摘要:希賽網(wǎng)考研英語頻道為大家分類整理2020年考研英語二真題及答案解析。
Section II Translation
46. Directions:
Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)
It’s almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure. But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it’s entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.
We can choose to see failure as “the end of the world”. Or, we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is. Every time we fail at something, we can choose to look for the lesson we’re meant to learn. These lessons are very important; they’re how we grow, and how we keep from making that same mistake again. Failures stop us only if we let them.
Failure can also teach us things about ourselves that we would never have learned otherwise. For instance, failure can help you discover how strong a person you are. Failing at something can help you discover your truest friends, or help you find unexpected motivation to succeed.
【Section Ⅲ 答案解析】
參考譯文:
人的一生幾乎不可能不經(jīng)歷某種失敗。但是,失敗的妙處就在于,完全由我們來決定如何看待它。
我們可以選擇將失敗看作是“世界末日”?;蛘呦褚酝粯?,把它看作令人難以置信的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷。每當(dāng)我們在某件事上失敗時,我們會選擇尋找應(yīng)學(xué)習(xí)的教訓(xùn)。這些教訓(xùn)非常重要;他們教會我們?nèi)绾纬砷L,如何避免再次犯相同的錯誤。如果失敗阻止我們前進(jìn),那么條件就是我們允許它的發(fā)生。
失敗還可以教會我們認(rèn)識自己,那是我們在別處永遠(yuǎn)無法學(xué)習(xí)到的。例如,失敗可以幫助你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的能力。失敗可以幫助你發(fā)現(xiàn)最真實的朋友,或者幫助你找到預(yù)料之外的成功動力。
【解析】
一、總述
考題文章來自于知名網(wǎng)站Mind Tools上一篇名為“Overcoming Fear of Failure:Facing Your Fear of Moving Forward”一文。文章略有刪減,總詞數(shù)151詞,共3段,10句話。題目難度適中,題材常規(guī),符合英語二翻譯歷年的考題規(guī)律。相似題材的文章曾經(jīng)考過,如2010年“承受力”這篇文章??碱}貼近生活,總體難度較低,考生可從容應(yīng)對,個別語句較為抽象,略有難度,下面進(jìn)行解析。
二、難句剖析
1.【原文】But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.
【分析】本句話易于簡單,由主句加上that引導(dǎo)的表語從句構(gòu)成,表語從句中嵌套這how引導(dǎo)的賓語從句。其中,the wonderful thing about failure 可以理解為“失敗的妙處”,be up to sb.表示“取決于某人”;it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it可以理解為“完全由我們來決定如何看待它”,把無靈主語it譯成有靈主語“我們”,更符合漢語習(xí)慣。
【譯文】但是,失敗的妙處就在于,完全由我們來決定如何看待它。
2.【原文】Or, we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is.
【分析】本句話由主句和that引導(dǎo)的定語從句構(gòu)成。其中,look at failure as the learning experience需要注意措辭,incredible是形容詞,最常見的意思是“不能相信的”,但也有“難以置信的、極大的、極好的”之意;結(jié)合語境,翻譯成“難以置信的”較為通順,因此這半句話可理解為“把它看作令人難以置信的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷”,為避免上下文重復(fù),可將failure譯成代詞“它”。
【譯文】或者像以往一樣,把它看作令人難以置信的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷。
3.【原文】Failures stop us only if we let them.
【分析】本句由主句和only if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語構(gòu)成,only if基本的詞義為“只要……就,只是在……的時候,只有”的意思,也有“除了”的含義。本句考點之一在于狀語從句翻譯時需要前置,其二在于選取only if符合語境的詞義。
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