2015年6月英語六級翻譯預(yù)測題(4)：文化

　　【翻譯原文】

　　文化是一個非常廣泛的概念，給它下一個嚴(yán)格和精確的定義是一件非常困難的事情。籠統(tǒng)地說，文化是一種社會現(xiàn)象，是人們長期創(chuàng)造形成的產(chǎn)物，同時又是一種歷史現(xiàn)象，是社會歷史的積淀物(sediment)。確切地說，文化是能夠被傳承的國家或民族的歷史、地理、風(fēng)土人情、傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗、生活方式、文學(xué)藝術(shù)、行為規(guī)范、思維方式、價值觀念等，是人類之間進(jìn)行交流的普遍認(rèn)可的一種能夠傳承的意識形態(tài)(ideology)。

　　【參考譯文】

　　Culture is a very broad concept, and it is extremely difficult to define it strictly and exactly. Generally speaking, culture is a social phenomenon, which is a product created by people for ages. And it is also a historical phenomenon, which is sediment of social history. To be exact, culture is national and ethnic history, geography, local customs and practices, traditional custom, lifestyles, literature and arts, behavioral norms, the way of thinking, values and so on, which can be inherited. And it is also a kind of ideology of inheritance, which is widely recognized in communication of human beings.

　　【重點(diǎn)表達(dá)】

　　人們長期創(chuàng)造形成的產(chǎn)物 a product created by people for ages

　　確切地說 to be exact (=exactly speaking 注：由于前文用到了generally speaking，故本處換種表達(dá)方式。)

　　風(fēng)土人情 local customs and practices