2018年12月英语四级翻译真题答案及解析(手机阅读篇)
【真题】
【译文】
Withtherapiddevelopmentofthecommunicationnetwork,thenumberofChinesesmartphoneusershasincreasedatasurprisingspeedinrecentyears,whichhassignificantlychangedthewayformanypeopletoread.Nowadays,theyoftenreadnewsandarticlesontheirsmartphonesinsteadoffromtraditionalnewspapers.Thedevelopmentofhostsofmobileappsenablespeopletousesmartphonereadnovelsandotherformsofliteratureworks,thus,thesalesofthepaperbookshavebeenaffected.Despitethesteadygrowthofthesmartphonereadingmarket,morethanhalfofadultsstillpreferpaperbooks,asurveyshows.
【解析】
(1)[由于通信网络的快速发展]，(中国智能手机用户)数量[近年来][以惊人的速度]增长。这极大地改变了(许多人的阅读)方式。
解析：这句话考查了定语和状语的翻译方法。由于：dueto/because/with+名词或because/as+句子;快速发展：rapiddevelopment;通讯网络：communicationnetwork;智能手机：smartphone;以……的速度：ataspeed/rate;极大地：greatly/significantly。注意，根据“近年来”可知时态为“现在完成时”
基础版：Withtherapiddevelopmentofthecommunicationnetwork,thenumberofChinesesmartphoneusershasincreasedatasurprisingspeedinrecentyears.Ithasgreatlychangedthewaymanypeopleread.
提高版：Withtherapiddevelopmentofthecommunicationnetwork,thenumberofChinesesmartphoneusershasincreasedatasurprisingspeedinrecentyears,whichhassignificantlychangedthewayformanypeopletoread.
基础版：Nowadays,theyoftenreadnewsandarticlesontheirsmartphonesinsteadofbuyingtraditionalnewspapers.
提高版：Nowadays,theyoftenreadnewsandarticlesontheirsmartphonesinsteadoffromtraditionalnewspapers.
(3)(大量移动应用程序的)开发使人们[能用手机]读小说和其他形式的文学作品。因此，(纸质书籍的)销售受到了影响。
解析：本剧考查“一主多动词”的翻译考点，可选择“用(use)”作谓语，将“读(read)”作目的toread;或者选择“读(read)”作谓语，那么“用”处理成方式“with”。“受到影响”考查被动结构：beaffectedby;纸质书籍：paperbooks;移动应用程序：mobileapps;开发：development;形式：form;文学作品：literatureworks;小说：novels
基础版：Thedevelopmentofalotofmobileappsmakespeoplereadnovelsandotherformsofliteratureworkswithsmartphone.Therefore,thesalesofthepaperbookshavebeenaffected.
提高版：Thedevelopmentofhostsofmobileappsenablespeopletousesmartphonereadnovelsandotherformsofliteratureworks,thus,thesalesofthepaperbookshavebeenaffected.
(4)但调查显示，[尽管手机阅读市场稳步增长]，超半数成年人仍喜欢读纸质书。
解析：考查状语的翻译;调查：survey;市场：market;稳步：steadily;超半数：morethanhalfof;成年人：adult
基础版：Butthesurveyshowsthatmorethanhalfofadultsstillliketoreadpaperbooksalthoughthesmartphonereadingmarketisincreasingsteadily.
提高版：Despitethesteadygrowthofthesmartphonereadingmarket,morethanhalfofadultsstillpreferpaperbooks,asurveyshows.