对中国人来说,家庭是神圣的(sacred),因此中国人无论走到哪里都忘不了自己的家庭。从前,中国人喜欢大家庭,有的家庭甚至四世同堂——四代人住在一起。一

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问题     对中国人来说,家庭是神圣的(sacred),因此中国人无论走到哪里都忘不了自己的家庭。从前,中国人喜欢大家庭,有的家庭甚至四世同堂——四代人住在一起。一个大家庭就是一个小社会。现在情况不同了。封建式的大家庭解体了,变成以小家庭为主。人们的生活方式发生了很大的变化,但是人们对家庭的依恋(sentimental attachment)却依然如故。

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答案     Families are sacred to the Chinese. Chinese people, wherever they may be, are strongly attached to their families. In the old days, Chinese people preferred to live in extended families with even up to four generations under the same roof. An extended family was a small society. Now things are quite different. The feudal extended family has given way to the nuclear family, and the lifestyle has changed a great deal. However, the Chinese have as strong a sentimental attachment for their families as ever.

解析 1.在第一句中,大家也许会不假思索地把“因此中国人无论走到哪里都忘不了自己的家庭”译为Wherever they go,the Chinese will never forget their own home.这样逐词一对一的翻译,译文力度没有汉语强,此外own一词也是多余的。一般来说,汉语的否定句语气比肯定句强,而英语恰好相反,肯定句语气比否定句强。同时,把汉语中“走到哪里”的动态词在英语中译成“不论在哪里”的静态词,也能进一步加强语气。
2.第二句里的“大家庭”和下文中的“小家庭”可以分别译作extended family和nuclear family。
3.第五句中,译文使用了give way to巧妙衔接了两个分句,符合英文表达习惯。
4.第六句中的“依恋”一词可用attachment来译,也可在attachment前面加上sentimental一词以加强语气。
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