2018年12月英语四级翻译详解

　　Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer sheet 2.

　　由于通信网络的快速发展，中国智能手机用户数量近年来以惊人度增长。这极大地改变了许多人的阅读方式。他们现在经常智能手机上看新闻和文章，而不买传统报刊。大量移动应用程序的开发使人们能用手机读小说和其他形式的文学作品。因此，纸质书籍的销售受到了影响。但调查显示，尽管能手机阅读市场稳步增长，超半数成年人仍喜欢读纸质书.

　　【译文】

　　Due to the rapid development of communication networks, the number of smart phone users in China has grown /increased at an amazing rate / amazingly in recent years. This has dramatically changed the reading way of many people. They now often read news and articles on their smart phones instead of buying traditional newspapers and periodicals. The development of a large number of mobile applications enables people to read novels and literary works of other forms on their mobile phones. Therefore, the sale of paper books has been affected. But surveys show that although the mobile phone reading market grows steadily(despite the steady growth of the mobile phone reading market), more than half of adults still like to read paper books/enjoy reading paper books.

　　【解析】

　　1.由于通信网络的快速发展，中国智能手机用户数量近年来以惊人度增长。

　　因为、由于 because of / due to

　　通信网络的快速发展rapid development of communication networks(rapid 快速的)

　　中国智能手机用户数量近年来以惊人度增长 主干：数量增长

　　短语 ...的数量 the number of ... 中国智能手机用户smartphone users

　　中国智能手机用户数量the number of smartphone users

　　增长 grow /increase , 近年来，考虑到时态，应为现在完成时，变成 has grown /increased

　　以惊人的速度 at an amazing rate / amazingly (adv“惊人地”修饰整个句子)

　　Due to the rapid development of communication networks, the number of smartphone users in China has grown /increased at an alarming rate / alarmingly in recent years.

　　2.这极大地改变了许多人的阅读方式。

　　可以处理成短语也可以处理成从句：阅读方式 reading way

　　许多人的阅读方式 reading way of many people/the way many people read

　　This has dramatically changed the reading way of many people/ the way many people read

　　3.他们现在经常智能手机上看新闻和文章，而不买传统报刊。

　　主干：他们经常看新闻和文章【在智能手机——介宾结构处理】

　　They now often read news and articles 【on their smartphones】

　　而不买 可用短语“代替、替代”“instead of ”traditional newspapers and periodicals

　　They now often read news and articles on their smartphones instead of buying traditional newspapers and periodicals.

　　4. 大量移动应用程序的开发使人们能用手机读小说和其他形式的文学作品。

　　主干：程序的开发使人们读读小说和其他形式的文学作品【用手机——介宾】

　　大量移动应用程序的开发 名词修饰名词 前后倒置翻译The development of a large number of mobile applications

　　其他形式的文学作品 名词修饰名词 前后倒置翻译 literary works in/of other forms

　　The development of a large number of mobile applications enables people to read novels and literary works of other forms 【on their mobile phones】

　　5. 因此，纸质书籍的销售受到了影响。

　　因此 therefore

　　纸质书籍的销售 名词修饰名词 前后倒置翻译 the sale of paper books

　　受到了影响 被动句的用法 = 纸质书籍的销售被影响 (时态上理解是现在完成时的被动) has been affected.

　　Therefore, the sale of paper books has been affected.

　　6.但调查显示，尽管能手机阅读市场稳步增长，超半数成年人仍喜欢读纸质书.

　　调查显示 短语 according to 表示“根据” According to surveys,

　　宾语从句 Surveys show that....

　　后半句是although/though引导的让步状语从句

　　手机阅读市场稳步增长 处理成句子the mobile phone reading market grows steadily

　　Although the mobile phone reading market grows steadily,

　　或用despite+短语 Despite the steady growth of the mobile phone reading market

　　超半数成年人仍喜欢读纸质书

　　超半数 more than half of

　　喜欢纸质书的表述 like to read paper books/enjoy reading paper books.

　　仍然 still

　　more than half of adults still like to read paper books/enjoy reading paper books.