英汉翻译练习

英汉翻译练习一、翻译下列句子，注意词义的选择1．Parliament will debate the nationalization issue next week．2．The Christmas issue of the magazine has a picture of carol singers on its cover．3．There is a new issue of stamps to commemorate the Royal wedding．4．His activities are so regular you could set your watch by him．5．She greeted her guests with a set smile．二、翻译下列句子，注意根据上下文及逻辑关系对斜体词作必要的引申1．There was no provocation for such an angry letter．2．Macdonald's had become an institution in his life in the last eight years．3．The trunk was big and awkward and loaded with books．But his case was a different proposition．4．It was regrettable that our appeal remains a dead letter．5．Such conduct is known in all languages as piracy．三、用增词法翻译下列句子1．After all preparations were made，the plane took off．2．I like the climate of San Francisco better than that of any other city where I have lived．It never snows，and even in July and August it rarely gets hot．3．Even if you work hard，you cannot finish it in a week．4．Some plants grow well in certain areas，but not in others，for they do not have the ability to adapt themselves to foreign climates．5．The power is strong enough to shatter complacency．四、用省略法翻译下列句子1．But it's the way I am ，and try as I might，I haven't been able to change it．2．Everywhere you can find new types of man and objects in new China．3．She laid her hand lightly on his arm as if to thank him for it．4．He shrugged his shoulders，shook his head，cast up his eyes，but said nothing．5．At long last，on June 6，1944，after the European war was basically decided and Hitler licked，the allies launched their long-delayed western front．五、用重复法翻译下列句子1．They would be very reluctant to postpone or cancel the meeting．2．We caught a glimpse of the leading horses and of a horseman vanishing through the rain．3．He broke all connections with his past，and with the old habits in every way．4．They had prepared for this test as carefully as they had for larger ones．5．But there had been too much publicity about my case．六、用转译法翻译下列句子1．They had often heard of elephants，but they had never seen one ；for，being blind ，how could they？2．A glance through his office window offers a panoramic view of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial．3．Since the advent of jet aircraft，travel has been speeded up．4．The application of electronic computers makes for a tremendous rise in labor productivity．5．He was a voracious reader，spending much of his days and evenings devouring books．七、翻译下列句子，注意名词性从句的翻译1．It was natural that now the conversation turned to the tragic events that had taken place a month before．2．It is well-known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much．3．Whatever he saw and heard on his trip gave him a very deep impression．4．He would remind people again that it was decided not only by himself but by lots of others．5．I made it clear to them that they must hand in their papers before 10o'clock in the morning．八、翻译下列句子，注意定语从句的翻译1．He liked his sister，who was warm and pleasant，but he did not like his brother，who was aloof and arrogant．2．The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth，which was wide，thin and hard set．3．On the desk was a carefully covered typewriter which she knew how to run，but used only for the most important documents．4．When I think of this rumor，hardly can I express the emotions which seize me．5．They redecorated the living-room，using a light modern paper which seemed to make the room bigger，and hung new curtains．九、把下列被动句子翻译成英语1．Once the price for the land is agreed on，we can go ahead with the building project．2．The bridge had been washed away by floods and the fields were covered by water．3．The Panama Canal was built at the cost of three hundred and fifty million dollars．4．It can be inferred that young mothers would try to keep their children away from the old because they didn't want their children to have anything to do with the old．5．Nowadays，the movement of a watch can be so precisely fixed and controlled that people can get very accurate time readings．十、把下列状语从句翻译成汉语1．Because he was convinced of the accuracy of this fact，he stuck to his opinion．2．Liquids are different from solids in that liquids have no definite form．3．Anyone may point out the shortcomings in our work no matter who he is．4．The murderer ran away as fast as he could，so that he might not be caught red-handed．5．We issued these instructions in writing，for fear that a spoken message might be misunderstood．十一、翻译下面的句子，注意数词的翻译1．In our area now the industrial output value is seven times that before the reform．2．The enemy's force trebles our own，but we have wiped out the enemy．3．The speed exceeds the average speed by a factor of5．5．4．The population of China now is again as great as that before liberation．5．The volume of the earth is 49times larger than that of the moon．十二、采用顺译、倒译、分译或综合等方法把下面长句翻译成汉语1．When I'm having trouble with a story and think about giving up，when I start to feel sorry for myself and think things should be easier for me，roll a piece of paper into that cranky old machine and type，word by painful word，just the way Mother did．2．My mind went numb when I saw the gun pointing against the window as we pulled out the garage：This cannot be happening to me．3．But we are much less conscious of the extent to which work provides the more intangible，but more crucial，psychological well-being that can make the difference between a full and an empty life．4．There is no doubt that the work and influence on John Ruskin and William Morris were theseeds that fertilized our spirit，that aroused out activity and brought about the complete renewal of ornament and the forms of decorative art．5．Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because it has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile．一、翻译下列句子，注意词义的选择1．议会将在下周讨论国有化问题。