Thanks to the means of modern transportation and communication, the world is getting smaller and smaller. The whole world commun

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问题 Thanks to the means of modern transportation and communication, the world is getting smaller and smaller. The whole world community appears to be no more than a large global village, where the residents come together with different cultural backgrounds and values. While experiencing the inevitable cultural exchanges as well as cultural clashes, the "villagers" seek to live in harmony.

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答案多亏了现代交通和通讯手段的发展,世界变得越来越小。整个世界看起来就像一个很大的地球村,村里居住着拥有不同文化背景和价值观的人们。在经历不可避免的文化交流、文化冲突的同时,“村民们”也在力求和谐共处。

解析  翻译第一句话时,需注意“Thanks to”意为“因为,由于”,原文中虽然并无“发展”一词,但其意义已隐含在原文中,因此翻译时需要点明;另外这样翻译也更通顺一些。第二句中需正确理解短语“be no more than”的意思,该短语意为“仅仅,不过”,强调“除此无它”。该句中的非限制性定语从句由“where”引导,可将“where”理解为“在这个地球村里”,承前省略时可译为“村里”,其原意是指“村里拥有不同文化背景和价值观的居民聚集到一起”,此处为表达通顺地道,转译为“村里居住着拥有不同文化背景和价值观的人们”。最后一句中需注意动词短语“seek to”的含义,该短语意为“设法、试图”,故此处处理为“力求”。
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