英语六级翻译试题
从2005年1月起，大学英语六级考试成绩满分为710分，凡考试成绩在220分以上的考生，由国家教育部高教司委托“全国大学英语六级考试委员会”发给成绩单。下面是由小编为你精心编辑的英语六级翻译试题，欢迎阅读！
练习一
请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
中国水运历史悠久。早在商朝就有了帆船。隋朝大运河(TheGrand Canal)为南北水运带来了很大便利。明朝时期，郑和七次下西洋，在其中一次航行中，他到达了非洲东海岸。中国河流众多，海岸线长，水运条件优越。长江是最重要的内陆航运(inland shipping)通道，其主流从四川宜宾到海洋，全长超过3000公里。重庆、武汉和南京是长江沿岸的重要港口。中国港口很多，适宜海运，如上海、大连、秦皇岛、天津、青岛、宁波、厦门、广州等。这些港口的航线能通往世界上150多个国家和地区。
参考翻译:
China's water transport has a long history.Early inthe Shang Dynasty,there were sailing boats.TheGrand Canal in the Sui Dynasty provided greatconvenience for south-north water transport.Inthe Ming Dynasty,Zheng He sailed across seas seventimes and reached the east coast of Africa during one of his voyages.China has plenty of rivers,along coastline and advantageous water transport conditions.The Yangtze River is the mostimportant inland shipping channel.Its mainstream,from Yibin in Sichuan Province to thesea,has a total length of over 3,000 kilometers.Chongqing,Wuhan and Nanjing are importantports along the river.China has fevorable conditions for maritime transport with manyharbors,such as Shanghai,Dalian,Qinhuangdao,Tianjin,Qingdao,Ningbo,Xiamen,Guangzhou andso on.There are shipping routes from these ports to over 150 countries and regions all over theworld.
1.历史悠久:即“有着悠久的历史”，可译为has a longhistory。
2.隋朝大运河:即the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty。
3.南北水运:可译为south-north water transport。
4.郑和七次下西洋:可译为Zheng He sailed across seasseven times。
5.河流很多:可译为has plenty of rivers,或has a lot ofrivers,has lots of rivers。plenty of相当于a lot of或lots of,意为“很多的”。
6.适宜海运:“适宜”理解为“有着有利的条件”，可译为has fovorable conditions。“海运”即“海上运输”，可译为maritime transport。其中maritime意为“海上的，航海的”。
练习二
农业是中国的重要产业。中国的农业产居世界首位，主要出产大米、小麦、土豆、花生、茶叶和棉花。尽管中国的可耕地(arable land)仅占世界的10%,但是中国却为世界上20%的`人口提供粮食。由于中国是发展中国家且可耕地严重匮乏，中国的农业一直是劳动密集型(labor-intensive)。中国政府密切关注农业，加大投资力度，积极开展灌溉和水资源保护，以提髙农业生产的现代化水平，使得中国各类农产品的产品迅速增加。然而，由于人口众多，人均农产品产量很低。
参考翻译:
Agriculture is an important industry in China.Chinaranks first in agricultural output worldwide,primarilyproducing rice,wheat,potatoes,peanuts,tea,andcotton.Although accounting for only 10 percent ofarable land worldwide,China produces food for 20percent of the world's population.Due to China's status as a developing country and itssevere shortage of arable land,farming in China has always been the labor-intensiveindustry.Chinese government has been paying close attention to agriculture,increasing theinvestment and actively carrying out irrigation and water conservancy to improve themodernization of agricultural production,which leads to a high growth rate in China's outputof various agricultural products.However,due to the large population,the amount of theagricultural products per capita is small.
1.重要产业:可译为important industry。其中industry除了表示“产业”，还可表示“工业"，例如heavy industry意为“重工业”。
2.仅占…的10%:可译为accounting for only 10 percentof.其中account for意为“占…比例”。
3.可耕地:可译为arable land。
4.密切关注:可译为pay close attention to。参考译文中用了现在完成进行时。
5.灌溉和水资源保护:可译为irrigation and water conservancy。
6.人均:可译为per capita。
