翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习2戎夷
门徒说：“我这平庸的人，又怎能慷慨地把衣给您这个杰出的人穿呢？”*平庸: mediocre; ordinary
*慷慨: generous
*“杰出”与上文的“平庸”对照, 意即“高贵”superior, noble
门徒说：“我这平庸的人，又怎能慷慨地把衣给您这个杰出的人穿呢？”
*(1) “Since I am a nobody,” replied his disciple, “how can I be so generous as to give my clothes to such a superior person as you?”
*(2) “How can such a nobody as me be so generous as to give my clothes to such a superior man as you?” replied his disciple.
戎夷听了，叹息说：“唉，我的主张看来不能实现了！”说完，便把身上的衣脱下来给门徒穿。
*叹息: sigh, heave; heave a sigh
*唉: alas
*主张: advocate; maintain; hold; stand for; proposal; suggestion; view; stand; proposition; position; opinion
戎夷听了，叹息说：“唉，我的主张看来不能实现了！”说完，便把身上的衣脱下来给门徒穿。
*看来: it seems that
*实现: realize; come true; don’t work; won’t do
*说完: with these words; with this; then
*“Alas!” Rong Yi uttered a deep sigh (said with a deep sigh). “It seems that my proposal is doomed (won’t come true)!”
*With this, he took off his clothes and handed them to his follower.
到了半夜，自己冻死了，却救活了这个门徒。
*自己: 这里要译成“戎夷”. 如果不是作为反身代词使用或强调, “自己”往往处理成具体的主语.
*……死: die of…; …to death
*救活：bring…back to life; save; rescue
到了半夜，自己冻死了，却救活了这个门徒。
*At midnight, Rong Yi died of cold, but he gave life to his disciple.
*Rong Yi gave / , giving life to his disciple, but he himself was frozen to death at midnight.
说戎夷能够把一个时代治理好，那还没有证明；但是，他那想有利于人类的思想，算是达到不能再高的程度了！
* 说…那还没有证明: “还没有证据说明”：
*there has been no proof that…;
*No evidence has proved that…;
*把……治理好: to run … well; administer, rule a country/ state
*时代: times; age; period; epoch; era
说戎夷能够把一个时代治理好，那还没有证明；但是，他那想有利于人类的思想，算是达到不能再高的程度了！
*(1) No evidence has been found concerning/regarding the fact that Rong Yi had the capability of administering a historical age
*(2) History does not provide any evidence of Rong Yi’s ability to run well a whole historical period.
说戎夷能够把一个时代治理好，那还没有证明；但是，他那想有利于人类的思想，算是达到不能再高的程度了！
*有利于: benefit; be beneficial to; be good to
*算是: at last, finally. 也可以不译。
* 达到不能再高的程度: 达到最崇高的境界reach/attain the loftiest/ultimate realm/extent
参考译文
*(1) However, his idea of benefiting the entire mankind has reached a height that can hardly be surpassed/an ultimate height.
*(2) Yet, no one has been more lofty as he was in terms of (the idea of ) benefiting humanity.
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