翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习2戎夷

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　　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
7 H5 p' x1 ]0 e- a0 N　　*慷慨: generous
4 b, X* w7 s! c" W; q　　*“杰出”与上文的“平庸”对照, 意即“高贵”superior, noble
( A9 q7 Q6 w' E! p　　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.
7 S# R; d: p% s0 ]　　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。
4 h0 T% C  G1 [% p. _　　*叹息: sigh, heave; heave a sigh
- e) V5 H  ~4 S! o! X　　*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。
$ v4 Y% `! S4 `+ O- [. ?　　*看来: it seems that
- [/ R0 ^, H) T　　*实现: realize; come true; don’t work; won’t do
　　*说完: with these words; with this; then
: R& Y' Q/ I2 q　　*“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
% {$ u0 A# y; {0 Q  X% e" t7 q0 l" i　　*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
8 x6 D4 U2 U0 k, x, Q　　*时代: times; age; period; epoch; era
* o+ x& S/ w, o: Q! o　　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！
. Q1 A+ V+ y6 ]9 c　　*(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.
# F* J! `; a) R0 V4 \8 N　　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
1 V. Y: z4 B& M5 @2 S3 W$ [2 q　　*算是: at last, finally. 也可以不译。
/ I7 _* y4 D3 z8 K* z+ \" \　　* 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
4 w- O- C# N/ G( ?( v　　*(1) However, his idea of benefiting the entire mankind has reached a height that can hardly be surpassed/an ultimate height.
- g" D& L  ]5 F0 `) V5 x* O　　*(2) Yet, no one has been more lofty as he was in terms of (the idea of ) benefiting humanity.