英语翻译练习册.docx

1、英语翻译练习册翻译练习册英译汉练习I Sentences for Translation Diction1. Needing some light to see by, the burglar crossed the room with a light step to light the light with the light green shade. 2. I got on horseback within ten minutes after I got your letter. When I got to Canterbury, I got a chaise for town, but

2、I got wet through, and have got such a cold that I shall not get rid of it in a hurry. I got to the Treasury about noon, but first of all got shaved and dressed. I soon got into the secret of getting a memorial before the Board, but I could not get an answer then; however I got intelligence from a m

3、essenger that I should get one next morning.3. Accession shall be subject to approval of two-third vote of the Directors of the Governing Body.4. Subject to the fulfillment of other formalities, they shall be granted all necessary permits.5. Payments are subject to change in keeping with inflation.6

4、. Before it begins to work, the yeast is subject to disruption caused by fluctuations in temperature.7. Perhaps this is the very mechanism of the creators of our nation who hold these truths to be self-evident. 8. And, again as a result of the development of modern technology, mechanism in philosoph

5、y became an upstart.9. Under capitalism drug and alcohol are used by some as an escape mechanism.10. The two model variants of the socialist economic mechanism are to be distinguished from the point of view of market function.11. But people are apt to marvel at an ingenious mechanism and obliterate

6、the man who makes it.12. The mechanism of the process, slow and delicate , often escapes our attention.Conversion1. Such news was no joke.2. Her sighs made it clear she was unhappy.3. Every man is a fool sometimes, and none at all times.4. Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.5. He stood watching

7、 her go down the street with a slow, self-satisfied sway of her body.6. There is a limit to ones youth, but no limit to his wisdom. Draw on the limitless wisdom during the short span of youth.7. In the British system, a parliamentary election also determines who shall be Prime Minister, but the Amer

8、ican Constitution provides for separate election of President and Congress.8. She cast impatient glances at the footpath.9. We have decided to place a trial order for the following on the terms stated in your letter.10. Lower temperatures are associated with lower growth rate.11. Please let us know

9、if our terms are acceptable.12. Kindly give our claims your prompt attention and let us have your remittance in due course.13. The new contract would be good for 5 years.14. There are many wonderful stories to tell about the places I visited and the people I met.15. Today has seen the practical fulf

10、illment of the historic decision taken on 25 October 1971, when the General Assembly voted to restore to the Peoples Republic of China its lawful rights in this organization. Passive Construction1. Illnesses must be correctly diagnosed before they can be treated with medicine.2. Principles mean very

11、 little unless they are acted up.3. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.4. Their friendship was turned to enmity through idle gossips.5. We were informed that the damage had been caused by rough handling when the goods were being loaded on board the ship at the dock.

12、6. Buyers request for insurance to be covered up to the inland city can be accepted on condition that such extra premium is for buyers account.7. Chinese, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao, and foreign personnel of the company are requested to pay individual income tax in accordance with Chinese ta

13、x laws and regulations. Addition and Omission1. He made sincere apologies to each of the teacher.2. “Impossible” is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.3. We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.4. Children begin by l

14、oving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.5. Later, Churchill told me that such hesitations were really rare.6. Then I thanked my host and walked down the broad lawn, back to the meadow and the sparkling brook, where I lay on the grass and fell into a s

15、weet sleep.7. Lenin stressed that it is precisely the people who create history.8. It was for your benefit that we decided to return.9. She was sweet and amiable and kindly again.Division and Combination1. I am going to see my grandmother, who was ill in bed, to take her some butter and eggs and a f

16、resh baked cake that my mother has made for her.2. The cook turned pale, and asked the housemaid to shut the door, who asked Brittle, who asked the tinker, who pretended not to hear.3. But as the song surged up in increasing loudness, even the most timid lost their fear and joined in, and all the th

17、ings that King had said at the meeting in the ballroom, things that they hadnt believed or had only half believed, became suddenly and powerfully true.4. The Civil War, lasting four years and costing at least a million lives, civilian and military, was the most extensive war ever fought on the soil

18、of the New World, a war that proved to the planters in a revolutionary way that human beings in America could no longer be bought or sold, worked and killed at will to serve the profit of parasitic landowners. Negation1. She earns a good salary, so she shouldnt be badly off.2. Unless it goes hand in

19、 hand with science, democracy will have no future.3. To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.4. Let bygones be bygones.5. First catch your hare and then cook it.6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.7. This problem can never be taken too seriously.8. Dont be afraid of cal

20、ling a spade a spade even when it comes to your boss.9. In the absence of a settlement through negotiation, the case under dispute can be submitted to arbitration.10. As soon as you get the license, please dont fail to cable us.11. We regret our inability to accept your claim because the cases, when

21、 being loaded, left nothing to be desired.12. Some of our export commodities are still awash with problems: low technical nature, lower quality and grade.II. Texts for Translation1. British newspapersall of them some of the time, and some of them almost all the timebehave badly in two ways. They int

22、rude unnecessarily and often hurtfully into peoples privacy; and they publish inaccurate, sometimes madeup stories. The victims have little redress. If they are rich and the article is defamatory, they can sue for libel. Most cannot afford to do so, and even the rich cannot prevent an invasion of th

23、eir privacy. Fierce competition, particularly between tabloid newspapers, leads to more feet in more doors. 2. A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, and the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already were

24、partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the “industrialized world”. Today the majority of jobs in the United States, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service sector, and the number is on the r

25、ise. More women are in the workforce than ever before. There are more parttime jobs. More people are selfemployed. But the breadth of the economic transformation cant be gauged by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Longheld

26、 assumptions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relationship between individuals and employersall these are being challenged. We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years ago possibly could have foreseen the ways in

27、 which a single invention, the microchip, would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots. Tomorrows break through in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of

28、innovations. But one thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer literacy will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and

29、 write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of pursuing rote task will be valued above all else. 3. We all want every human being to be able to enjoy a reasonable standard of living, but conventional belief is that this can be achieved by economic development. The snag is t

30、hat you cannot have economic growth without further increasing the exploitation of natural resources. The worlds ecology is finite. It is an inescapable fact that longterm survival depends on keeping a balance between economic growth and the sustainable exploitation of the worlds dwindling natural r

31、esources. This is going to be difficult enough to achieve, but it will be quite impossible if the national and international aid agencies only invest in economic development, and leave the conservation of natural resources and help for population control to voluntary agencies. 4. There will be a cha

32、nge to cooler weather. Monday will be cloudy with some rain in the North and the West but sunshine and showers elsewhere. As a deep depression moves into northern Scotland on Tuesday rain will spread across all areas with strengthening winds. During Wednesday and Thursday it will be brighter with blustery showers, which could give some snow over Scottish mountains. By then it will be noticeably cooler and fresher in all parts of the country. Further rain and strong winds will continue into the weekend. 5. Wa