2022年6月英语四级翻译练习题:毛笔 毛笔(brush pen)是中国传统的书写工具和绘画工具中国人使用毛笔写字作画的历史已有数千年之久,历有秦代蒙恬造笔的传奇笔头(nib)多用动物毛发制成,比方兔毛、羊毛、狼毛等等,笔杆(penholder)多用竹子由于社会经济文化的需求,毛笔已经渐渐被其他书写工具取代,成为保藏和鉴赏的古玩现在,用毛笔写字和作画仍旧是很多儿童和中老年人的爱好,由于它可以安静心情、强身健体毛笔是中国书法(calligraphy)和绘画中必不行少的元素 参考翻译: The brush pen is a traditional Chinese tool ofwriting and painting. Chinese people have used thebrush pen to write or paint for thousands of years.There is a legend about Meng Tian’s creation of thebrush pen in Qin Dynasty. The nib of a brush penis made of the hair of an animal, say, the rabbit, the sheep, the wolf, etc. The penholder isoften made of bamboo. Because of the requirement of social economy and culture, the brushpen has been replaced by other writing tools, and has become an antique for collection andappreciation. Now it is still a hobby of many children and elderly people to write or paint witha brush pen, for it can make people calm, strong and healthy. The brush pen is anindispensable element in Chinese calligraphy and painting. 1.其次句“中国人使用毛笔…的传奇”表达起来比拟简单,可以译成两个句子。
前一句说明中国人使用毛笔的历史之久,后一句说蒙恬造笔的传奇这样可避开表达不清而出错 2.“历有秦代蒙恬造笔的传奇”中的“历”处在主语的位置,但是从规律关系来看,它不是“有”的施动者,本句缺少施动者,因此译文应使用there be句型历”可以不翻译,由于“秦代”这个时间状语已经包含“历”的意思 3.第五句“现在,用毛笔…”中的主语是“用毛笔写字和作画”,在翻译时,为了避开头重脚轻,译文采纳了it作形式主语,将真正主语to write or paint with a brush pen放在后面,这样更符合英文的表达习惯 4.第五句中的“安静心情”是两个词,但在翻译中,用calm—个词表达即可,由于calm本身暗含了“心情”的意思。