or the Year of Tiger, people will say shenglonghuohu—full of vim and vigor; in the Year of Horse, people will say madaochenggong—to gain an immediate success. In Chinese eyes, pig is a “treasure”. Ox is a symbol of diligence, which is well presented in the verse by Lu Xun一an outstanding writer in China, “head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children”.

1.生龙活虎、马到成功:中国成语在翻译时可以先译为拼音，再进一步解释其内涵。“生龙活虎”即“精力充沛，活力四射”，可译为vim and vigor; “马到成功”即“快速获得成功”可译为gain an immediate success。

2.牛:生肖中的“牛”用ox来表达，而不用如cattle, cow, bull等其他表示“牛”的词。

3.俯首甘为孺子牛:可直译为Head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children;或者根据其表达的“愿意为弱小服务的精神”译为modesty combined with the spirit of willingly serving the young and weak。同时，译文要简略给出鲁迅的身份，以使译文内容更为周全。

3.五行学说(the theory of five elements)是中国古代的一种物质观。五行包括金、木、水、火和土五种要素。

五行学说强调整体概念，描绘了事物的结构关系和运动形式。五行学说认为宇宙万物都是基于这五种要素的运行和变化。这五个要素相互作用，不但影响到人的命运，同时也使宇宙万物循环不已。五行学说成熟干汉代(the Han Dynasty)，之后广泛应用于中医、建筑和武术(martial arts}等领域。

四级翻译参考答案:

The theory of five elements is a concept of matter in ancient China. The five elements include metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The theory of five elements emphasizes on an overall concept, describing the structural relationships and forms of movement of matters. The theory holds that everything in the universe is based on the movement and change of these five elements. These five elements interact with each other, affecting a person's fate as well as making the universe move in endless cycles. The theory got mature in the Han Dynasty and was widely employed in the fields like traditional Chinese medicine, architecture, and martial arts.

1.第2句五行中的“金”指“金属”，而非“黄金”，故第2句中应译为metal，而非gold。

2.第3句中的第2个分句“描绘了事物的结构关系和运动形式”可处理为状语，表伴随状态，用分词短语describing thestructural relationships and forms of movement of matters 来表达。

3.第4句中的“五行学说认为”可译为the theory holds that...，亦可译为according to the theory，承前句，“五行学说”可简单转换表达为“该学说”(the theory)。“宇宙万物”可译为the universe，强调整体，也可表达为everything in the universe。

4.第5句有三个分句，可把“这五个要素相互作用”处理成主干，“不但影响到……，同时也使宇宙万物……”处理为结果状语，用分词短语来表达，“不但……同时也”可用结构both... and...或... as well as...来表达，故整句译为These five elements interact with each other, affecting...as well as making...。

5.最后一句“五行学说成熟于汉代，之后广泛应用于……”可用并列结构译出：The theory got mature in theHan Dynasty and was widely employed...。翻译宾语“中医、建筑和武术等领域”时，先译出中心词fields，再用like或者such as来引出例子。

4.黄梅戏(Huangmei Opera)源于湖北省黄梅县的采茶歌曲，连同京剧、越剧(Yue Opera)、评剧(Ping Opera)和豫剧(Yu Opera)是中国的五大戏曲。它最初是以一种简单的载歌载舞的戏剧形式出现的。后来，随着饱受洪水灾害的灾民，黄梅戏传到了安徽省安庆市。它吸收了徽剧和当地歌舞的元素，发展到了今天的形式。黄梅戏以一种淸新的风格反映了普通居民的生活，受到了群众的喜爱。

四级翻译参考答案:

Huangmei Opera was originated from tea picking songs in Huangmei county, Hubei province. It is one of the Five Operas in China together with Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, Ping Opera and Yu Opera. It first appeared as a simple drama of song and dance. Later, it was spread to Anqing city, Anhui province by immigrating victims of floods. Absorbing elements of Anhui Opera and local songs and dances, Huangmei Opera was developed to the present form. It enjoys great popularity among the masses by reflecting the life of ordinary people in a fresh style.

.黄梅戏源于湖北省黄梅共的采茶歌曲，连同京剧、越剧、评剧和豫剧是中国的五大戏曲:后半句可以理解为“黄梅戏是中国五大戏曲之一”，即Huangmei Opera is one of the Five Operas in China。再翻译句子的剩余部分连同京剧、越剧、评剧和豫剧”时，可将其看作是句子的状语，译为together with Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, Ping Opera and Yu Opera。