夜雨聆风
原文
A good example is a study by a team of Spanish and British researchers who asked 160 people to keep a diary of conflicts at home and at work over a full working week. Unsurprisingly, what they found was an intimate relationship between conflicts at work and at home. If you had an argument with your spouse in the morning, the number of conflicts with colleagues at work increased during the day. This was a two-way street: if people had difficult interactions with colleagues at work this tended to spill over to further conflicts with their family when they got home. This study and many others like it remind us that we must be considerate about the emotional baggage that we bring home from work. While it's important to confide in your partner about the problems you may be having, be aware that the negative feelings caused are highly contagious. Good news is also contagious, of course, so it's great to bring some positivity home.
翻译解析
1，A good example is a study by a team of Spanish and British researchers //who asked 160 people to keep a diary of conflicts at home and at work over a full working week.
这篇文章的内容和字词就很简单了，但文章简单，不代表你翻译就没问题了，细节之处最见功夫。大家都知道可以在who这里断句，先说这么个研究是很好的例子，然后说研究的具体内容是什么，分开两句话。good example也不需要说很复杂，可以简单说‘很好的例证’，当然你有其它好的思路也行。
a study by a team of Spanish and British researchers这句，很容易写‘一项由……的研究’，其实不算什么大问题，或者说这里还不够典型。我主要强调一个意识，就是原文挨在一起的信息，变成中文，也要挨在一起说。比如这里的a study应该是‘一项研究’，但你知道对研究有一层修饰，很自然加到名词前面，就变成了‘……的研究’，然后和‘一项’就分开了。这里更建议说：“……开展的一项研究”。并不是说，你写的那个句型就完全不对，而是要注意：①你在添加修饰信息的时候，是否把原文一个逻辑的信息拆开了？隔老远？尤其是‘动词+宾语’，不要拆开；②中文不要在名词前面添加太长的修饰，翻译腔很重。
who asked 160 people to keep a diary of conflicts at home and at work over a full working week这里的‘keep a diary’并不需要强调什么‘写日记’，这是一个非常具体的事件，而这里就是单纯‘记录、记下’， diary也可以单纯是‘记事簿’。 Working/work week是‘工作周’，固定概念。所以，这里有时间、地点、事件，中文叙事顺序是？
2，Unsurprisingly, what they found was an intimate relationship between conflicts at work and at home.
这里的Unsurprisingly可以说‘不出所料’等，表达结果和原本的预期比较相符，你估计会是这个结果，没想到还真是，得到了证实。注意这里的intimate relationship就是直接的结论，‘二者关系密切，紧密相关’，不要说‘发现了二者之间的关系’，那你这还是个问句啊，什么关系？conflicts at work and at home这里直接说‘职场矛盾和家庭冲突’，用四字、名词高度概括，不要说什么‘在工作中的、家庭中的’，太复杂了，这里是研究的结论，语言都要是精炼的。
3，If you had an argument with your spouse in the morning, the number of conflicts with colleagues at work increased during the day.
had an argument with这里就是‘争吵、争执、吵架、拌嘴’等，随你怎么说了。这句顺着直译就行，都没啥难度。at work其实也可以略，‘同事’已经包含了这层含义。我们主要考虑，中文理解上没有信息的遗漏就行，不是非得翻译每一个单词。the number of conflicts with colleagues这里很自然需要补充一个动作，与同事‘发生、爆发’冲突的次数/频率，这你都不知道？想想怎么正常说话。
4，This was a two-way street: if people had difficult interactions with colleagues at work /this tended to spill over to further conflicts with their family when they got home.
a two-way street这里就当是生词，通过句意也能判断吧，我看大家都理解了，主要就是表达‘双向’的作用/影响。A影响B，B也反过来影响A。
其实这个词组本意是说，双方互相合作、配合才能做好。所以这里就是‘家庭和职场中的情绪’要互相配合好，不能让一个影响另一个。
This was a two-way street这种句型比较典型，你千万别写‘这是一个……的sth’，应该怎么说？中文一个修饰信息要独立存在，先说名词，再说修饰词，这里可以根据语境合理补充一个主语，‘这种影响/作用’。
if people had difficult interactions with colleagues at work这里根据语境来看，其实很简单，同样把 difficult interactions当作不认识的概念，不管它，这里还能是什么意思呢？不就是conflicts？本质还是一个同义替换。想想文章在说什么话题呢？其实就一个主题嘛，很明确，但你读文章的时候还是看到一个词一个意思，那可不乱吗？什么时候把这种习惯彻底改了，才算是上道了，不然就是同一个错误重复一万遍。所以这里difficult interactions不是什么‘沟通障碍’，就是单纯和同事交流不愉快，不顺心，有矛盾，影响你心情了，只要是这个含义就行。
this tended to spill over to further conflicts with their family when they got home这里从理解上来说，很简单，前面已经铺垫了影响是‘双向’的，所以这里就是说，工作上的不快也会带到家里，引发和家人的矛盾。spill over在翻译上需要强调出来，指‘蔓延、波及’的感觉。Further本身可以表示‘进一步’和‘更多的’，这里我觉得取‘进一步’含义覆盖更广一些，既可以是原来和家人没有冲突，也可以是原来就有，然后又升级了。
5，This study and many others like it remind us that we must be considerate about the emotional baggage that we bring home from work.
Considerate/kənˈsɪdərət/ 也需要根据语境变通说法，还是一样吧，当作中文挖词填空来看，提醒我们，应该要怎样呢？是不是就是，得‘注意、小心’你的坏情绪啊，别把这种情绪带回家。emotional baggage这里直译完全ok，算是固定说法，也可以考虑打上引号，本身就是一种情绪负担，会影响你的言行。
6，While it's important to confide in your partner about the problems you may be having, be aware that the negative feelings caused are highly contagious. Good news is also contagious, of course, so it's great to bring some positivity home.
这里confide in是一个固定词组，指‘吐露、倾诉心声或秘密’，结合这里的话题，partner就是家里那位呗，还有人写‘伙伴、朋友’的，我也搞不懂，你这脑子都飘到哪里去了，这么简单的文章你都没法紧扣主旨理解，谁能救得了你，我是没辙了。
you may be having这里算是一个陷阱，你看到may就迫不及待写个‘可能’，但是中文就变成了‘倾诉你可能遇到的问题’，你看这中文逻辑合理吗？你和伴侣说，我可能要遇到什么麻烦？还是已经有了什么烦恼，和对方说呢？那这里为什么加个may呢？你把may去掉读一读就知道了，那变成什么意思了呢？难道读到文章的各位，都一定正在经历什么职场烦恼吗？所以这个may是说，每个人都‘可能会’经历职场困境，如果你有了，那你和伴侣轻诉，是很重要的。但中文没有时态一说，直接说‘和伴侣轻诉’就可以了，默认的语境就是‘假如有的话’。所以，翻译的前提是理解，理解不到位，到处都是坑。
Contagious/kənˈteɪdʒəs/主要有两层含义：
其实这里你说‘传染、感染’都行，中文表达和理解都说得通。highly contagious不就是‘极易传染’，或者说‘极具传染性’也还行吧，不过我个人不大喜欢这种抽象表达。Good news is also contagious, of course这里考虑到语境，我觉得说‘感染力’就稍微好点，一般是正面的东西。so it's great to bring some positivity home这里也可以不用非找个词对应great，可以用‘语气词’来体现这个含义，本质就是作者认为这样是对的，应该这么做。
参考译文
A good example is a study by a team of Spanish and British researchers who asked 160 people to keep a diary of conflicts at home and at work over a full working week. Unsurprisingly, what they found was an intimate relationship between conflicts at work and at home. If you had an argument with your spouse in the morning, the number of conflicts with colleagues at work increased during the day. This was a two-way street: if people had difficult interactions with colleagues at work this tended to spill over to further conflicts with their family when they got home. This study and many others like it remind us that we must be considerate about the emotional baggage that we bring home from work. While it's important to confide in your partner about the problems you may be having, be aware that the negative feelings caused are highly contagious. Good news is also contagious, of course, so it's great to bring some positivity home.
西班牙与英国研究团队联合开展的一项研究，就是极好的例证/提供了有力佐证。研究人员要求160名受试者记录整整一个工作周内，家庭和职场中发生的各种冲突。不出所料/果不其然，研究表明，职场矛盾与家庭冲突密不可分/息息相关。若早上与伴侣拌了嘴，那么当天与同事发生摩擦的频率也会增加。这种影响是双向传导的：倘若工作中与同事相处不顺，这种不快往往也会蔓延到家中，进一步引发家庭纷争。这项研究以及诸多类似的研究都在提醒我们：必须留意从职场带回的“情绪包袱”。虽说向伴侣倾诉烦恼至关重要，但也要意识到，负面情绪极易传染。当然，好消息同样可以感染他人，所以不妨把积极乐观的情绪带回家。
注：
1，这里的翻译应该没有什么难度，简单说几个可以留意的小细节。首先，a study by a team of……这里是一个by介词，那你不用管什么技巧，在说这句话的时候，很自然地就会补充一个动作，团队‘开展’的研究，‘做’的研究也对，但是‘做’只有一个字，读起来的节奏就不是特别好了。
2，A good example这里比较简单的说法就顺着直译，因为这里没有上下文，只有片段的截取，也可以稍微发挥一点想象力，那例子肯定就是为了证明某个理论观点，这是毫无疑问的，所以你可以说‘提供佐证’这样子。
3，asked 160 people to keep a diary of conflicts at home and at work …… an intimate relationship between conflicts at work and at home这里我稍微说一个很小的细节，表达都一样，但前半句这里，我建议可以说‘在家庭，在工作中或职场中’，而后半句总结研究结果、结论的时候，我是建议合并成名词概念‘家庭矛盾’等。我们在说一个结论的时候，一般都是高度概括、总结性的话，而前面只是研究人员要求这些人去做什么事情，那这个事情应该是比较通俗、大白话的，大家可以好好体会一下其中的区别。
4，像unsurprisingly，intimate relationship这种比较常见的概念，都可以记一些四字说法。what they found was这里也不一定非要说‘他们发现’，其实就是说‘研究表明’嘛，这里是陈述结论，所以可以用比较偏‘客观’的说法。
5，文章的conflict是重复出现的，我是建议中文可以稍微做一点点变化，要不然就显得一直在重复。当然这也不是什么问题了，中文是可以重复的。比如这里，除了说‘矛盾、冲突’，还可以说‘摩擦、纷争’等等。
6，this tended to spill over to further conflicts with their family when they got home这里的this是指代前面这一句话的内容，你可以结合语境说‘这种不愉快，这种负面情绪’等。When they got home这里，如果变成一个动作说法，我觉得有一点点多余。虽然中文可以多说动作，但是如果已经有核心动作的情况下，其他不重要的成分也可以考虑变成其他词性，简化说法。这句其实没有实质内涵，got home并没有表达其它信息，就是‘家庭、家里’这个环境，刚好前面有一个spill over，后面缺少一个对象，蔓延到哪里去了呢？需要一个名词来接一下，你就可以刚好说‘蔓延到家中，蔓延到家里’。
