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专八英译汉，如何美化译文 专八英译汉的翻译过程中，困难的不是要通常大家感受的“生词”，而是要用流畅而优 美的汉语来表达。从词汇的认知方面来说，稍微具备 6000 左右的词汇，就完全够应付专业 八级中的单词，至少能够认识绝大多数单词。举例如下： The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society. Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be: rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence, and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask. Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don’t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can adore and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. （专八2002 年试题） 可是“认识单词”并不意味着能翻译，更不意味着能够用优雅的汉语来翻译。历年专业 八级英汉翻译中的英语原文，涉及时政和经济方面的论说性文章几乎没有，大多数都是优美 的 essay，读完令人回味无穷，这就要求译者能够用汉语的“美文”来翻译。 何为美文？ 《词源》里有一句话：美好的文辞。在笔者看来，英汉翻译中的美文不一定是用华丽的 辞藻堆砌起来，辞不达意，或者过犹不及。而是在准确理解了英语原文的基础上，在忠实于 英语原文的基础上，译者所遣之词所造之句，读起来回味无穷，有力度之美；或者朗朗上口， 有音韵之美。 怎么才能翻译出“美文”？ 准确理解是前提，在这个前提下，一般的做法是，用及其浅白的汉语直接翻译出英语原 文的意思，或者用自己的第一汉语思维表达出英语的基本意思；然后，再找一些汉语的相同 的说法，同义替换。这个“同义替换”的过程，就是不断雕琢美文的过程：可以适当引申， 可以适当增减，可以适当重复，可以