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华慧考博英语翻译－真题段落解析（2）
在考博英语考试中，大多数院校都考到了中英互译的练习一直都是考生的薄弱点，要提高翻译的能力，在练习翻译的过程中，我们既要注意两种语言的基础知识的积累，也要注意两种语言之间的差异。下面华慧考博老师就西南大学2014年博士研究生入学考试中的英翻汉，具体分析下在翻译过程中，我们需要掌握的一些翻译技巧和方法。原文：
I believe that every human being has a talent－something that he can be better than anyone else. And I believe that the distinction between so-called “creative” talents and ordinary run-of-the-mill talents is an unnecessary and man-made distinction. I have known exterminators, typists, waitresses and machinists whose creative joy and self-fulfillment in their work could not by surpassed by Shakespeare’s or Einstein’s.
I also believe that in the process of searching, no experience is ever wasted, unless we allow ourselves to run out of hope. In my own case I had 34 different jobs before I found the right one. Many of these jobs were heartbreakingly difficult. A few of them involved working with unscrupulous and horribly unpleasant people. Yet, in looking back, I can see that the most unpleasant of these jobs, in many cases, give me the biggest dividends－the most valuable preparation for my proper life work.
【参考译文】
我相信，每个人都是天才—相比别人而言，有些事他可能做得更好。我相信，所谓“创造性”才能与普通才能间的差距不过是一种人为的不必要的区别。我认识的一些杀虫员、打字员、女侍者和机械工，他们在工作中所创造的快乐与实现的自我价值，也许是莎士比亚或爱因斯坦无法超越的
我也相信，除非我们允许自己放弃希望，否则任何经历都会在找寻的过程中发挥作用。 就我而言，在找到合适的工作前，我曾尝试过34种不同的工作。其中有许多工作的艰难程度简直难以忍耐。在有些工作中，还会与一些不道德且令人讨厌的人相处。但是，回过头来才领悟到，在很多情况下，我从那些最令人头疼的工作中得到了最丰厚的报酬，它们成为我正确事业生涯的最有价值的准备。
【难点分析】
本文摘自一篇励志的英文说明文。原文段落中使用了一些英文合成词，比如run-of–the-mill“才能”；self-fulfilment“自我价值实现”；heartbreakingly “令人心碎地”。“I have known exterminators and typists, waitresses and machinists whose creative joy and self-fulfillment in their work could not be surpassed by Shakespeare’s or Einstein’s.”这句话的主干是I have known exterminators and typists, waitresses and machinists；whose引导定语从句修饰前面的exterminators and typists, waitresses and machinists；翻译的时候，我们可以使用拆分法，将从句单独翻译成“他们在工作中所创造的快乐与实现的自我价值，也许是莎士比亚或爱因斯坦无法超越的”。
“Yet, in looking back, I can see that the most unpleasant of those jobs, in many cases, gave me the biggest dividends—the most valuable preparation for my proper life work.”这句话句子看上去很松散，但是只要找准了句子的主干结构，翻译过程也相对简单。句子主干I can see that……；in looking back介词短语作状语，翻译成“回过头来”。 the most unpleasant of those jobs…… gave me the biggest dividends可以翻译成“最令人头疼的工作给了我最丰厚的报酬”，然后进一步润色调整就是“最令人头疼的工作中取了最丰厚的报酬”；破折号后面的句段可将其中的细节增译，表达为“它们成为我正确事业生涯的最有价值的准备”。
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