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Emperor was the supreme ruler of the feudalsociety in China. After Yingzheng, the king of Qin,unified China, he called himself Emperor. Sincethen, China had entered a period of emperors'reign,which lasted for 2,132 years. There were totally 495emperors in the history of China until 1912, when Puyi, the last emperor of China gave up thethrone. Emperors dominated all the rights of policy making and military decision and so on.They were the only ones who could decide the fate of the country and its people. In Chinesehistory many wise emperors were diligent in politics and loved their people. They made manyreasonable policies to promote the development of economy and society. There were alsomany cruel and incompetent emperors who brought endless disasters to the people and wereresisted fiercely.
1.第一句中,“中國(guó)封建社會(huì)”可用of帶出,放在所修飾的名詞后面作定語(yǔ),符合英文表達(dá)習(xí)慣。
2.第三句中“長(zhǎng)達(dá)2132年的”譯為英語(yǔ)時(shí)可用which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語(yǔ)從句來(lái)表達(dá),放在中心詞后面,使譯文前后平衡,避免頭重腳輕。
3.“到1912年中國(guó)最后一個(gè)皇帝…”一句的主句采用there be句型,說(shuō)明中國(guó)歷史上皇帝的數(shù)量;再用until對(duì)時(shí)間范圍進(jìn)行限制;在“1912”后面使用when引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句,說(shuō)明該年份的特殊性:最后一個(gè)皇帝退位。
4.“皇帝一人掌握…國(guó)家和人民的命運(yùn)”一句偏長(zhǎng),可拆譯成兩個(gè)句子。后半句“決定著國(guó)家和人民的命運(yùn)”翻譯時(shí)增譯主語(yǔ)“皇帝一人”,雖然原文說(shuō)的是“一個(gè)人”,但由于歷朝歷代都有很多皇帝,因此要處理成復(fù)數(shù):theywere the only ones,后面再加who引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句。
5.最后一句中的“他們帶給…”譯為who引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句,指代前面的emperors,使譯文避免了代詞的重復(fù),也使譯文的句式更加多樣化。
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