六級(jí)沖刺備考的翻譯技巧（11）
16. In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement，historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. （3+） 在很大程度上，由于女權(quán)主義運(yùn)動(dòng)（feminist movement）的緣故，史學(xué)家近年來匯聚了大量的注意力，來更為準(zhǔn)確地確定婦女在各個(gè)歷史時(shí)期的地位。 Focus A on B;
難句類型：倒裝
解釋：focus A on B指把A集中于B，本句中介詞on的賓語determining/more accurately the status of women invarious periods中有一個(gè)小倒裝，正常語序應(yīng)該是determining the status of women in various periods more accurately。 意群訓(xùn)練：In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods.
17. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons , it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact real Amazonian societies but rather to offer moral lessons on the supposed outcome of womens rule in their own society .
如果我們先研究一下為什么古人會(huì)提到亞馬遜人，下面的一點(diǎn)就變得清晰了，那就是古希臘對(duì)于這種社會(huì)的廟睡不是太多的被用來表達(dá)觀察的歷史事實(shí)真正的亞麻遜社會(huì)的而是為了對(duì)于婦女在其社會(huì)中的統(tǒng)治的預(yù)期后果提供一種道德教導(dǎo)。
難句類型：復(fù)雜修飾、插入語、抽象詞
解釋：有兩個(gè)詞匯需要先解釋一下：something be meant to represent是use something to mean的被動(dòng)語態(tài)。mean在這里不是常用的的意思是的意思，而是表示做某事表達(dá)的目的、意圖，其英文釋義為：to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate。句中的結(jié)構(gòu)為：something be meant not so much to,,, but rather to, 實(shí)際上是把be meant to和not rather 的兩個(gè)固定搭配套在一起，意思是：不是為了...而是為了...
另外，suppose的意思很抽象，不容易理解。此詞既有據(jù)信、被認(rèn)為的意思，也有預(yù)期的意思，還有表示貶義的假想的被想當(dāng)然的意思。
本句的supposed用法極其特殊，在此處的意思，用以上任何一個(gè)釋義來理解居然都可以成立，既是在說一個(gè)預(yù)期的社會(huì)狀態(tài)，又是在說一個(gè)虛構(gòu)出來的、本來不存在的社會(huì)狀態(tài)，其用法類似于中文中的一語雙關(guān)，是文章作者自以為文筆精妙之處。意群訓(xùn)練：If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact- real Amazonian societies- but rather to offermoral lessons on the supposed outcome of womens rule in their own society.
18. Thus，for instance，it may come as a shock to mathematicians to learn that the Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom is not a literally correct description of this atom，but only an approximation to a somewhat more correct equation taking account of spin，magnetic dipole，and relativistic effects；and that this corrected equation is itself only an imperfect approximation to an infinite set of quantum field-theoretical equations. （5）
因此，舉例來說，對(duì)數(shù)學(xué)家而言，了解到下述情形可能會(huì)令其驚愕不已，即薛定諤（Schrodinger）的氫原子方程式并非是對(duì)該原子作出的一種然正確的描述，而僅僅是個(gè)近似值，趨近于一個(gè)在某種程度上更為正確的將自旋、磁性偶極子、以及相對(duì)論效應(yīng)考慮在內(nèi)的方程式；而這個(gè)得以糾正的方程式就其本身而言也只是一個(gè)不完美的近似值，趨近于無窮無盡的一整套量子場(chǎng)論方程式。
16. In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement，historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. （3+） 在很大程度上，由于女權(quán)主義運(yùn)動(dòng)（feminist movement）的緣故，史學(xué)家近年來匯聚了大量的注意力，來更為準(zhǔn)確地確定婦女在各個(gè)歷史時(shí)期的地位。 Focus A on B;
難句類型：倒裝
解釋：focus A on B指把A集中于B，本句中介詞on的賓語determining/more accurately the status of women invarious periods中有一個(gè)小倒裝，正常語序應(yīng)該是determining the status of women in various periods more accurately。 意群訓(xùn)練：In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods.
17. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons , it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact real Amazonian societies but rather to offer moral lessons on the supposed outcome of womens rule in their own society .
如果我們先研究一下為什么古人會(huì)提到亞馬遜人，下面的一點(diǎn)就變得清晰了，那就是古希臘對(duì)于這種社會(huì)的廟睡不是太多的被用來表達(dá)觀察的歷史事實(shí)真正的亞麻遜社會(huì)的而是為了對(duì)于婦女在其社會(huì)中的統(tǒng)治的預(yù)期后果提供一種道德教導(dǎo)。
難句類型：復(fù)雜修飾、插入語、抽象詞
解釋：有兩個(gè)詞匯需要先解釋一下：something be meant to represent是use something to mean的被動(dòng)語態(tài)。mean在這里不是常用的的意思是的意思，而是表示做某事表達(dá)的目的、意圖，其英文釋義為：to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate。句中的結(jié)構(gòu)為：something be meant not so much to,,, but rather to, 實(shí)際上是把be meant to和not rather 的兩個(gè)固定搭配套在一起，意思是：不是為了...而是為了...
另外，suppose的意思很抽象，不容易理解。此詞既有據(jù)信、被認(rèn)為的意思，也有預(yù)期的意思，還有表示貶義的假想的被想當(dāng)然的意思。
本句的supposed用法極其特殊，在此處的意思，用以上任何一個(gè)釋義來理解居然都可以成立，既是在說一個(gè)預(yù)期的社會(huì)狀態(tài)，又是在說一個(gè)虛構(gòu)出來的、本來不存在的社會(huì)狀態(tài)，其用法類似于中文中的一語雙關(guān)，是文章作者自以為文筆精妙之處。意群訓(xùn)練：If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact- real Amazonian societies- but rather to offermoral lessons on the supposed outcome of womens rule in their own society.
18. Thus，for instance，it may come as a shock to mathematicians to learn that the Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom is not a literally correct description of this atom，but only an approximation to a somewhat more correct equation taking account of spin，magnetic dipole，and relativistic effects；and that this corrected equation is itself only an imperfect approximation to an infinite set of quantum field-theoretical equations. （5）
因此，舉例來說，對(duì)數(shù)學(xué)家而言，了解到下述情形可能會(huì)令其驚愕不已，即薛定諤（Schrodinger）的氫原子方程式并非是對(duì)該原子作出的一種然正確的描述，而僅僅是個(gè)近似值，趨近于一個(gè)在某種程度上更為正確的將自旋、磁性偶極子、以及相對(duì)論效應(yīng)考慮在內(nèi)的方程式；而這個(gè)得以糾正的方程式就其本身而言也只是一個(gè)不完美的近似值，趨近于無窮無盡的一整套量子場(chǎng)論方程式。
