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2015年12月英语四级翻译习题与译文15

来源:2exam.com 2015-9-1 20:09:17

翻译原文:

信用卡(credit card)在1985年引入中国。此后,信用卡的发卡量以惊人的速度增长,到2011年达到了2.85亿张。信用卡给消费者带来诸多好处。用卡付账时,持卡人不需要携带大量现金,还会经常得到一些额外的奖励。而且,持卡人还可以从发卡机构获得一定数额的贷款。然而,信用卡也常常使持卡人过度消费,购买一些他们并不真正需要的商品。

1.第1句是没有被动标识词的被动句,翻译时需把“被引人”的意思表达出来,译作thecredit card was introduced intoChina.时间状语“在1985年”可译为in 1985,置于句末。

2.第2句中的“信用卡的发卡量……、到2011年达到……”可译为并列结构credit cards were issued…andreached…。但译文中的“到2011年达到……”用分词短语reaching 285 million…来表结果,逻辑关系会更强。

3.第4句中的时间状语“用卡付账时”译为when paying the bills with credit cards:“还会经常得到一些额外奖励”可译为often get some extra rewards,也可译为被动语态 are frequently offered some extrarewards.

4.最后一句中的“信用卡也常常使持卡人过度消费”可简单译为credit cards often tempt their holders intooverspending;也可用card holders作主语,使上下文的叙述角度(持卡人)保持一致,用be encouraged来表达“被诱惑”之义。句末的“购买一些……商品”可处理成与“过度消费”并列的结构,其中的定语“他们并不真正需要的”较长,可将其处理成定语从句,置于修饰词goods之后。

参考译文:

The credit card was introduced into China in 1985.Since then, credit cards were issued at anastonishing rate, reaching 285 million by 2011.Credit cards bring consumers a variety of benefit.When paying the bills with credit cards, card holdersdon't need to carry large amounts of cash and theyare frequently offered some extra rewards. Inaddition, card holders can get a certain of loans from the card issuing institutions. However,card holders are often encouraged to overspend and purchase the goods they don't reallyneed.

 

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