2019年翻譯資格筆譯初級考試模擬試題：簡.奧斯丁
漢譯英
簡.奧斯丁的小說都是三五戶人家居家度日，婚戀嫁娶的小事。因此不少中國讀者不理解她何以在西方享有那么高的聲譽。但一部小說開掘得深不深，藝術(shù)和思想是否有過人之處，的確不在題材大小。有人把奧斯丁的作品比作越咀嚼越有味道的橄欖。這不僅因為她的語言精彩，并曾對小說藝術(shù)的發(fā)展有創(chuàng)造性的貢獻，也因為她的輕快活潑的敘述實際上并不那么淺白，那么透明。史密斯夫人說過，女作家常常試圖修正現(xiàn)存的價值秩序，改變?nèi)藗儗Α爸匾焙汀安恢匾钡目捶�。也許奧斯丁的小說能教我們學(xué)會轉(zhuǎn)換眼光和角度，明察到“小事”的敘述所涉及的那些不小的問題。
參考譯文：
However, subject matter is indeed not the decisive factor by which we judge a novel of its depth as well as (of ) its artistic appeal and ideological content (or: as to whether a novel digs deep or not or whether it excels in artistic appeal and ideological content). Some people compare Austen’s works to olives: the more you chew them, the more tasty (the tastier) they become. This comparison is based not only on (This is not only because of ) her expressive language and her creative contribution to the development of novel writing as an art, but also on (because of ) the fact that what hides behind her light and lively narrative is something implicit and opaque (not so explicit and transparent). Mrs. Smith once observed, women writers often sought (made attempts) to rectify the existing value concepts (orders) by changing people’s opinions on what is “important” and what is not.
