长难句的翻译
CATTI中级口译长难句翻译
CATTI中级口译长难句翻译中级口译长难句翻译1. The most thrilling e_planation is, unfortunately, a little defective. Someeconomists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have upended theold economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth andinflation.[参考译文] 很不幸,这最令人震惊的解释有一点缺陷.一些经济学家认为世界经济结构的强有力的变化已经结束了那个以经济增长和通货膨胀的历史关联为基础的旧的经济模式.2. The Aswan Dam, for e_ample, stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egyptof the fertile silt that floods left-all in return for a giant reservoir ofdisease which is now so full of silt that it barely generates electricity. [参考译文] 例如,阿斯旺大坝使得尼罗河不再洪水泛滥,但是它也夺去了埃及以前所享有的洪水留下的肥沃淤泥--这些换宋的就是这么个疾病滋生的水库,现在这个水库积满了淤泥,几乎不能发电了.3. New ways of organizing the workplace--all that re-engineering anddownsizing--are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy,which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment andmachinery, new technology, and investment in education and training,[参考译文] 企业重组的新方法--所有那些重新设计.缩小规模的做法--只是对一个经济的整体生产力做出了一方面的贡献.这种经济还受许多其他因素的驱动,比如结合设备和机械上的投资.新技术,以及在教育和培训上的投资.4. His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have appliedre-engineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without givingsufficient thought to long-term profitability.[参考译文] 他的同事迈克尔?比尔说,有太多的公司已经用一种机械的方式实行公司内部的重新设计,在没有充分考虑长期赢利的能力下削减了成本.5. Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such asThe Flight from S.cience and Reason , held in New York City in _95, and Science in the Age of (Mis) information, which assembled last June nearBuffalo.[参考译文] 科学卫士们在会议上也表述了他们的关注,比如_95年在纽约市举行的逃离科学与理性会议,以及去年6月在布法罗附近召开的 (错误)信息时代的科学会议.6. A survey of news stories in _96 reveals that the antiscience tag has beenattached to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated theelimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpo_ virus to Republicans whoadvocated decreased funding for basic research.[参考译文] 一项关于_96年新闻报道的调查显示,反科学的标签还可以贴在许多其他团体身上,从提倡消灭最后存留的天花病毒的权威机构,到鼓吹削减基础研究经费的共和党人(都被贴上了反科学的标签).7. The true enemies of science, argues Paul Ehrllch of Stanford University,a pioneer of environmental studies, are those who question the evidencesupporting global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and otherconsequences of industrial growth.[参考译文] 环境研究的先驱.斯坦福大学的保罗?厄尔里西认为,科学真正的敌人是那些对支持全球变暖.臭氧层损耗以及工业发展的其他后果的证据提出置疑的人.8. This development--and its strong implication for US politics and economyin years ahead--has enthroned the South as America s most densely populatedregion for the first time in the history of the nation s head counting. [参考译文] 这种发展--以及其对美国政治.经济在未来几年的潜在的强有力的影响一一使得南部在全国人口普查中有史以来首次成为美国人口最密集的地区.9. Often they choose--and still are choosing--somewhat colder climates suchas Oregon, Idaho and Alaska in order to escape smog.crime and other plagues ofurbanization in the Golden State.[参考译文] 他们常常选择--现在依然这样选择--居住在那些气候较为寒冷的地区, 比如俄勒冈.爱达荷,还有阿拉斯加,为的是逃避烟雾.犯罪,以及金州 (加利福尼亚)城市化进程中的其他问题.10. As a result, California s growth rate dropped during the _70 s, to _.5percent--little more than two thirds the _60 s growth figure and considerablybelow that of other Western states.[参考译文] 结果,加利福尼亚的人口增长率在20世纪70年代时下降到了_.5%一一稍高于60年代增长率的三分之二,大大低于西部其他各州.中级口译长难句翻译1. Unlike most of the world s volcanoes, they are not always found at theboundaries of the great drifting plates that make up the earth s surface; on thecontrary, many of them lie deep in the interior of a plate.[参考译文] 跟世界上的大多数火山不同的是,它们(热点)并不总是在由构成地球表面巨大漂流板块之间的边界上出现;相反,它们中有许多位于一个板块较纵深的内部.2. The relative motion of the plates carrying these continents has beenconstructed in detail, but the motion of the plates with respect to anothercannot readily be translated into motion with respect to the earth sinterior.[参考译文] 携带这些大陆板块的相对运动已经能够被详细地表述出来,但是这些板块相对于另一些板块的运动还不能轻易地解释为它们相对于地球内部的运动.3. As the dome grows, it develops seed fissures (cracks); in at leasta fewcases the continentmay break entirely along some of these fissures, so that thehot spot initiates the formation of a new ocean.[参考译文] 暂缺4. While warnings are often appropriate and necessary--the dangers of druginteractions, for e_ample--and many are required by state or federalregulations, it isn t clear that they actually protect the manufacturers andsellers from liability if a customer is injured.[参考译文] 尽管警告常常是适当而且必须的--比如对于药物相互作用的危险提出警告--许多警告还是按州或联邦政府规定要求给出的,然而(我们)并不清楚,如果顾客受到伤害时,这些警告是不是确实可以使得生产者和销售者豁免责任.5. At the same time, the American Law Institute--a group of judges, lawyers,and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight--issued newguidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers ofobvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones.[参考译文] 与此同时,美国法律研究所--由一群法官.律师和理论专家组成,他们的建议分量极重--发布了新的民事伤害法令指导方针,宣称公司不必提醒顾客注意显而易见的危险,也不必连篇累牍地一再提请他们注意一些可能会出现的危险.6. In the past year, however, software companies have developed tools thatallow companies to push information directly out to consumers, transmittingmarketing messages directly to targeted customers.[参考译文] 但是,在过去的一年间,软件公司已经开发出工具,使得公司可以直接将信息推出给顾客,直接把营销讯息传递给目标顾客.7. The e_amples of Virtual Vineyards, , and other pioneers showthat a Web site selling the right kind of products with the right mi_ ofinteractivity, hospitality, and security will attract online customers. [参考译文] 像Virtual Vineyards,这样的先驱网站表明,一个将交互性.热情服务和安全性合理结合以销售同类商品的网址是可以吸引网上客户注意的.8. An invisible border divides those arguing for computers in the classroomon the behalf of students career prospects and those arguing for computersinthe classroom for broader reasons of radical education reform.[参考译文] 有些人为了学生的就业前景为教室里放置电脑而辩,有些人为教育的彻底改革中更为广泛的理由为教室里放置电脑而辩,这两群人之间有一条无形的界线.9. Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a characterwho is incomplete if he cannot competently access how his livelihood andhappiness are affected by things outside of himself.[参考译文] 我们更应该具有的是作为美国公民的某种观念,这个公民人物如果不能很恰当地认识到自己的生存和幸福是如何受到自身之外的事物的影响,那么其公民特征就是不完整的.10. Besides, this is unlikely to produce the needed number of every kind ofprofessional in a country as large as ours and where the economy is spread overso many states and involves so many international corporations.[参考译文] 另外,在我们这么一个大国里,经济延展到这么多的州.涉及到这么多的国际公司,因而要按照数量培养出所需的各类专业人员是不大可能的.中级口译长难句翻译1. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches,right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attackedthe bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turnback.[参考译文] 一些机构终于松了一口气,但是其他一些机构,包括教堂,倡导生命之权的团体和澳大利亚医学协会,尖锐地抨击这个法案,指责法案的通过过于匆忙.但是大势已定,不可逆转.2. In Australia- where an aging population, life-e_tending technology andchanging community attitudes have all played their partother states are going toconsider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.[参考译文] 在澳大利亚--人口老龄化,延长寿命的技术和变化看的社会态度,这些因素都在发挥作用一一其他的州也会考虑制定相似的关于安乐死的法律.3. There are, of course, e_ceptions. Small--minded officials, rude waiters,and ill mannered ta_i drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is anobservation made so frequently that it deserves comment.[参考译文] 当然,例外是存在的.在美国,心胸狭窄的官员,粗鲁的传者,和没有礼貌的出租车司机也并不少见.然而人们常常得出这样的观察意见,这使得它值得被讨论一下.4. We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances(drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable,coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.[参考译文] 我们生活在一种药品(毒品)的医学用途和社会用途都很广泛的社会里: 一片用来止头痛的阿斯匹林,一些用来社交的葡萄酒,早上自己提提神所喝的咖啡,一支用来定神的香烟.5. Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance, with more and moreof the substance required to produce the desired effect, and then by theappearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance isdiscontinued.[参考译文] 对药品的依赖性首先表现为不断增长的耐药量,要产生想得到的效果所需要的药品剂量越来越大,然后表现为当停止用药后,令人不快的停药症状的出现.6. Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers? SenatorRobert Dole asked Time Warner e_ecutives last week. You have sold yoursouls,but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?[参考译文] 上星期参议员罗博特多尔质问时代华纳公司的高级管理人员们:难道这就是你们希望能够成就的事业?你们已经出卖了自己的灵魂,但是难道你们还非要腐化我们的国家,威胁我们的孩子们吗?7. The test of any democratic society, he wrote in a Wall Street Journalcolumn , lies not in how well it can control e_pression but in whether it givesfreedom of thought and e_pression the widest possible latitude, howeverdisputable or irritating the results may sometimes be...[参考译文] 对任何一个民主社会的考验, 他在《华尔街杂志》的一个专栏文章中写到, 不在于它能够多有效地控制各种意见的表达,而在于这个社会是否能给予思考和表达的尽可能广泛的自由,不管有时候这种结果是多么的富有争议或令人不快…8. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month s stockholdersmeeting, Levin asserted that music is not the cause of society s ills and evencited his son, a teacher in the Bron_, New York, who uses rap to communicatewith students.[参考译文] 在-上个月的股东大会上关于摇滚歌词的讨论中,莱文宣称说: 音乐不是社会问题的原因 ,他甚至还以他的儿子为例.他的儿子是纽约州布朗克斯的一个教师,并用说唱音乐与学生们进行沟通.9. Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as steeringthe economy to a soft landing of a touch on the brakes , makes it sound likea precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth.[参考译文] 有很多用于描述货币政策的词汇,例如轻踩刹车以操纵经济软着陆 ,使货币政策听起来像是一门精确的科学.没有什么比这更远离实际情况的了.10. Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflationfigures in Britain and the United States, since, conventional measures suggestthat both economies, and especially America s, have little productive slack.[参考译文] 经济学家们对英国和美国的有利的通货膨胀数据尤其感到惊讶,因为传统的计量方法显示两国的经济,特别是美国的经济,几乎没有生产萧条的时候.catti二级口译试题及解析学习也是快乐的,因为你学习了许多知识,今天小编给大家带来了catti二级口译试题及解catti二级口译试题及解析分享学习也是快乐的,因为你学习了许多知识,今天小编给大家带来了catti二级口译试题及解_年翻译资格考试二级口译习题精选篇努力和效果之间,永远有这样一段距离.今天小编给大家带来了_年翻译资格考试二级口_下半年年翻译资格考试二级口译习题精选努力和效果之间,永远有这样一段距离.今天小编给大家带来了_年翻译资格考试二级口。
研英长难句翻译真题词汇详解：(37)
研英长难句翻译真题词汇详解：（37）
长难句：it’s not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.
重点词汇：visualize，elude
■答案■
1、长难句：有些问题连一些最杰出的诗人和哲学家都难以回答，但是想象物体和计算数字模式的能力却能使人找出答案，其中原因并不为人所知。
分析：这是一个简单句，it只是形式主语，真正的主语是how引导的主语从句。
而在主语从句中，主语是the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns，谓语是suits，宾
语是one，to answer questions是宾语补足语，而questions后又跟了一个定语从句。
经典托福阅读长难句翻译
1. Accordingto conventional theory， yawning takes place when people are bored or sleepy andserves the function of increasing alertness by reversing， through deeperbreathing， the drop in blood oxygen levels that are caused by the shallowbreathing that accompanies lack of sleep or boredom.【译文】根据传统的理论，当人们无聊或者困倦的时候，打哈欠会出现。
打哈欠通过深呼吸来逆转血液中氧含量的降低，从而的起到提高警觉的功能。
而血液中氧含量的降低是由浅呼吸导致的，而浅呼吸又伴随着缺觉或无聊。
2. The keyfactor in the success of these countries （along with high literacy， whichcontributed to it） was their ability to adapt to the international division oflabor determined by the earlyindustrializers and to stake out areas ofspecialization in international markets for which they were especially wellsuited.【译文】这些国家成功的关键因素（促成这个因素的是高识字率）是他们有能力适应由早期的工业化国家决定的劳动力国际分工并占领了他们特别适合的国际市场中的专业化领域。
3. In the second case， pollinators（insects， birds） obtain food from the flowering plant， and the plant has itspollen distributed and seeds dispersed much more efficiently than they would beif they were carried by the wind only.【译文】在第二个案例中，传粉者（昆虫和鸟）从开花植物中获取食物，而植物也使得它们的花粉和种子相比于只通过风传播的更加高效。
考研英语长难句分析详解含翻译go
考研英语长难句分析详解含翻译1、Nothing worth having comes easy.It will test if you really deserve what you want.You have to show them that you are more than worthy for it.If something comes easy, then maybe it’s not for you.Easy come, easy go.有价值的事物不会轻易得到，它会考验你是否值得拥有它。
你需要证明自己完全值得所渴望的一切，如果事情来得太容易，未见得真属于你，因为来得容易去得快。
2、The quieter you become, the more you can hear.You have to settle down and listen to the voices around you.Make use of them to improve and learn.And most importantly, don't forget to listen to your heart.你的心越安静，越能听到更多，安住身心，倾听身边所有的声音，通过倾听学习和提升自己，最重要的，记得谛听自己的心声。
3、Life is not a race, it is a battle.We have different battle to take on in our lives.Struggles and problems to solve.We just have to figure out that it is the foundation of our strength.That we will be ourselves after winning the battle.生活不是一次比赛，而是一场战役。
考研英语长难句翻译真题词汇详解
考研英语长难句翻译真题词汇详解考研英语长难句翻译真题词汇详解引导语：下面是店铺整理的关于考研英语长难句翻译的解题技巧和方法，大家认真看看哦!(1)长难句：there is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse,and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture.重点词汇：democratize uniformity discourse casualness deference■答案■1、译文：(美国社会出现)“服饰和话语趋于平民化的一致，随意和尊重的缺失”，这样正是通俗文化的特点。
分析：注意句子的表语是引号中的句子成分，表语实际是三个内容：the democrat-izing uniformity,the casualness和absence of deference。
形容词短语(characteristic of popular culture)是表语的后置定语。
对此句的理解在很大程度上取决于对单词的理解。
2、democratize意为“民主化”，本句中意为“平民化”。
uniformity意为“相同，一致”。
since then,the nation has sought uniformity in education to expand opportunities to all students.(自那时起，国家就致力于向所有的学生提供相同的教育机会。
) discourse表示书面和口头的表达，因此一般译成“话语”，语言学的说法是“语篇”。
casualness表示随意的态度、举止、穿着等。
deference意为“顺从，尊重”。
in deference to my friend and colleague dr. b-rundtland,i won‘t show those slides at this symposium.(为了以示对我的朋友和同事布伦特兰博士的尊重，我就不在这次研讨会上播放那些幻灯片。
考研英语长难句翻译：经典一百句
1. The American economic system is, organized around a basically private-enterprise, market- oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most.[参考译文] 美国的经济是以基本的私有企业和市场导向经济为架构的，在这种经济中，消费者很大程度上通过在市场上为那些他们最想要的货品和服务付费来决定什么应该被制造出来。
2. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.[参考译文] 因此，在美国的经济体系中，个体消费者的需求与商人试图最大化其利润的欲望和个人想最大化其收入效用的欲望相结合，一起决定了什么应该被制造，以及资源如何被用来制造它们。
3. If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product.[参考译文] 另一方面，如果大量制造某种商品导致其成本下降，那么这就有可能增加卖方和制造商能提供的供给，而这也就会反过来降低价格并允许更多的消费者购买产品。
关键长难句200及翻译(整合篇 )
1. W earing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.1、系好安全带能够挽救性命，它能将丧生和重伤的概率减少一半以上。
2. But it will be the driver‘s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.2、但是司机有责任确保14岁以下的孩子不要坐在前排，除非他们系好了安全带。
3. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a localdelivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it.3、当然，如果有以下情况你可以不系安全带：你在倒车时，或者你用一种特殊交通工具进行当地的货物运送、收集时，或者你有合法的医学证明你不能系安全带时。
4. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.4、注意你如果不这么做（系安全带）的话，你有可能被告上法庭，而且你有可能被处以罚款除非你能证明你有不带安全带的理由。
长难句翻译
1. The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.(2014,T1，英语一)英国的福利原则不再是，你可以为自己的失业投保，并在灾难发生时获得无条件的赔偿。
2. The court has ruled that police don’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. (2015,T2，英语一)法院裁定，警察在没有搜查令的情况下搜查被捕者的钱包或皮夹，不违反《第四条修正案》。
3. It was specifically to provide city dwellers with spaces for leisure where they could experience “a refreshing air”. (2016,T1，英语一)它专门为城市居民提供休闲空间，让他们体验“清新的空气”。
4. Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago’s O’Hare International.(2017,T1，英语一)此后，加强的安全措施，加上经济好转和油价走低带来的航空旅行增加，导致了芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场等主要机场出现了长时间的等待。
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如何对英语长句进行分析。
一般来说。
造成长句的原因有三方面：(1)修饰语过多；(2)并列成分多；(3)语言结构层次多。
在分析长句时可以采用下面的方法：(1)找出全句的主干――主语、谓语和宾语，从整体上把握句子的结构，使句子简洁化。
(2)找出句中所有的谓语结构、非谓语动词、介词短语和从句的引导词。
(3)分析从句和短语的功能，例如，是否为主语从句，宾语从句，表语从句等，若是状语，它是表示时间、原因、结果、还是表示条件等等。
(4)分析词、短语和从句之间的相互关系，例如，定语从句所修饰的先行词是哪一个等。
(5)注意插入语等其他成分。
(6)注意分析句子中是否有固定词组或固定搭配。
下面我们结合一些实例来进行分析：例：(1)(The union leaders)(declared)(that the ultimate aim of their struggle was to increase pay and improved working conditions for the workers.)不难看出在这些括号里的词就是句子的主语、谓语、宾语。
句子可以简化为The union leadendeclared+that clause结构。
抓住句子的主干后翻译时可先译主干部分。
译成“工会领导人宣称……”再继续分析。
我们知道该句共有三个谓语结构，它们的谓语动词分别为declared,was to increase pay,improved，这三个谓语结构之间的关系为：The union leaders declared+that clause结构主句，was to in-crease pay,improved，是宾语从句中的并列谓语。
在做了如上的分析之后，我们就会对该句具有了一个较为透彻的理解，然后根据我们上面所讲述的各种翻译方法，就可以把该句翻译成汉语为“工会领导人宣称，他们举行罢工的最终目的是增加工人工资，改善工作条件”。
例(2)The pictures that linger in his mind,called up in amoment by such sensations as the smell of roses or of new mownhay,are of a simpler nature.很显然，斜体词部分The pictures.are,of a simpler nature这些词是主语，系词，表语，就是句子的主干。
这个句子是主、系、表结构。
通过对句子的分析，我们可以清楚地把这个长的句子简洁化译成“…图画简洁自然”。
再继续分析，斜体词pictures后的词that引起了一个定语从句，同时还作了定语从句的主语，从句中的谓语是linger。
该句共有二个谓语结构，它们的谓语动词分别为：linger,is,而called up 为分词短语，其它词还有介词短语等都作为状语修饰linger。
这个句子译成汉语为：“那些闻取玫瑰花香或新鲜干草的气息，便会猛然闯入记忆萦绕心头的画面，其实并不复杂。
”这里我们将简洁明了转译为“并不复杂”使句子更符合汉语习惯。
翻译这样带有定语从句的复杂句子感到困难的根本原因在于汉语的定语结构局限性。
它在形式上虽然很接近英语的定语从句，其载荷能力却相差很大，在翻译时要特别注意。
再看一个含有定语从句的句子。
例(3)Before I knew it,I had begun my career in business-a time in my life that I feel was wasted.在这个句中，before引起了时间状语，主句为I had begun my career in business-a time in my life that I feel waswasted。
主句中含有一个插入成分a time in my life that I feelwas wasted，还出现了that引起的定语从句，分析清楚复杂句子结构形式，句子可以为：“在我了解其真正含义前，我就开始了我的经商生涯――我认为，那是我一生当中的蹉跎岁月”。
例(4) For a family of four,for example, it is more convenient as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home. with almost unlimited entertainment available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere.(85年考研试题)分析：该句中共有三个谓语结构，它们之间的关系为：itis more convenient as well as cheaper to…为主体结构，但it是形式主语。
真正的主语为第二个谓语结构：to sit comfort-ably at home,并与第三个谓语结构to go out in search of a-musement elsewhere作比较。
例(5)Although some experiments show that.as an object becomes familiar.its internal representation becomes more holis-tic and the recognition process correspondingly more parallel,the weight of evidence seems to support the serial hypothesis.at least for objects that are not notably simple and familiar.分析：在Although引导的分句中，谓语shows后面跟着一个长长的宾语从句，从句中先出现一个插入语as an object becomesfamiliar，之后的内容是由and 连接的两套并列的主谓宾。
其实and前后就是两个句子，只不过作者省略了后面的句子中与前面相同的引导词that和谓语become。
例句译为；“虽然某些实验表明，随着一个物体变得熟悉起来，其内心再现图像亦更具整体感，辨认过程相应地更趋于平行，但证据的砝码似乎在支持序列假设，至少是对于那些不甚简单、不甚熟悉的物体来说也是这样。
”在句子中采用了复杂修饰、插入语、省略等。
句子中有一个生词holistic，其实即使不认识，也能用合理化原则猜出它是后面serial的反义词、parallel的同义词，大约是统一、完整或同时的意思；其实只要能理解到其是与serial 相反的意思即可。
综合上述翻译方法，这个句子我们可以翻译为“譬如，对于一个四口之家来说，舒舒服服地在家中看电视，就能看到几乎数不清的娱乐节目，这比到外面别的地方去消遣又便宜又方便”。
英语习惯于用长的句子表达比较复杂的概念，而汉语则不同，常常使用若干短句，作层次分明的叙述。
通过对上述句子的分析，我们学会把长难句子简洁化，但只会分析句子是不够的，还需要采用正确的方法进行翻译，才能使英语长难句成为与汉语语言相符的句子。
因此，在进行英译汉时，要特别注意英语和汉语之间的差异，将英语的长句分解，翻译成汉语的短句。
在英语长句的翻译过程中，我们一般采取下列的方法。
1．按顺序直译法翻译。
当英语长句的内容的叙述层次与汉语基本一致时，可以按照英语原文的顺序翻译成汉语。
例：For instance,following the huge floods of 1998,(the govern-ment)(prohibited)(logging)in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in order to protect forests and reduce flood dangers，在例句中我们看到括号中的词语是句子的主干部分，for…,following…,in the upper…到句末这些词语都是状语部分是对整个句子进行补充，修饰的。
分析完句子后再采用顺序法进行翻译，全句可译成“例如，在1998年特大洪水过后，为了保护森林和减少水患，政府明令禁止在长江上游伐木”。
2．按语意倒序法翻译。
英语有些长句的表达次序与汉语表达习惯不同，甚至完全相反，这时必须从原文后面开始翻译。
例：Aluminum remained unknown until the nineteenth cen-tury.because nowhere in nature is it found free.owing to its al-ways being combined with other elements,most commonly withoxygen.for which it has a strong affinity.分析：这个句子由一个主句，两个原因状语和一个定语从句组成，“铝直到19世纪才被人发现”是主干句，也是全句的中心内容，全句共有四个谓语结构，按照汉语的表达习惯通常因在前，果在后，这样，我们可以逆着原文的顺序按汉语语义将该句翻译成“铝总是跟其他元素结合在一起，最普遍的是跟氧结合；因为铝跟氧有很强的亲和力，由于这个原因，在自然界找不到游离状态的铝。
所以，铝直到19世纪才被人发现”。
原文链接：3．按句意以分句方式翻译。
有时英语长句中主语或主句与修饰词的关系并不十分密切，翻译时可以按照汉语多用短句的习惯，把长句的从句或短语化成句子，分开来叙述，为了使语意连贯。
有时需要适当增加词语。
例：All they have to do is press a button, and they can see plays,films,operas,and shows of every kind,not to mention po-litical discussions and the latest exciting football match.(考研题)例句译为：“他们所必须做的只是按一下开关。
开关一开，就可以看到电视剧、电影、歌剧，以及其他各种各样的文艺节目。
至于政治问题的辩论、最近激动人心的足球赛更是不在话下。
”4．直译法，意译法综合使用翻译。
事实上在翻译过程中，翻译一个英语长句时。
并不只是单纯地使用一种翻译方法，而是要求我们把各种方法综合使用。
这在我们上面所举的例子中也有所体现。
尤其是在一些情况下，一些英语长句单纯采用上述任何一种方法都不方便时，这就需要我们的仔细分析，或按照时间的先后，或按照逻辑顺序，顺逆结合，与汉语语意结合，主次分明地对全句进行综合处理，才能把英语原文翻译成通顺流畅，忠实汉语习俗的句子。