翻译题目

姚明是中国第一位国际篮球巨星，身价(personal wealth)超过10亿美元。前年，姚明因复发性足部和腿部伤病退出赛场。4个月后，他在上海一知名学府注册入校。学校为他量身定做了学位课程(degree program), 并主要采取单独授课的方式。据一家官方媒体报道，这位前篮球明星对学习有着强烈的愿望。不过姚明也表示恐怕事情太多，没那么多时间学习。

表达难点

1.第1句中的身价超过10亿美元可处理成状语，用介词短语with a personal wealth at more than $1 billion来表达，简洁明了。

2.第2句中的原因状语“因复发性足部和腿部的伤病”可用短语because of repeated foot and leg injuries 来表达。

3.翻译第4句“学校为他量身定做了学位课程，并主要采取单独授课的方式”时，宜转换主语为he(指代姚明）, 这样论述的主题才统一。将“并主要采取单独授课的方式”处理成状语，译作with mostly one-on-one lectures。

4.在最后一句中，“表示恐怕”属于汉语中动词的连动式用法。而英语一句话里往往只有一个谓语动词，汉译英时常把汉语中的动词转换为名词，故把“恐怕”转换成名词，译作express fear。“事情太多”可以直译为 have too many things to do/deal with,但不如用 have a tight schedule 来得简单、地道。

参考译文

Yao Ming is China's first global basketball superstar with a personal wealth at more than $1 billion. Yao Ming quit the game because of repeated foot and leg injuries in the year before last. Four months later, he enrolled in a famous university in Shanghai. He is taking a tailored degree program with mostly one-on-one lectures. A state media said, the former basketball superstar had a "strong desire" for academic studies. But Yao Ming also expressed fears that he might have a schedule with little time for study.