2016年12月英語四級翻譯模擬練習題：扇子

　　在中國，扇子的使用始于數(shù)千年前。扇子是由許多不同的材料制成的。漢、唐期間，農業(yè)有了發(fā)展，絲綢和緞面(satin)扇子開始出現(xiàn)，并在文人雅士 (scholars and artists)中成為了一種時尚。他們通過在扇面上書寫和繪畫來展示自己的才能。扇子很快獲得了非常大的社會意義。它們成為了有學問的人標準夏季著裝的一部分。中國制作的扇子多種多樣。它們如今依舊享有盛譽。

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　　Fans began to be used in China thousands of years ago. They were made out of many different materials. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, due to progress in agriculture, silk and satin fans appeared, and they became a fashion among scholars and artists who showed their genius by writing and painting on the fans. Fans soon acquired considerable social significance. They became a part of the standard summer costume among the learned. A great variety of fans have been produced in China and they still enjoy great reputation today.

　　1.在中國，扇子的使用始于數(shù)千年前：該句可譯為被動句Fans began to be used in China thousands of yearsago,其主語是Fans,謂語則是began to be used。

　　2.漢、唐期間，農業(yè)有了發(fā)展，絲綢和緞面的扇子開始出現(xiàn):漢、唐期間可作為第一句的時間狀語，譯為during the Hanand Tang Dynasties，“農業(yè)有了發(fā)展”其實是絲綢和緞面扇子出現(xiàn)的原因，所以這里有一層因果邏輯關系，可用因果連詞來表達。