2020考研英语翻译每日一练2019.8.24

2020考研英语翻译每日一练~今天开始综合性句子和难点句子，你准备好了吗?

真题实战

But the idea that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly than an ordinary citizen rests on an understanding of the established conventions and special responsibilities of the news media.

结构分析

这个句子的主句谓语是rests on，主谓宾结构：the idea rests on an understanding，主语是the idea，其后有that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly than an ordinary citizen这一同位语从句。宾语是an understanding。

词汇释义

profoundly ad. 深刻的，意义深远的

rest on 依赖，取决于

convention n. 惯例，常规

拆分翻译

But the idea that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly than an ordinary citizen / /

rests on an understanding of t/ /

he established conventions and special responsibilities of the news media

记者必须比普通人更深刻地了解法律的这种想法

取决于理解

新闻媒体业已确立的规则和特殊责任

参考译文

记者必须比普通人更深刻地了解法律，而这种想法取决于对新闻媒体业已确立的规则和特殊责任的理解。

总结

同位语的翻译