(单词翻译:单击)
六级翻译模拟练习题
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
教育的功用就在顺应人类求知、想好、爱美的天性,使一个人在这三方面得到最大限度的调和的发展,以达到完美的生活。教育的目的在启发人性中固有的求知、想好、爱美的本能,使它们尽量伸展。中国儒家的最高的人生理想是“尽性”。他们说:“能尽人之性则能尽物之性,能尽物之性则可以赞天地之化育。
参考翻译+考点分析
参考翻译:
Education should comply with human nature ofpursuit of knowledge,of better life,and of beauty,inwhich one is supposed to get maximum developmentso as to lead a perfect life.Education is to inspireand to give full play to the inherent natures of human beings.The Confucian ideal of life is to“get to the bottom of the laws”.It is said that:“He,who is able to get to the bottom of the lawsof being of men,will be able to get to the bottom of the laws of physical nature.He,who is ableto get to the bottom of the laws of the physical nature,will be able to influence the forces ofcreation of the Universe.”
考点分析:
中国儒家的最高的人生理想是“尽性”。他们说:“能尽人之性则能尽物之性,能尽物之性则可以赞天地之化育。
分析:
“能尽人之性则能尽物之性,能尽物之性则可以赞天地之化育”是典型的汉语无主句,翻译时增加主语he,再使用who引导的后置定语从句,使结构完整。“尽性”意为“充分理解且发挥本性”,英文可以用“get to the bottom of thelaws”。