四级翻译练习

“中国制造”指在中国制造的商品所附的标签。由于中国有丰富的劳动力资源和原材料资源等优势，中国制造的产品物美价廉，受到世界各国的欢迎。中国的制造业迅速发展，“中国制造”已经成为一个在全球广受认可的标签。目前中国已经成为世界制造业的中心，被称为“世界工厂”。尽管全球大量的电子产品和鞋都是中国制造，但这些产品的设计都是在欧美国家完成的。如今越来越多的中国公司致力于开创自己的品牌，希望实现从“中国制造”到“中国设计”的转变。

参考翻译:

"Made in China" is a label attached to the products manufactured in China

Owing to the advantages of rich labor resources and raw material resources in China, products made in China are well-received in the world on account of their competitive price and superior quality.

"Made in China" has become a recognizable label in the world today thanks to the rapid development of the manufacturing industry in China.

At present, China has become the world’s manufacturing center and is named "World Work shop".

Although globally a great number of electronic products and shoes are made in China, all their designs are completed in European and American countries.

Nowadays a growing number of Chinese companies are devoting themselves to establishing their own brands, hoping to be transformed from "Made in China" into "Designed in China".

1.“由于中国有丰富的劳动力资源…”,可以使用owing to是“受到世界各国的欢迎”的原因，翻译时可以使用on account of引出理由，避免重复。

2.“中国的制造业迅速发展”与“‘中国制造’已经成为一个在全球广受认识的标签”是因果关系，为避免与前面表达原因的短语重复，可以使用短语thanks to...。

3.在“尽管全球大量的电子产品和鞋都是中国制造，但这些产品的设计都是在欧美国家完成的”中，“电子产品和鞋”是“制造”的受动者，“设计”是“完成”的受动者，故使用被动语态来翻译。

4.最后一句中“希望实现从‘中国制造’到‘中国设计’的转变”可使用现在分词作状语，译作hoping to betransformed from “Made in China”into “Designed in China”。“实现”一词可省略，把汉语原文中的名词“转变”译作动词transform，这样处理句子更简洁。

在这个信息爆炸的时代，大学生的阅读习惯变得碎片化、功利化。一项调查结果显示，许多大学生每日阅读不足1小时，而上网时间却超过了4小时。现在年轻人喜欢看一些“更实用的”书籍，如考试指导及职业指南。专家指出，碎片化、功利化阅读削弱了学生的思考以及分析能力。他们一再强调，学生应多去阅读人文作品以提升自身的审美品位(aesthetic taste)。

参考译文：

In an era of information explosion, college students are now reading in a fragmented and utilitarian manner. According to a survey, many

college students read for less than an hour every day, but spend more than four hours online daily. Young people nowadays like to read "more practical" books, such as guidance for exams and occupations. Experts pointed out that fragmented and utilitarian reading undermine students' ability to think and analyze. They insist that students read more humanity works to develop aesthetic taste of their own.

国家发展

腐败 corruption

证明prove

谋生 make a living

城市化 urbanization

商业化 commercialization

试验田 experimental plot

相当于 be equivalent to

企业家 entrepreneur

出口国 exporter

国内外 at home and abroad

共产党 the Communist Party

产业/工业industry

4000亿元400 billion yuan

25000美元 US$25000

公元100年100 AD

中国革命 Chinese Revolution

高速列车 high-speed trains

高铁 high-speeding rail

远洋船舶 ocean-going vessels

摆脱贫困 get rid of poverty

极端贫困 extreme poverty

中产阶级 middle class

贫困国家 poor countries

减少贫困 poverty reduction

提供救援 provide assistance

发展道路 developing path

经济特区 Special Economic Zone

城市人口 urban population

农村人口 rural population

以人为本 people-oriented