在這本書里，我想寫現代中國某一部分社會，某一類人物。寫這類人，我沒忘記他們是人類，只是人類，具有無毛兩足動物的基本根性。角色當然是虛構的，但是有考據癖的人當然不肯錯過索隱的機會，放棄附會的權利的。

　　這本書整整寫了兩年，兩年憂世傷生，屢想中止，由于楊絳女士不斷的督促，替我擋了許多事，省出時間來，得以錙銖積累地寫完，照例這本書該獻給他。不過，近來覺得獻書也像“致身于國”，“還政于民”等等佳話，只是語言幻成的空花泡影，名說交付出去，其實只仿佛魔術家玩的飛刀，放手而并沒有脫手，隨你怎樣把作品奉獻給人，作品總是作者自己的，大不了一本書，還不值得這樣精巧地不老實，因此罷了。

　　【答案解析】

　　In this book,I intended to write about a certain segment of society and a certain kind of people in modern China.In writing about these people,I did not forget they are human beings,just human beings with the basic nature of hairless,two-legged animals.The characters are of course fictional,so those with a fondness for history need not trouble themselves trying to trace them out.

　　The writing of this book took two years altogether.It was a time of great grief and disruption,during which I thought several times of giving up.Thanks to Madame Yang Chiang,who continuously urged me on while holding other matters at bay,I was able through the accumulation of many small moments to find the time to finish it.This book should be dedicated to her.But lately it seems to me that dedicating a book is like the fine rhetoric about offering one's life to one's country,or handing the reins of the government back to the people.This is but the vain and empty juggling of language.Despite all the talk about handing it over,the book remains like the flying knife of the magician-released without ever leaving the hand.And when he dedicates his work in whatever maimer he chooses,the work is still the author's own.Since my book is a mere trifle,it does not call for such ingenious disingenuousness.I therefore have not bothered myself about the dedication.

　　分析:

　　1.寫這類人，我沒忘記他們是人類，只是人類，具有無毛兩足動物的基本根性。

　　重點譯出“兩足無毛動物”：hairless,two-legged animals。

　　2.這本書整整寫了兩年，兩年憂世傷生，屢想中止，由于楊絳女士不斷的督促，替我擋了許多事，省出時間來，得以錙銖積累地寫完，照例這本書該獻給他。

　　本句句子較長，而且一句話結構復雜，翻譯為英文時無法統一在一個句子，所以我們可以先理清中文句子的意思關系，然后根據每層意思譯為一個英語句子為佳。其中中文第一分句可獨立譯為第一句，第二，三分句譯為第三句，第四，五，六分句譯為第四句，第七分句獨立譯為一句。用詞方面“錙銖積累，要翻譯出它的內在涵義，可翻譯為the accumulation of many small moments。

　　英語四級翻譯積累訓練二：

　　對于一名女子來說，傳統美是她的唯一標志。她的皮膚應該天生麗質，沒有皺紋，沒有疤痕，沒有瑕疵。她的身材應該消瘦苗條，通常高挑個，雙腿修長，其中青春年少則是首要條件。所有在電視廣告中出現的“花容月貌”的靚女都符合這個標準。這種形象是認為的，是可以人工塑造的。許多婦女盡其所能來擺布和修改自己的容貌體態。

　　【答案解析】

　　To a woman,the traditional beauty is her only mark.Her skin should be born smooth without wrinkles,scars or flaws.Her body should be slim and thin,and usually she is tall,having long legs.The youth is the primary condition.All of the beauties who have showed up in the TV commercials are fit for that criterion.This image is artificial and can be made by people.Many women do their best to decorate and modify their looks and figures.

　　解析:

　　本句中的“皺紋”，“疤痕”，“瑕疵”應選擇意思最接近的英語詞匯，可以譯為wrinkle,scar,flaw。