翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习1徐霞客

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　　练习1 徐霞客
　　* 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
, i  _& X/ j$ v9 s　　*足迹：footprint;footmark; trace
　　*遍及 spread all over
- |+ O( x5 f: ~( z　　*During his life time, Xu Xiake visited and explored 16 provinces, leaving his footprints in nearly every corner of the country.
/ K' X9 {$ b; G) K3 y　　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
5 s$ M1 s) H! M$ _5 K4 i　　*迷信: superstition; blindly worship/ believe in。
　　*这里“迷信”指接受accept readily/without thinking
4 _" p) G3 e8 O　　*He never blindly accepted the conclusions given in books in his exploration.
' \2 Z% O% \% t+ [+ @% y　　他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。
, K$ w( ?+ Z- D: I, ?9 R　　* 前人：predecessor; forefathers; others
5 c/ v- y. l, T　　* 前人栽树，后人乘凉。 One man sows and another reaps.
　　* 记载：record; put down in writing; document; notes
  Q8 f% Q- q. b9 B& V; x　　* 可靠:真实可信 true或准确accurate信得过reliable; trustworthy
　　译文：他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方
　　* and found many inaccuracies in the travel notes on geography written by his predecessors.
　　* He found that many of the geographical records by other people before him were inaccurate.
) G& h+ A6 P3 X& T- U8 X　　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
7 Z3 l* T7 S1 O/ b, r6 ~; z2 D　　*翻山越岭：翻越可使用一个词 climb/cross mountains and ridges
% m2 U. j" q5 g! e) \2 l- ?　　*长途跋涉: long difficult journeys
  Y2 f9 E8 @" B6 f% u& b6 s2 D　　译文：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
　　* He seldom traveled by horse cart or boat but climbed mountains and ridges and took long, difficult journeys most of the time with the aim of conducting a real and careful exploration.
　　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；
　　*弄清：find out; make clear
　　*真相：real situation（区别于表面或造假的情况）；the actual state of affairs; fact; truth
: S7 I; h/ i# r0 \　　*真相大白come out in the wash; The truth is out; The facts are clear now.
1 o1 n: e* G. r  b6 }5 k; @　　*弄清真相：get a clear picture of
/ m/ \! V9 \  W2 E* `1 w7 F% z　　*艰险：hardships and dangers；dangerous; treacherous; difficult
6 j$ M0 m& W+ d* M　　* 人迹罕至：untraversed；unfrequented；seldom visited
2 O. p3 E6 E; X: g$ R) [/ h　　* 奇山秀景：grotesque mountains and spectacular sceneries;
4 d( F6 z+ Y- w3 Q$ c' M6 y　　* 奇：grotesque, peculiar, strange, unique
  ~$ h) V* t% f& ]$ L) u( Z3 X　　* 秀：fantastic, miraculous, magnificent, spectacular
  q+ L6 k6 Z3 f' [2 j+ }: n& u8 |　　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；
% X2 H" h( O* f( i" ^/ ]- }　　* To get a true picture of nature, he picked/chose mountains with treacherous pathsand unfrequented jungles for explorations, discovering many grotesque mountains and beautiful sceneries.
　　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。
/ o* C, W8 l2 b8 t6 P8 ]3 V4 R　　*He would revisit famous mountains at different time and in different seasons to observe the changing magnificent views time and again.