英語六級翻譯基礎練習
古有絲綢之路,今有一帶一路,中國古代勞動人民曾在世界上作出許多偉大舉措,不論是考研英語還是四六級考試的翻譯多次涉及到中國文化,本次六級考試作文中的一篇是關于漢朝的成就。下面是這篇翻譯的參考譯文,供參考。
參考譯文
The han dynasty is one of the most significant dynasties in the history of China and it attained lots of remarkable achievements during the reign. The han dynasty is the first in opening its door to other cultures, with the foreign trade prosperous. The Silk Road exploited in han dynasty lead to the central and west part of Asia, even Rome. The schools of art also present a state of flourish, springing up lots of monumental works in literature, history and philosophy. The first dictionary in China was compiled and finished in 100 A.D., which not only contains nine thousand Chinese characters, but also offers paraphrases and examples of different writing skills. Science and technology also made much progress during this period. People invented water clock, sundials and the instruments that can predict the earthquake. The han dynasty witnessed four hundred years and went to doom because of governors’ decadent.
英語六級翻譯基礎練習:中國城市化
2011年是中國城市化(urbanization)進程中的歷史性時刻,其城市人口首次超過農村人口。在未來20年里,預計有3.5億農村人口將移居城市。如此規模的城市發展對城市交通來說既是挑戰,也是機遇。中國政府一直提倡“以人為本”的發展理念,強調人們以公交而不是私家車出行。它還號召建設“資源節約和環境友好型”社會。有了這個明確的目標,中國城市就可以更好地規劃其發展,并把大量投資轉向安全、清潔和經濟型交通系統的發展上。
參考譯文
The 2011 is a historic moment in Chinese urbanization process, when the urban population surpassed the rural population for the first time. During the next 20 years, it is estimated that about 350 million rural population will move to cities. Such large-scale of urbanization is both a challenge and an opportunity to the urban traffic. The Chinese government has always been advocating “people-oriented” developing concept, emphasizing that people should travel by buses instead of by private cars. It also calls for the construction of “resource saving and environment friendly” society. With this explicit goal, China can have a better-planned urbanization process, and therefore divert more investment to the development of safe, clean and economical transportation system.