2017年英語專八翻譯特訓題

英漢兩種語言在句法、詞彙、修辭等方面均存在着很大的差異，因此在進行英漢譯時必然會遇到很多困難，需要有一定的翻譯技巧作指導。下面，是小編爲大家搜索整理的2017年英語專八翻譯特訓題，希望能給大家帶來幫助!更多精彩內容請及時關注我們應屆畢業生考試網!

The old gentleman, however, seemed cheerful enough; and it was plain that he took an interest in the strangers, and wished to make their acquaintance. This was soon effected by the friendly waiter; and after a little talk the old man invited them to visit his villa and garden which were just outside the walls of the town. So the next afternoon, when the sun began to descend, and they saw in glimpses through door-ways and windows, blue shadows beginning to spread over the brown mountains, they went to pay their visit. It was not much of a place, a small, modernized, stucco villa, with a hot pebbly garden, and in it a stone basin with torpid gold-fish, and a statue of Diana and her hounds against the wall. But what gave a glory to it was a gigantic rose-tree which clambered over the house, almost smothering the windows, and filling the air with the perfume of its sweetness. Yes, it was a fine rose, the Conte said proudly when they praised it, and he would tell the Signora about it. And as they sat there, drinking the wine he offered them, he alluded with the cheerful indifference of old age to his love-affair, as though he took for granted that they had heard of it already.

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然而,這位老先生看起來心情非常愉快;顯然他對這兩位陌生人很感興趣，並願意與他們結交.在熱心的服務生的幫助下,他們很快相識了;短暫的交談之後，老人便邀請他們去他城牆外不遠的別墅與花園做客. 於是次日下午，夕陽西落,從開啓的門窗輕輕瞥去,他們看到,蘭色暗影已漸漸籠罩棕褐的山巒，他們便欣然動身。 那裏很平常,矗立着一座現代化小型別墅座，表面粉刷了一層灰泥。還有一座鋪滿鵝卵石的花園，園裏石砌水池中有幾尾金魚慵懶地遊動。靠牆的地方有一尊守獵女神及其獵犬的雕像。 但是使這小園生輝的是一顆巨大的玫瑰樹。樹已長過屋頂，幾乎完全遮住了窗戶。空氣中滿是玫瑰的芳香。 這株玫瑰的確不錯，聽了客人誇獎，伯爵得意地說。他還表示非常樂意把樹的來歷講給夫人聽。 於是他們坐在那裏，一邊飲酒，一邊聽他以老年人滿不在乎神情，愉快地提及他的那一段往日愛情，彷彿他相信他們對此一定早有耳聞

"The lady lived across the valley there beyond that hill. I was a young man then, for it was many years ago. I used to ride over to see her; it was a long way, but I rode fast, for young men, as no doubt the Signora knows, are impatient. But the lady was not kind, she would keep me waiting, oh, for hours; and one day when I had waited very long I grew very angry, and as I walked up and down in the garden where she had told me she would see me, I broke one of her roses, broke a branch from it ; and when I saw what I had done, I hid it inside my coat — so —; and when I came home I planted it, and the Signora sees how it has grown. If the Signora admires it, I must give her a cutting to plant also in her garden; I am told the English have beautiful gardens that are green, and not burnt with the sun like ours."

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那位小姐住在山後峽谷的對面.那是好多年以前了,當時我還年輕,常常騎馬去看她.路雖然很長,但是我騎得很快.夫人一定知道,年輕人都沒有耐心.而且,那位小姐非常不友好,總是讓我等,一等就是好幾個小時. 有一天,等了很久她也沒來,我非常生氣,在我們約定見面的花園裏走來走去.一氣之下便折了她的一棵玫瑰,只是從上面折了一根枝條下來.當我意識到自己做的事情之後,立馬把它藏在了外套裏.在回家之後,我便把它栽了起來.夫人都已看到了,它長成了現在這個樣子.如果夫人喜歡,我一定送你一枝栽在花園裏.我聽說英國的花園非常漂亮,總是綠幽幽的,不像我們這裏的園子,都快被太陽烤焦了

Tombs and temples of ancient Egypt follow the Nile well into Sudan. Driving southward from Cairo into the valley, I entered a landscape that owed little to the present era. For the next 1,800 miles the thin blue ribbon of the Nile, flowing slowly north, unwound over brown soil and green fields, some only a few yards wide, others as broad as an Iowa cornfield. At the edge of the fields, rising in dramatic hills or stretching flat to the horizon, lay the brown barren deserts. The road followed the course of the Nile, now passing through the fields, now drawing a black line separating them from the desert.

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尼羅河沿岸直到蘇丹境內很遠的地方，到處可以見到古埃及的墳墓和寺廟。我從開羅驅車南行，進入尼羅河河谷，這裏的景色還沒有受到多少現代的影響。從這裏再往前一千八百英里，尼羅河像一條細細的藍色絲帶，緩緩流向北方，沿途穿過棕色的土地和綠色的田野，這田地窄的不過幾碼，寬的.則趕得上美國伊阿華州的玉米地。田地外邊是寸草不生的棕色沙漠，有的地方突然隆起像是小山，有的地方則平平地伸向地平線。公路是順着尼羅河修築的，有時穿過莊稼地，有時像是劃的一條黑線，這邊是莊稼，那邊是沙漠。

　　漢譯英

在中國，最重要的節日是農曆新年。由於它是依據農曆而來，所以大約比陽曆新年晚了一個月。傳統上，中國新年節慶約持續一個月，但爲了不讓工作期間中斷太久，現在都已縮短爲一個星期左右。中國農曆年和西方陽曆年有些相似之處，譬如像大掃除、全家團圓。所有的債務都要還清，這樣新年纔有個新開始。與家人、朋友共享盛宴，街上有栩栩如生的舞龍舞獅表演。到處都聽得到爆竹聲。小孩子們收受裝了錢的紅包。

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The most important holiday in China is the Lunar New Year. Since it is based on the lunar calendar, it comes about a month later than the Western New Year. The Chinese New Year season traditionally lasts about a month . The period has now been reduced to a week or less. There are some parallels with the Western New Year: houses are cleaned thoroughly, for instance, and families all get together for the festivities. All debts must be paid off so that new year can be started with a fresh beginning. Feasts are enjoyed with family and friends, and there are lively dragon and lion dances in the streets. Everywhere there is the sound of fire cracker explosions. Children receive gifts of little red envelopes with money inside them.