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短文翻译讲解 汉译英 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉；为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。 周游：到各处游历; 走遍travel across (around)；tour；visit 考察: explore; make an on-the-spot investigation; inspect 足迹：footprint;footmark; trace 遍及 spread all over 译文1：During his life time, Xu Xiake visited and explored 16 provinces, leaving his footprints in nearly every corner of the country. 译文2：During his life time, Xu Xiake traveled around and conducted surveys in 16 provinces. he left his footprints in virtually every part of the country. 他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。 他在考察的过程中: in his exploration; in his tours；on his tours 盲目：blindly; in a blind way; without thinking 迷信: superstition; blindly worship/ believe in。 这里“迷信”指“accept readily/without thinking” 译文1：He never blindly accepted the conclusions given in books in his exploration. 译文2：In the process of conducting his surveys and investigations, he would never embrace the conclusions recorded in previous documents. 他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。 前人：predecessor; forefathers; others 前人栽树，后人乘凉。 One man sows and another reaps. 记载：record; put down in writing; document; notes 可靠: 真实可信 true，或准确accurate，信得过reliable; trustworthy 译文1：and found many inaccuracies in the travel notes on geography written by his predecessors. 或：He found that many of the geographical records by other people before him were inaccurate. 译文2：Instead, he discovered that the documentations made by his predecessors in their geographical studies were not quite reliable in many aspects. 为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉； 为了: in order to, for the sake of, for the purpose of, with the aim of, with a view to 细致的：careful, delicate, detailed 乘车坐船：“乘坐”应使用一个词 by carriage and boat; take the wagon and the boat 翻山越岭：翻越可使用一个词 climb/cross mountains and ridges 长途跋涉: long difficult journeys 为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉。 译文1：He seldom traveled by