蒙古族牧民(Mongolian herdsmen)的生活方式很有特色。牧民們喜歡吃牛羊肉和奶制品，喜歡喝紅茶和磚茶。他們大多住在圓形的蒙古包(Mongolian yurt)里。蒙古包頂上開有天窗(skylight)，用來通風(fēng)和采光。蒙古族是一個(gè)能騎善射、能歌善舞的民族。每年七八月舉行的“那達(dá)慕”大會(huì)(theNadam Fair)，是蒙古族同胞—年一度的盛大節(jié)日。大會(huì)上有賽馬、摔跤、射箭比賽和精彩的歌舞表演。每逢盛會(huì)，人們都從四面八方趕來參加比賽、觀看表演，寧靜的大草原頓時(shí)變成了歡樂的海洋。

　　參考翻譯:

　　The lifestyle of Mongolian herdsmen is distinctive. Herdsmen like eating beef, mutton and dairy products and drinking black tea and brick tea. Most of them live in Mongolian yurt with a skylight for ventilating and lighting. Mongolian people are experts at horseback riding and shooting and skilled in singing and dancing. The Nadam Fair held in July or August every year is an annual grand festival for Mongolian people. There are horse racing,wrestling,archery contest and wonderful dancing and singing performances during the festival.During each Nadam Fair, people from different places come to compete and watch performances, instantly turning the quiet grasslands into a sea of pleasure.

　　翻譯詳解

　　1.蒙古族牧民的生活方式很有特色:作為段落的第一句，翻譯時(shí)一定要恰當(dāng)處理。這里譯者很靈活地把“很有特色”處理為be distinctive,表示跟其他民族不同，特色鮮明;另外，"牧民”還可以譯為shepherds。

　　2.紅茶和磚茶:不能想當(dāng)然地把紅茶譯為red tea,而是blacktea;我們對“磚茶” 可能也不太熟悉，磚茶是一種外形為長方體的緊壓茶，文中譯為brick tea，也可音譯為Zhuan Tea。

　　3.頂上開有天窗:采用介詞短語with a skylight，簡潔明了。

　　4.能騎善射、能歌善舞:中文為并列關(guān)系，英文也應(yīng)譯為并列的短句be expert at horseback riding andshooting and skilled in singing and dancing。

　　5.賽馬、摔跤、射箭比賽:可譯為horse racing, wrestling, archery contest。

　　6.歡樂的海洋:可譯為a sea of joy/pleasure。