从最近几年的英语四级翻译真题中我们不难看出,翻译目前考察的方向多偏向于社会经济、文化等方面,日常复习中我们也要提前储备一些常考话题材料。下面新东方网考研频道英语四级频道为大家整理了2017年6月英语四级翻译练习,希望对大家的备考有所帮助。
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
火锅中,重庆火锅(hotpot)最著名,也最受欢迎。重庆人认为以麻辣 (peppery and hot)著称的火锅是当地特色。人们喜欢围在用木炭(charcoal)、 电热或天然气加热的火锅旁边吃边聊美味和有营养的食物。人们可以选择辣汤、清汤以及鸳鸯(combo)锅底,再将肉片、鱼片、各种豆腐产品和蔬菜加进火锅,之后蘸上特制酱料即可食用。在寒冷的冬天里,吃火锅成为一件惬意十足的事情。
参考翻译:
Chongqing hotpot is the most famous and popularof all hotpots. In the eyes of people in Chongqing,hotpot noted for its peppery and hot taste is a localspecialty. People enjoy gathering around a hotpotheated with charcoal, electricity or natural gas and chatting over the delicious and nutritiousfood. You have a choice of spicy, pure or combo for the soup, into which you may add thin slicedmeat, fish, various bean curd products and vegetables, and dip them into a special sauce beforeeating. It is a very delightful experience to eat hotpot in the cold winter.
1.以…著称:可译为be noted for。noted作形容词,表示“著名的,显著的”,同样的搭配还有be noted as,表示“作为…而著名”。两个词组有区别,使用时需要注意。
2.当地特色:可译为local specialty。specialty可以表示“特产,招牌菜”。
3.选择:可译为have a choice of,表示“有…选择”。也可以用动词choose。
4.酱料:可译为sauce。
5.惬意十足的:即“令人愉悦的”,译为delightful或pleasing。