46. Television is one of the means // by which these feelings are created and conveyed --// and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.
翻译的要点：定语从句，被动语态，倒装句式
本句出现了4个动词，大致切分为三句，其中by which 引导定语从句修饰means, 括折号后用and连接并列句。convey 传递/传播。 feelings感觉/情绪。Events事件。
首先考虑定语从句的位置问题，one of the means与by which在意义上联系紧密，故而从句前置。被动语态不宜直译，应该转为被动语态。倒装句式的翻译技巧为还原，于是得到perhaps it has never served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe. 直译：电视也许还从来没有起过如此重大的作用，去联系不同的民族和国家，就像在最近的欧洲事件中那样。然后根据汉语表达习惯适当调整。
参考译文：电视是创造和传递这些情感的方式之一。在欧洲近期发生的事件中，电视在加强不同民族和国家之间的联系方面，也许起到了前所未有的作用 点击下载更多免费资料 附件：April点评2005考研翻译题
发表于 2017-8-6 15:36:50