2017大學英語六級翻譯預測《古代印刷術》

我們知道中國古代文化是大學英語六級翻譯的常考內容，下面，小編就為大家送上一篇2017大學英語六級翻譯預測《古代印刷術》，供大家練習。

請將下面這段話翻譯成英文：

印刷術發明之前，想出版新書的學者必須一字一字地抄寫。北宋時期，經過多年的實驗，畢昇發明了活字印刷術(movable-type printing)。他把漢字刻在一小塊泥胚(pieces of clay)上，加熱漢字直到其變成硬的'活字。印書時,人們按順序將活字擺在一起，印出印跡。印刷完後，他們把字分開，以後重複使用。這種方法既經濟又省時。中國的活字印刷術首先向東傳至朝鮮和日本，之後向西傳至波斯(Persia)和埃及，最後傳遍全球。活字印刷術的發明大大促進了世界各國的文化交流。

參考翻譯

Before printing was invented，a scholar had to copy characters one by one if he wanted to publish a new ng the Northern Song Dynasty, Bi Sheng invented the movable-type printing after many years of engraved the characters on small pieces of clay,and heated them until they became hard movable printing a book，people placed the moveable characters in order into a whole block and then ran off a r printing, they took the block apart and reused the characters method was both economical and a's movable-type printing first spread eastward into Korea and Japan,then westward into Persia and Egypt,and at last,around the invention of movable-type printing greatly promoted the cultural exchanges among countries all over the world.

附：大學英語六級翻譯技巧之句式多樣

可以有選擇性地運用倒裝結構、被動語態、否定句、虛擬語氣、比較結構、從句、非謂語動詞等句型，讓句式結構更加豐富多彩。

例：正是通過絲綢之路，中國的造紙、火藥、指南針、印刷術等四大發明才被引介到世界各地。

一般譯文：The Silk Road introduced four Chinese inventions to the world. They were papermaking, gunpowder, compass and printing.

高分譯文：It was through the Silk Road that the four great inventions of ancient China, namely papermaking, gunpowder, compass and printing, were introduced to the world.

點評：“一般譯文”為兩個主動語態的簡單句，“高分譯文”將其整合成了一個被動句。把“正是……才……”處理成了“It was… that…”的強調句型，並將“造紙、火藥、指南針、印刷術”處理成了插入語“namely papermaking, gunpowder, compass and printing”。