大学英语四级翻译CET four.docx

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大学英语四级翻译CETfour

大学英语四级翻译（CETfour）

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AsummaryofthemethodsoftranslatingChineseintoEnglishatgradefour

I.briefintroductionofChinesetoEnglishtranslation

Inthenewtestofgradefour

Thepercentageoftranslationquestionswas5%

Itconsistsof5sentences

CandidatesarerequiredtotranslatepartofthesentencefromChineseintoEnglish

Itexaminesthecontentmainlyincludestwoparts

Thefirstistheexpressionofmeaninggroup

Twoissyntax

ThemaintestsitesinChinesetranslationare:

theuseoffixedstructure,theconversionofpartsofspeech,thetransformationofvoice,thetransformationbetweenlongandshortsentencesandtheappropriatenessofwordselection

Two,theChinesetranslationofEnglishsteps

Knowyourselfaswellastheenemy

Youcanfightahundredbattleswithnodangerofdefeat

Ifyouwanttoscorehighonthisnewtypeofquestion

Acandidatemustfirstthoroughlyunderstanditsformandrequirements

Findoutthepropositionofpeople'sideas

Reviewandpracticeaccordingly

TherearefivesentencesintheChineseEnglishtranslationofCETfour

EachsentenceismadeupofpartoftheChineselanguageandpartoftheEnglishlanguage

CandidatesarerequiredtotranslatepartoftheChineseintoEnglish

FormacompletesentencewiththeEnglishpartgiven

InviewofthecharacteristicsofthispartofthequestionsandthemistakesthatChinesestudentsoftenmakeintranslationtraining

WehavemadefourstepsfortheexamineestotranslateEnglishintoEnglish

（I）readthroughthewholesentence

Determinegrammaticalcomponents

TheChineseandEnglishpartsofChineseEnglishtranslationquestionsformacompleteunitofexpression

Youcan'tcutitapart

meanwhile

Becausethegrammaticalstructurebetweenthetwolanguagesisfarfromthegrammaticalstructure

CandidatesshouldnottranslateChinesedirectlyintoEnglish

It'saboutreadingthewholesentencefirst

DeterminethegrammaticalelementsinthewholeEnglishsentencethatrequirethetranslation

Forexample:

_____________________________________________（shelookedoutofthewindowtoalleyes）

She,told,US,that,our,friend,Tom,had,died,in,,the,air,crash.

ManystudentsseethattheChinesepartgivenisacompletesubjectpredicatesentence

ItwastakenforgrantedthatitwastranslatedintoasimplesentenceinEnglish

ButafterstudyingtheEnglishpartofthecommacarefully,we'llfindout

Thispartisthemainpartofthesentence

BecausethecommainEnglishdoesnotconnectthefunctionofthetwoclause

Thereisnoconnectivesbehindthecomma

Therefore,theunderlinedpartisnotasentence

It'sanadverbialmodifier

Fromthiswecansee

Wemustusenonpredicatestructureora-clause

Acceptableanswersinclude:

Keeping,her,eyes,fixed,of,the,window,Staring,out,of,the,win-low,With,her,eyes,fixed,out,the,window,Her,eyes,fixed,out,out,of,the,window,etc.

（two）reviewtense

Determinethemodeofexpression

Determinegrammaticalcomponentslater

Candidatesshouldreviewthetensesconsciously

Payspecialattentiontotheadverbialoftimeinthesentence

ComparethetensesoftheEnglishpartgiven

inaddition

YoushouldalsoinferthegrammarorvocabularyitemsthatthesubjectswanttotestaccordingtotheChinesemeaning

AvoidtranslatingChinesewordsintoEnglishmechanically

Forexample:

Sincewe'rehere________________________________（aswelookaround）.

First,readthroughthewholesentence

WefindthatSincewe'rehereisaconditionaladverbialclause

Itmeans"sincewe'rehere.""

Theunderlinedpartshouldbemade

Haveacompletesubjectpredicatestructure

ThenwebegantoanalyzeChineseexpressions

May/mightaswelldosth.istheEnglishexpressionthatisbetterthan（doing）

TheEnglishphrasecorrespondingto"lookaround"is"lookaround",andthewholesentenceusesthe"presenttense"

Sothecorrectansweriswe,may,as,well,look,around

（three）putpentoink

Makesurethespellingiscorrect

Aftercarefulconsideration

Arealtranslationjobbecomesmuchsimpler

Butspellingisabigproblemformanycandidates

Therefore,candidatesshouldtrytheirbesttochoosetheirownwordsandphrasesonthepremiseofensuringthekeystructureiscorrect

Suchas:

Bycontrast

Americanparentsweremorelikely（________________________attributethesuccessofchildrentonaturaltalent.）

Byanalysis,wecanseethat

Belikelytodosth."islikelytodo..."and"attributesth.tosb./anotherthing"willbeattributedtotheuseof...

Candidateswhoarefamiliarwiththetwopointscanmakeperfectanswerswithoutanyeffort

Butit'snoteasytowriteattributeandsuccesscorrectly

Thecorrectansweristo,attribute,their,children's,success,to

（four）reexamine

Confirmationsyntaxisreasonable

Atthetimeoftheexamination

TheexamineeshouldconfirmthatthepartofhistranslationandtheEnglishpartgivenbythetopicformagrammaticalsentencewhichiscorrectingrammarandclearinmeaning

Atthisstage

Candidatesshouldalsofocusontheinitialcapitalofletters,theuseofarticlesandpronouns,andthequestionofsubjectverbagreement

inshort

WhentranslatingChineseintoEnglish

Youshouldnotblindly

Candidatesshouldfollowthesefourstepsstrictlyintheirdailyexercises

Consciouslydevelopgoodtranslationhabits

Three,actualcombatdrills

Below

Wetakefournewtypesofquestionsintranslationasanexample

Explainthestepsandmethodsofsolvingthetranslationquestions

87.Thesubstancedoesnotdissolveinwater_______________________（whetherheating）.

[heating]heat;whetherornot-（no,matter）whether...Ornot

[connection]heatanditslogicalsubject,substance,needapassiveconnection

Thatis,heatplused

[optimize]whether（it,is）,heated,or,not.-payattention

Itiscanbeomitted

[comment]ifheated,or,not,putitatthebeginningofasentence

Whethercanalsobeomitted

88.Notonly___________________________（heoverchargedme）,buthedidn'tdoagoodrepairjobeither.

[charge]overcharging-overcharge,charge,too,much/high

[connection]theNotonlydeterminestheinversionoftheconnection

Thepasttenseisusedinthefollowing

therefore

Youneedtoadddidherebeforehe

[optimization]（Not,only）did,he,charge,too,much/high,me,/did,he,overcharge,me,...

[comment]ifyoucan'tfigureitout,useovercharge/chargetoomuchtomean"overcharging.""

Itcanalsodissolveitsmeaning

Expresswithask,for,too,much

Theanswercanbedid,he,ask,me,for,too,much

89.Yourlossesintradethisyeararenothing___________________________（comparedwithme）.

[compare]-compare（with）,in,comparison,with;mine-mine,my,losses

[connection]compareanditslogicalsubject,Yourlosses,needapassiveconnection

[optimization]...In,comparison,with,mine,orcomparedwithmine

You'dbetteruseprepositionalphraseshere

Ifyouusecomparedwithmine

Itismoreappropriatetoputitatthebeginningofthesentence

90.Onaverage,itissaid,visitorsspendonly___________________________（inahalfofthemoney）dayinLeedsasinLondon.

[halfof]half;money-money

[link]payattentiontotheasofthepost

Acomparativeword"as"isusedhere

Andaftertheas,youneedtoaddanadjectiveoradverb

[optimization]...Half,as,much,money

[comments]becausethere'sspendhere

Youcanomitmoneyhere,ifyouputasidethemeaningof"half"first

Easierto"resolve"theoriginaltext

First,"spendthesameamountofmoneyadayinLizasinLondon.""

Spend,as,much（money）,in,a,day,in,Leeds,,as,in,London

Thenadd"only"half

Inthisway,（only）halfcanonlybeplacedbeforeasmuch

91.Bycontrast,Americanmothersweremorelikely（_______________________________attributethesuccessofchildrentonaturaltalent.）

[children'ssuccess-children'ssuccess/successofthechildren;attributedto--attribute...To/owe...To

[connection]aftertheweremorelikelyabove,youneedtoconnecttoto

[optimize]to,attribute,their,children's,success/success,of,their,to,children,.....

[comment]"attributionto"canalsobetranslatedas"believe"thereasonis........"

Thatis,believe,that,their,children's,success,due,to,is/the,main,factor,,for,their,children's,success,is

Four,practicalChinesetranslationskills

Thefourtestisnotverydemandingfortranslation

Justaskcandidatestousewhatthey'velearned

Usingsometranslationskills

ExpressthemeaningofChineseinEnglishfluently

Thatistosay,"only""letter","Da"and"elegance"ofthethreetranslationstandardshavealreadybasicallymettherequirementsofthetwo

（a）theproperchoiceofwords

IntheChineseEnglishtranslationquestions

Candidatesshouldpayattentiontothechoiceofproperwords

Firstofall,trytoavoidoverlygeneralwords

Useitssubordinatewordsormoreexactwords

Forexample:

He,is,a,good,man.arenotasgoodasHe,is,a,kind-hearted,man.

And"heraisesashepherddog,"translatedas"Heraisedadog""

It'snotasgoodas"Heraisedashepherddog."

inaddition

Alsopayattentiontothechoicebetweensynonyms

Forexample,"He,runs,very,fast..""

And"He,gave,US,a,quick,answer.,""

（two）thecorrespondenceandtransformationbetweenChineseandEnglishsentencepatterns

SomeChinesesentencestructuresandmeaningscancorrespondtocertainsentencepatternsinEnglish

Iftheexamineecanusethesesentencepatternsappropriately

Canachievetwicetheresultwithhalftheeffort

Thesesentencestructuresusuallyappearinthecourseofeachless