2014考研英语真题（二）真题解析·翻译部分

考研英语真题答案来源：文都教育 2014-01-05　

今年英语（二）翻译部分试题略微偏难，两个段落中有不少复杂句，对同学拆分主干和枝干的能力要求比较高，而且在将英语译为中文时，也不容易。但大家也别太担心，因为要难大家都难，只有发挥出自己的水平就可以了。下面文都老师为大家详细分析一下今年的翻译试题。

题目：
Most people would define optimism as being endlessly happy, with a glass that’s perpetually half full. But that’s exactly the kind of false cheerfulness that positive psychologists wouldn’t recommend. “Healthy optimism means being in touch with reality,” says Tal Ben-Shahar, a Harvard professor. According to Ben-Shahar, realistic optimists are those who make the best of things that happen, but not those who believe everything happens for the best.

Ben-Shahar uses three optimistic exercises. When he feels down – say, after giving a bad lecture – he grants himself permission to be human. He reminds himself that not every lecture can be a Nobel winner; some will be less effective than others. Next is reconstruction. He analyzes the weak lecture, learning lessons for the future about what works and what doesn’t. Finally, there is perspective, which involves acknowledging that in the grand scheme of life, one lecture really doesn’t matter.

解析：

第一段：第一句：perpetually adv.永久地，接连不断地

这一句大家在翻译时只有认识单词，基本上可以顺着英文语序译成中文。

参考译文：大多数人会把乐观主义定义为无穷无尽的欢乐，就行一只总是盛着半杯水的杯子。

第二句：“that positive psychologists wouldn’t recommend”是“the kind of false cheerfulness”的定语从句。

参考译文：但那恰恰是不为积极心理学家所推荐的虚假快乐。

第三句：这句话比较简单，只要把句子语序改为“哈佛教授Tal Ben-Shahar说……”即可。

参考译文：哈佛大学的Tal Ben-Shahar教授说，“健康的乐观主义意味着要联系现实。”

第四句：这句话有点绕，但句子结构还是比较清晰的。“who make the best of things that happen”修饰限制前一个分句中的“those”；“who believe everything happens for the best”修饰限制后一个分句中的“those”。

参考译文：在Ben-Shahar看来，现实的乐观主义者会因势利导，而非求全责备。

第二段：第一句：这是个基本简单句，大家按照英语语序翻译即可。

参考译文：Ben-Shahar 使用三个乐观的方法。