请读者比较下面两句译文，你认为哪一句较好?
译文1:When he attended worship, he always took a certain seat, but they found that he took a different one that day.
译文2:They remarked how he took a different seat from that which he usually occupied when he chose to attend worship.
两种译文都忠实传达了原文内容。第一种为顺序翻译，第二种为逆序翻译。第一种显得有些冗长拖沓，且前后简单句主语不一致(前半句主语为he，后半句主语是they)，给人表述混乱之感。第二种由于采用了逆序法将原句意思用一个复合句表达出来，内容清晰，结构紧凑。
顺序法和逆序法主要是针对翻译长句而言，六级新题型汉译英题不会涉及此类译法，但作为翻译策略之一，应有所了解。
Exercise Three
1.We wish to convey to you ________________ (我们衷心的祝贺).
2. __________________(无论从哪一方面考虑)，they ought to be given another chance.
3. ________________(随着时间的流逝),.they forgot their bitter sufferings.
4.We must _______________(使自己适应)the demands of our times;otherwise we'll fall behind the other industrialized nations of theworld.
5.The number of the students in the city has ___________________ (增加了五倍) in comparison with 2001.
答案与解析
1. our hearty congratulations
解析：全句意为：我们希望向你表达我们衷心的祝福。主要考查词是"衷心的"。hearty表示发自内心的，衷心的，亲切的，热烈的意思。如：a hearty welcome(热烈的欢迎);a heartyinvitation(真诚的邀请);a hearty support(全力的支持。另外，"希望(做)某事"可以说成：wish to dosth./ wish + sth.
2. Taking everything into consideration
解析：本题考查的是反面表达法。"无论从哪一方面考虑"即：方方面面都考虑到。"考虑"的短语表达有：take sth. intoconsideration /take sth. into account。因为此句主句已给出，所以take应用现在分词的形式，在句中作原因状语。本句采用反译法，使译文符合英文表达习惯。
3. With the passage of time
解析： 本题是考查固定搭配，"时间流逝"应译为 the passing / passage of time ，"随着"应选用介词with，请看例句：We grow older with the hours.(我们随着时光流逝而长大。)
4. adapt ourselves to
解析：本句意为：我们必须使自己适应这个时代的要求，否则就会落后于世界其他工业国家。主要考查"使......适应" 的用法：adaptto / adapt sb. to，如：adapt themselves to city life(使他们适应城市生活);You shouldadapt yourself to the new environment.(你应该适应新环境)。adapt除了有"使适应"含义外，还有"改编，改写"之意。考生也常将adapt 和 adopt相混淆。adopt有"采纳，接受，领养"之意。
5. increased 6 times
解析：本题考查关于倍数的说法。"增加了5倍"即增加到6倍。用times与fold表示"增加"时，要注意英语要多说一倍。如Output of coal increased four times(或fourfold).(媒产量增加了3倍)。