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CATTI真题解析 | 23年11月二笔汉译英第一篇
琴心和小核桃是两个出生在2016年的“萌妹子”。在卧龙国家级自然保护区(National Nature Reserve)进行了两年的野化培训后,2018年12月27日,它们在龙溪-虹口国家级自然保护区被放归。当时两只熊猫接受了体检,它们的生长发育和各项生理指标均正常。
Born in 2016, Qinxin(Zither Heart) and Xiaohetao(Little Walnut) are two adorable female pandas. Following two years of wilderness training in National Nature Reserve, the two pandas were reintroduced into Longxi-Hongkou National Reserve on December 27, 2018. Prior to their reintroduction, they were subject to physical examinations with the results indicating normal growth and healthy physiology/with indicators being normal in growth and physiology.
解析:
1.“琴心”和“小核桃”是两个大熊猫的名字,这里可以直接音译,也可以括号备注英译名字。“萌妹子”这里不能太抠字面译为“sister”,那么谁是姐谁是妹,这里显然强调的不是这个意思,这里更强调是“雌性大熊猫”,因此可译为“adorable female pandas”
2.“在卧龙国家级自然保护区(National Nature Reserve)进行了两年的野化培训后,2018年12月27日,它们在龙溪-虹口国家级自然保护区被放归。”这一句中“在……后,xx……”尽管别译为从句“After the two panadas had been trained ...., they....”,还是以简洁为主,可译为“following/subsuquent to/after two years of..., the two panadas...”。
3.注意积累关于“野化”、“放归”的表达:
野化:wilderness (wild or uncultivated state)
放归:
(1)rewild:把(捕获或囚养的动物)放归自然
Restore (an area of land) to its natural uncultivated state (used especially with reference to the reintroduction of species of wild animal that have been driven out or exterminated)
(2) reintroduce:将…放归自然栖息地
reintroduce something (to something)
to put a type of animal, bird or plant back into a region where it once lived
The centre has a fifty per cent success rate of reintroducing animals to the wild.
该中心将动物重新引入野外的成功率为50%。
4.“当时两只熊猫接受了体检,它们的生长发育和各项生理指标均正常。” 这句话结合语境是发生在大熊猫被放归前,因为“当时”贴字面译,时间点不那么确切,为体现时间先后顺序,这里可译为“prior to...”。
5.“接受了体检”这里的“接受”一词怎么译,仔细对照词典“receive”的每一条含义,用在这里都不合适。这里补充一个“be subject to”的熟词僻义用法:
be subject to: 需要……的;将会……的;可有……的
the maximum amount of wages subject to tax 应纳税的最高工资额
a question subject to discussion 必须进行讨论的问题
All men are subject to death. 人总有一死。
Once the cargo is unload-ed, it will be subject to the usual customs procedures.
货物一经卸下,就得办理例行的海关手续。
Prices are subject to variation without notice. 价格可有变动,不再另行通知。
Our quotations are subject to a 3% discount for cash. 如以现金支付,我方开价可有3%的折扣。
6.“当时两只熊猫接受了体检,它们的生长发育和各项生理指标均正常”这一句也是要尽量使用不同的语法衔接手段,中文句子有层次的地方尽量不要译为并列句,因此这句话译文处理为了“主句+独立主格结构”,即“主句, with the results indicating normal growth and healthy physiology /with indicators being normal in growth and physiology”。
关于“indicator”,还有一些可以积累的表达:
sth be a good/useful/important indicator of...
sth be an indicator of success/performance/quality
词汇表达汇总:
1.“萌妹子”:adorable female pandas
2.野化培训:wilderness training
3.被放归:be reintroduced into
4.卧龙国家级自然保护区:National Nature Reserve
5.龙溪-虹口国家级自然保护区:Longxi-Hongkou National Reserve
6.接受了体检:be subject to physical examinations
7.生长发育和各项生理指标均正常:with the results indicating normal growth and healthy physiology/with indicators being normal in growth and physiology
两只大熊猫放归后,科研人员组成的监测小组立即着手对它们进行跟踪监测。无线电监测、GPS数据下载及分析、大熊猫粪便样品采集、生存环境调查、红外相机监测等多种设备和手段的应用,让监测队员可以随时掌握两只熊猫的动向。通过收集相关数据,开展野外研究,监测人员希望了解两个小家伙能否逐步适应新的野外环境,融入野生大熊猫种群。
After their reintroduction, a scientific monitoring team began to track the two pandas. The team obtained real-time monitoring data by harnessing radio monitoring systems, analyzing GPS data, collecting fecal samples, investigating their survival environment, and deploying infrared camera detectors. Through data collections and field observations, the team aimed to assess whether the young pandas can gradually adapt to the wild environment and join the local population.
解析:
这一段没什么难的,全是专业术语,分清句子层次搭好句子即可,剩下的就是填充术语和表达。
1.“无线电监测、GPS数据下载及分析、大熊猫粪便样品采集、生存环境调查、红外相机监测等多种设备和手段的应用,让监测队员可以随时掌握两只熊猫的动向。”这句话前一部分是措施/手段,后一部分是结果。这一句也是信息有分层,尽量不要译为并列。因此可译为“we achieved sth by doing 1, doing 2,doing 3, doing 4 and doing 5.”。也可译为“We did 1, did 2, did 3, did 4 and did 5, thus achieving sth. ”。
2.“利用……工具”这里补充几个动词表达“harness/deploy/utilize/make use of...”。
3.“随时掌握动向”也即“掌握即时监控数据”,可译为“obtain real-time monitoring data”。
4.“通过收集相关数据,开展野外研究”这一部分为了简洁起见,译为名词表达即可,并且名词表达比动词表达(colleting data and observing field)更能完整且准确体现“收集数据”“野外研究”的实际含义,可译为“Through data collections and field observations”。
5.“野生大熊猫种群”可译为“local population”,这里“野生大熊猫种群”即“放归地区的大熊猫种群”,因此译为“Local ...”即可。“local”一词补充一下它的名词熟词僻义,是“当地人、本地人”的含义,这个用法可以用在文学翻译中,很生动也很简短。“population”除了表示“人群、人口数量”外,还可以表示“种群、物品的总数、动植物的总数”。
词汇表达汇总:
1.科研人员组成的监测小组:a scientific monitoring team
2.跟踪监测:track ...
3.随时掌握动向:obtain real-time monitoring data
4.无线电监测:harness radio monitoring systems
5.GPS数据下载及分析:analyze GPS data
6.大熊猫粪便样品采集:collect fecal samples
7.生存环境调查:investigate their survival environment
8.红外相机监测:deploy infrared camera detectors
9.收集相关数据:data collections
10.开展野外研究:field observations
11.适应新的野外环境:adapt to the wild environment
12.融入野生大熊猫种群:join the local population
“我们保护区位于大熊猫分布区的中段,其显著特点是直接联系着岷山山系和邛崃山顶最大的大熊猫野生种群栖息地。”保护区虹口站站长刘波表示:“这里是野生大熊猫生存、繁衍以及圈养(captive-bred)大熊猫放归的天然走廊。”
"Our reserve lies at the heart of the giant panda’s range, uniquely linking the largest wild panda habitats in the Minshan and Qionglai mountains," said Liu Bo, director of Hongkou Station in the reserve. "It’s a natural corridor that is essential for wild panda survival, breeding, and the rewilding of captive-born pandas."