參考答案
Traditional Chinese holiday meals are indispensable on some festivals. For example, the Dragon Boat Festival is a day established in memory of the ancient poet Qu Yuan and people usually hold dragon boat races and eat zongzi, or rice dumpling on that day. The Mid-autumn Festival is an occasion for viewing the full moon. The round moon is a symbol for completeness and family reunion. The special food of the day is yuebing, a round cake known as the mooncake. The Spring Festival is the Chinese lunar New Year’s holiday. Besides the popular poultry and meat, people cook traditional food according to regional customs, for example, jiaozi, or boiled dumplings, and niangao, or the “ 1 ” new year cake.
難點精析
■ 1.中國的傳統節慶膳食:翻譯為Traditional Chinese holiday meals,其中“節慶膳食”直接譯為holiday meals , 即可,翻譯時注意“中國的”和“傳統”的順序。
2.紀念:翻譯為介詞短語in memory of,修飾前面的a day。
■ 3.賽龍舟:翻譯為hold dragon boat races,其中hold意為“舉行”,“舉行龍舟比賽”即“賽龍舟”。
4.觀賞滿月:“滿月”即fMlmoon,此處的“觀賞”可以譯為viewing,也可以用enjoying或watching表示。
5.象征著家庭團聚:“象征”翻譯為系表結構is a symbol for,也可以用動詞symbolize表示,“家庭團聚”翻譯: 為 family reunion 即可。