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旅游英语与翻译实践研究
1.9.3 第三节 翻译练习
第三节 翻译练习

请注意文化因素的处理:

1.St.Petersburg had become Petrograd in 1914.People wanted a Russian name for their city.Ten years later, the city’s name changed again, this time to Leningrad.Then in 1991, Leningraders voted to restore the city’s original name.Some people opposed the name change altogether.Others thought it was just too soon.Old, run-down Soviet Leningrad, they said, was not the St.Petersburg of 19th-century literature.

2.During the Second World War, operations ceased for three years,only resuming in 1946.In 1968, the Glacier Express acquired its typical red livery.The train was still not able to run all year round.From mid-October to early June, large quantities of snow and the associated risk of avalanches on the Furka mountain section ruled out that idea.However,after the opening of the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982, year-round operation began.In 1993,the first panoramic carriages were introduced, with huge windows allowing an all-round view and guaranteeing passengers an even greater insight into the wonders of this journey.In 2006, the Glacier Express was equipped with new rolling stock.This means that there were 3 identical panoramic trains travelling between St.Moritz and Zermatt during the summer season.In order to establish the Glacier Express even more firmly as a premium product, the two operators Rhaetian Railways (RhB) and Matterhorn Gotthard Railway (MGBahn) decided jointly to buy some more panoramic carriages.The Glacier Express can now be clearly positioned as a top-ranking product in Swiss tourism.From summer 2009, four identical panoramic trains travel between St.Moritz/Davos-Zermatt and back.The Glacier Express trains now have a standard appearance, bearing the Swiss cross and in glacier blue, clearly differentiated from the other services by the MGBahn and RhB.

3.在杨柳青,“家家会点染,户户善丹青”绝非虚言。作为中国传统木版年画之乡,杨柳青年画以喜闻乐见的形式,雅俗共赏的内容,鲜活明快的色彩备受百姓喜爱。

4.“蒸钵炉子鼓嘎嘎,不愿朝中做驸马。”这一句谚语充分反映了常德菜的特色。在常德人看来没有蒸钵炉子是不成宴席的,无论是滴水成冰的严冬,还是骄阳似火的盛夏,常德人的餐桌上都有鼓嘎作响、热气腾腾的蒸锅。

5.作为一个历史悠久的古塔,雷峰塔有它特殊的文化底蕴,如果没有雷峰塔,“西湖十景”就是不完全的,西湖的景致也就会逊色不少。经过几番踌躇,经过向市民广泛征求意见,最后杭州市政府终于决定重建雷峰塔。

6.宋代大诗人范仲淹为重修岳阳楼作记,他那“衔远山,吞长江,浩浩荡荡,横无际涯,朝晖夕阴,气象万千”的描写,极尽洞庭湖壮阔之美,成为千古绝唱;他那“不以物喜,不以己悲”,“先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐”的情怀,千百年来给人不尽的启迪。

7.鹿回头公园坐落在三亚西南端鹿回头半岛内,1989年建成开放。鹿回头有一个美丽的爱情传说:古代一位英俊的黎族青年猎手,手持弓箭,从五指山翻越九十九座山,涉过九十九条河,紧紧追赶着一只坡鹿来到南海之滨。前面山崖之下便是无路可走的茫茫大海,那只坡鹿突然停步,站在山崖处回过头来,鹿的目光清澈而美丽,凄艳而动情,青年猎手正准备张弓搭箭的手木然放下。忽见火光一闪,烟雾腾空,坡鹿回过头变成一位美丽的黎族少女,两人遂相爱结为夫妻并定居下来,此山因而被称为“鹿回头”。

8.江滩公园内有长椅供游人休息观景,清晨,喜欢锻炼的人们的最好去处便是那里,伫立江边,“不尽长江滚滚来”;夜晚,灿艳的灯光、习习的江风,让人流连忘返。

9.天地钟灵,凤凰城外凤凰谷;江河毓秀,翡翠池边翡翠山。

10.三叠泉是庐山“第一奇观”,洞水从崖颠豁口喷涌而出,分三级跌下,故名。瀑布落差为209米,一级“缀者如旖,挂者如帘”,二级“飘者如雪,断者如雾”,三级“玉龙走潭,洪流倾泻”,真可谓是“气势磅礴推三叠,四季佳景各千秋”。