2018年12月英语四级翻译练习:风能

请翻译下面段落：

词汇难点：

潜力很大： great / huge potential

新能源：new energy

可再生的：renewable

受到……的重视：receive / attract attention from...; 

be valued highly by...

世界各国：countries around the world; world-wide; globally

风力资源：wind resource

平均风速：average wind speed

超过：exceed

风力发电的第一大国：the biggest giant in wind power; top the world in wind power

做出巨大的贡献：make great contribution to 

表达难点：

1.第2句“风能既清洁……，所以……”可译为主从复合句，将后半句处理为so等引导的结果状语从句，也可将前半句处理成原因状语.表达为(being) clean and renewable。

2.在第3句中，前半句“我国的风力资源极为丰富”明显是句子的重点，故处理成主句，后半句为补充说明，处理为状语，用介词with加上独立主格结构表达出来，译作China boasts... with the average wind speed faster...。谓语boast表示“自豪地拥有”。

3.第4句“早在......，中国就开始了......”可直译为 China began its efforts to develop wind power as early as the 1970s，但译文的表达更能体现出“时间的久远性”。

4.倒数第2句中的“成为风力发电的第一大国”表结果，故将其处理成结果状语，用分词短语making China the biggest giant in wind power来表达。注意不能直接译为becoming the biggest...，因为句子的主语是“风电装机容量”而不是“中国”，所以在翻译前，应转换原文为“使中国成为……”。

参考译文：

Wind is a new energy with great potential.Clean and renewable,wind energy receives increasing attention from countries around the world. China boasts rich wind resources with the average wind speed faster than 3 meters a second in most of its region.China's efforts to develop wind power can be traced back to as early as the 1970s.In 2010, China's installed wind power capacity exceeded that of the United States,making China the biggest giant in wind power.Wind power has made great contribution to protecting the environment.