中國(guó)土地廣闊，人口眾多。盡管全國(guó)都講漢語(yǔ)，但是不同地區(qū)的人說(shuō)漢語(yǔ)的方式不同，這被稱為方言。方言一般被稱為地方話，是漢語(yǔ)在不同地區(qū)的分支，只在特定地區(qū)使用。漢語(yǔ)方言非常復(fù)雜。它們有以下三方面不同：發(fā)音、詞匯和語(yǔ)法。發(fā)音的區(qū)別最為顯著。2000多年前，中國(guó)人發(fā)現(xiàn)社交時(shí)應(yīng)該使用統(tǒng)一的語(yǔ)言。和方言相比，普通話(mandarin)能被所有人理解。普通話有利于不同種族、地區(qū)人民之間的信息傳遞和文化交流。

　　參考翻譯:

　　China has a vast land and a large population. Even though the Chinese language is spoken all over the country, people in different areas speak it in different ways, which are called dialects. Generally called local languages, dialects are branches of the Chinese language in different regions, and are only used in certain areas. Dialects of the Chinese language are very complicated. They differ from each other in three aspects: pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. And the difference in pronunciation is the most outstanding. Over 2,000 years ago, Chinese people realized that a common language should be used in social activities. Compared with dialects，mandarin can be understood by all people. It is beneficial to information transmission and cultural exchange between ethnic groups and people in different places.

　　翻譯詳解：

　　1.土地廣闊：可轉(zhuǎn)譯為名詞短語(yǔ)a vast land。vast是指“幅員遼闊的”，這里不能用wide。但是表示物體的寬度時(shí)可以用wide,比如：The river is 100m wide.(這條河寬100米。)

　　2.人口眾多：即“很多的人口”，可轉(zhuǎn)譯為名詞短語(yǔ)a largepopulation。

　　3.與...不同：可譯為differ from或be different from。

　　4.發(fā)音的區(qū)別最為顯著：可譯為The difference in pronunciation is the most outstanding。

　　5.有利于：可譯為be beneficial to。

　　6.信息傳遞和文化交流：可譯為information transmission and cultural exchange。

　　英語(yǔ)六級(jí)翻譯新題型練習(xí)：中國(guó)家庭教育

　　家庭教育問題自古以來(lái)就是人們關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)，但被作為一種學(xué)科進(jìn)行研究，在我國(guó)也只是近年來(lái)的事情。這是時(shí)代發(fā)展、人才需求、國(guó)民整體素質(zhì)提高所必須涉及的問題。有人曾把兒童比作一塊大理石，說(shuō)把這塊大理石塑造成一座雕像需要六位雕塑家：1.家庭;2.學(xué)校;3.兒童所在的集體;4.兒童本人;5.書籍;6.偶然出現(xiàn)的因素。從排列順序上看，家庭位列首位，可以看得出家庭在塑造兒童的過程中起到很重要的作用。

　　參考翻譯:

　　Since ancient times,family education has been the focus of people's attention,but it is only in recent years that it has been studied as a discipline in China.This is an inevitable issue relating to the development of the times,the demand of talents and the improvement of the overall quality of the nation.Someone once compared children to a piece of marble,saying that,to shape the marble into a statue,six sculptors are required: firstly,family,secondly,schools;thirdly,the group children belong to;fourthly,children themselves; fifthly,books;sixthly,occasional factors.Judging from the order,we can see family ranks first,which means femily plays a very important role in the process of cultivating children.

　　翻譯詳解：

　　1.這是時(shí)代發(fā)展、人才需求、國(guó)民整體素質(zhì)提高所必須涉及的問題：翻譯時(shí)可以適當(dāng)轉(zhuǎn)換，把“必須涉及的”轉(zhuǎn)換成“不可避免的”。另外，翻譯此類列舉的長(zhǎng)句時(shí)，要先抓住并譯出主干，然后依次翻譯各修飾成分即可。本句的主干是“這是必須涉及的問題”，故該句翻譯為This is an inevitableissue related to the development of the times,thedemand of talents and the improvement of theoverall quality of the nation.

　　2.把...比作：可譯為compare...to。compare with則表示“與...相比”，而do not compare with則表示“比不上...”。

　　3.把這塊大理石塑造成一座雕像需要六位雕塑家：可以適當(dāng)變通，譯成被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故本句可譯為to shapethe marble into a statue,six sculptors are required。

　　4.偶然出現(xiàn)的因素：可譯為occasional factors。

　　5.家庭位列首位：可譯為family ranks first其中rank first意為“排第一，名列第一，位居第一”。

　　6.在塑造兒童的過程中：可譯為in the process of cultivating children。“塑造”即“培養(yǎng)”，譯為cultivate。