2018年12月英语四级翻译全面解析（三篇全）

　　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 alarming rate / alarmingly 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 traditional newspapers. 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 the survey shows 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the rapiddevelopment 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smart phone users in China

　　中国智能手机用户数量 the number of smart phone 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 alarming rate / alarmingly(adv.“惊人地”修饰整个句子)

　　Due to the rapid development of communication networks, the number of smart phone 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。

　　处理成短语：阅读方式 reading way

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

　　This has dramatically changed the reading way of many people

　　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 smart phones】

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

　　They now often read news and articles on their smart phones instead of traditional newspapers.

　　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，句意其实就是指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+名词性短语 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.