专八英译汉分析.ppt

—评阅2003年TEM8英译汉试卷有感范武邱 张琦;何为本固方能枝荣？;2003年英译汉原文： 1） In his classic novel, “ The Pioneers”, James Fenimore Cooper has his hero, a land developer, take his cousin on a tour of the city he is building. He describes the broad streets, rows of houses, a teeming metropolis . 2)But his cousin looks around bewildered . All she see is a forest. “ Where are the beauties and improvements which you were to show me? ” She asks . Hes astonished she cant see them.. “ Where! Why everywhere, ” he replies . 3)For though they are not yet built on earth, he has built them in his mind, and they are as concrete to him as if they were already constructed and finished. 4) cooper was illustrating a distinctly American trait, future-mindedness ; the ability to see the present from the vantage point of the future; the freedom to feel unencumbered by the past and more emotionally attached to things to come . As Albert Einstein once said, “Life for the American is always becoming, never being. ”; 第一段侧重于考察学生的逻辑思维能力 第二段侧重于考察学生的汉语表达能力;B:《先锋们》是库珀的代表作,书中的主人公,一个开拓者,带着他的表妹在他自己正在建设的城市里观赏.他描绘了宽阔的街道,成排的房子,一个现代化大集团;;;(2)But his cousin looks around bewildered . All she sees is a forest. “ Where are the beauties and improvements which you were to show me? ” She asks . Hes astonished she cant see them.. “ Where! Why everywhere, ” he replies .; 分析： 1 此句的难点应该在Where!Why everywhere,因为按照常 理，why everywhere应表达为why not everywhere.;(2)But his cousin looks around bewildered . All she ses is a forest. “ Where are the beauties and improvements which you were to show me? ” She asks . Hes astonished she cant see them.. “ Where! Why everywhere, ” he replies .;3)For though they are not yet built on earth, he has built them in his mind, and they are as concrete to him as if they were already constructed and finished. ;分析： 1 很多学生将are not yet built on earth译为“尚未在土地上建成”！由此可看出我们的翻译水平还处于实践的初级阶段，不能识别汇的转义和搭配义 将“大地上建成”应翻译为“真正的建成”就符合转义 ;3)For though they are not yet built on earth, he has built them in