2018年6月英語四級翻譯模擬:本草綱目
請將下面這段話翻譯成英文：
《本草綱目》(The Compendium of Materia Medica)是明代（the Ming Dynasty）著名的醫學家李時珍所著。這部著作近乎200萬字，記載藥物(medical substance) 1892種。除了中草藥（Chinese herhal medicine)，該書也包含了動物和礦物質作爲藥物的記載。《本草綱目》堪稱中醫史上最完整的醫書，對各種藥物的名稱、氣味、形態等都做了詳盡的介紹。它被翻譯成20多種語言並在全世界廣爲流傳。即便現在，人們還常常將它用作醫學參考書。
參考譯文:
The Compendium of Materia Medica is written by Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty. With almost 2 million Chinese characters, the book lists 1,892 kinds of medical substances. Besides Chinese herbal medicines, it includes animals and minerals used as medical substances. The Compendium of Materia Medica is regarded as the most complete medical book in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. Detailed introductions of all the medical substances are given in the book, including name, smell, appearance, etc. It has been translated into more than 20 languages and spreads all over the world. Even now it is still often used as a reference book in medicine.
1.第1句中“著名的醫學家”和“李時珍”所指爲同一個人，故將前者處理爲後者的同位語,表達爲Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist。
2.第2句爲並列的兩個漢語短句，合爲一句翻譯的處理辦法是將其中一個句子“介詞化”,將前半句用介詞短語With almost 2 million Chinese characters來表達，符合英語中多用介詞短語的表達習慣。句首的“這部著作”(the book)移到第2個分句中作主語。
3.第3句中的“作爲藥物的”可處理爲“動物和礦物質”的後置定語，用過去分詞短語used as medical substances表被動。
4.第4句“《本草綱目》堪稱……最完整的醫書，對各種藥物……做了詳盡的介紹”可直譯爲並列結構The book is regarded as... and introduces in detail...，但因句子成分太多而顯繁冗，故可對該句進行拆譯，處理成兩個獨立的句子。第2個分句“對各種藥物……做了詳盡的介紹”可增譯主語the book，也可轉換賓語“介紹”(introduction)爲主語，用被動語態，整句譯作 Detailed introductions... are given..., including...。
5.最後一句可按漢語句式直譯爲Even now people still often use it as a reference book in medicine, 但如將主語轉換成it，將句子轉換成被動語態，則能與全文的論述視角更爲統一。
以上就是小編爲各位考生總結的2018年英語四級翻譯模擬，希望各位考生多多練習，爭取在2018年6月的英語四六級考試中取得好成績~
