不消说,相识的人数是随着年龄增加的,一个人年龄越大,走过的地方,当过的职务越多,相识的人理该越增加了。可是相识的人并不就是朋友。我们和许多人相识,或是因为事务关系,或是因为偶然的机缘——如在别人请客的时候同席吃过饭之类。见面时点头或握手,有事时走访或通信,

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问题     不消说,相识的人数是随着年龄增加的,一个人年龄越大,走过的地方,当过的职务越多,相识的人理该越增加了。可是相识的人并不就是朋友。我们和许多人相识,或是因为事务关系,或是因为偶然的机缘——如在别人请客的时候同席吃过饭之类。见面时点头或握手,有事时走访或通信,口头上彼此也称“朋友”,笔头上有时或称“仁兄”,诸如此类。其实只是一种社交上的客套,和“顿首”“百拜”同是仪式的虚伪。这种交际可以说是社交,和真正的友谊相差似乎很远。

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答案 But not all acquaintances are friends. We come to know many people either in the way of business or by mere chance—say, having been at the same table at a dinner party. We may be on nodding or hand-shaking terms, look up or correspond with each other on business, call each other "friend", sometimes write to each other with the salutation of "Dear So-and-So", etc. All these are, in fact, nothing but civilities of social life, as hypocritical as the polite formula dunshou (kowtow) or baibai (a hundred greetings) used after the signature in old-fashioned Chinese letter-writing. We may call them social intercourse, but they seem to have very little in common with genuine friendship.

解析     第二句中,译文把原文中的原因状语译为英文中的介词短语“in the way of business or by mere chance”,表达更为简洁,符合英语的表达习惯;另外,译文在处理“如……”的例子时,用英语的衔接方法“say”引出,与全文的文体保持一致。第三句中,译文用“on…terms”表达出“见面时点头或握手”这种关系,从而把原文中所缺省的含义表达出来;另外,译文把“仁兄”、“顿首”、“百拜”这些汉语文化专项词译为“Dear So-and-So”,“dunshou (kowtow)…‘baibai(a hundred greetings)”,用相关文化信息表达出了它们的含义;再者,译文把“客套”译为“civilities”,把“仪式”译为“the polite formula”,把“虚伪”转换为形容词译为“hypocritical”,翻译准确、到位。最后一句中,泽文增加转折连词“but”,表达出汉语所体现的逻辑关系,使得句子意思表达清晰。  
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