英语四级翻译练习题：电子商务网站

　　目前在中国的网民中有80%的人经常浏览或有时浏览电子商务网站。价格相对较低的图书、音像制品、鲜花、礼品以及票务服务等是近期网上消费的主要热点。网民最常使用的网络服务是电子邮件，平均每位用户拥有2至3个账号。除此之外，人们越来越多地上网听音乐、看电影。而网民最反感的问题是网络病毒、弹出式(pop.up)广告和网络入侵。

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Eighty percent of China's net users frequently or occasionally visite-business websites. Less expensive merchandises, such as books, audio andvideo products, flowers and other gifts and ticket service now lead China'sonline consumption. The most frequently used Internet service is e-mail. Onaverage, each subscriber owns 2 to 3 e-mail accounts. Moreover, listening tomusic and watching movies online are becoming more popular. Aside fromInternet viruses, Internet suffers said they are most annoyed by pop-up ads andnet attacks.

英语四级翻译练习题：筷子历史

　　筷子(chopsticks)是中国古人发明的一种具有鲜明民族特色的进食工具(tableware)，是反映中国饮食文化特色的重要组成部分。中国人使用筷子的历史可追溯到商代，距今已有三千多年。筷子可谓是中国国粹，既轻巧又灵活，在世界各国餐具中独树一帜，被西方人誉为“东方的文明”。凡是使用过筷子的人，不论中国人或是外国人，都因其使用方便、物美价廉而赞叹不绝。

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Chopsticks, invented by ancient Chinese people, are a kind of tableware with distinct national features, being an important component that reflects the characteristics of Chinese diet culture. The history of using chopsticks in China dates back to the Shang Dynasty, more than3,000 years ago. Chopsticks, the quintessence of Chinese culture, whose lightness and flexibility develop a school of its own among various tableware all over the world, are praised as "Eastern Civilization" by the westerners. All those people who have ever used chopsticks, no matter Chinese or foreigners, marvel at their convenience, excellent quality and reasonable price.

英语四级翻译练习题：李白

　　李白是唐朝(the Tang Dynasty)的著名诗人。他和他的朋友杜甫是唐代中期中国诗歌繁盛时期最杰出的两位人物。他一生四处游历，写下了大约1000首诗篇。这些诗堪称是赞美友情、享受大自然和饮酒作乐的模板。他的诗浪漫、豪迈，想象力丰富。作为一个浪漫主义天才，李白把中国的传统诗歌形式推向了一个新的离度，对后世的诗歌产生了深远的影响。

　　参考译文

Li Bai was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. He and his friend Du Fu were the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty. He traveled around the country in his lifetime, composing about 1,000 pieces of poems which were models for celebrating the friendship, appreciating the nature and the joys of drinking wine. His poems are romantic with heroic style and rich imagination. As a romantic genius, Li Bai took traditional poetic forms to a new height and exerted a far-reaching influence on the poems of the future generation.

　　表达难点

1.第2句中的定语“唐代中期中国诗歌繁盛时期”的中心词是“繁盛时期”(in the flourishing)，“中国诗歌”是其定语，用介词短语of Chinese poetry来表达，时间范围较大的“唐代中期”(in the mid-Tang Dynasty)置于句末。

2.第3句中的“写下了大约1000首诗篇”用分词短语composing about 1,000 pieces of poems来表达，作状语。后一句以“这些诗”为主语，跟前一句关联较大，故将其处理成修饰前一句poems的定语从句，用 which引导。

3.第5句“他的诗浪漫、豪迈，想象力丰富”是中文的无动词句。翻译时，把“他的诗浪漫”转换为主干(his poems are romantic)，将“豪迈，想象力丰富”转换为状语，用介词短语with heroic style and rich imagination来表达。

4.最后一句可直译成并列结构，“推向……高度”用take…to a height来表达，“对……产生深远的影响”则用exerted a far-reaching influence oil…的表达方式。

　英语四级翻译练习题：微电影

2010年，微电影(micro film)《老男孩》(Old Boy)被贴在一个视频网站并大受欢迎。从此，微电影开始盛行。微电影的长度从3分钟到半小时不等。成本低廉，拍摄过程简单，这使得很多草根艺人(grassroots artist)得以有机会来拍摄。人们喜欢在线观看电视节目的偏好也为微电影的发展提供了绝佳的机会。在这个快节奏的社会里，微电影正好可以解决人们没有太多时间来娱乐的问题。

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In 2010, a micro film named Old Boy was posted on a video site and became very popular. From then on, micro films began to flourish. A micro film can last anywhere between three minutes to half an hour. Low cost coupled with easy. shooting procedure gives many grassroots artists oppoilmuties to make micro films. The preference for watching TV programs online offers a perfect opportunity for micro films. In this fast-paced society, micro films can tackle the problem of lack of entertainment time.

1.第3句“微电影的长度从3分钟到半小时不等”可直译为加length of micro film can last…，这样表达更简洁、更地道。“(时间上的)不等”可以用短语 anywhere between来表达。

2.第4句的成本低廉，拍摄过程简单可以译为low costcoupled with easy shooting procedure，侧重于强调成本低的事实。“这使得很多草根艺人得以有机会来拍摄”可套用句型give sb. an opportunity to do sth.来表达，谓语give要与主语low cost保持主谓一致，用单数形式。

3.preference for…为固定搭配，意为“偏好……”。倒数第2句的定语“人们喜欢在线观看电视节目的”即为偏好的具体内容，故可套用这个短语，表达为preference for watching TV programs online，此处可以根据上下文省译“人们”。“微电影的发展”中的“发展”一词也可省译。

4.最后一句的定语“人们没有太多时间来娱乐的”可直译为定语从句thatpeople don't have so much timefor entertainment，但不如用介词短语 of lack of entertainment time 来得简单。