【正确答案】正确答案：I had been attentive and looking forward to the blooming night since the epiphyllum on the balcony came into small buds. Every time when watering the flower, I kept reminding myself not to miss the blossom, but I did miss it when I was engaged in other things! Until the next morning I suddenly remembered it and dashed through the door, only to find the epiphyllum which had bloomed like a phoenix lowering its head and folding the wings, tired and cold without a trace of vividness. At the thought of leaving it alone in the dark on the terrace last night, desolately and lonely in splendid bloom, I had become full of regret and guilt. I was more than missing the florescence. I definitely betrayed it.

【答案解析】解析：1．本文选自散文《错过》，描写了作者错过昙花开放的故事，译文的总体时态宜采用一般过去时。全文描写生动，笔触细腻，翻译时应注意保持这种风格。 2．第一句的两个分句间虽然有“于是”作连接，但其因果关系并不明显，反而“冒花苞到”和“期待开放”之间的时间逻辑关系明显，故译文考虑将前半句译为since引导的从句。“冒出小小的花苞”实指“长出花苞”可译为be in bud或come into bud。花开有多种译法，为避免重复，此处用bloom，下句使用blossom。 3．第二句缺少主语，通过上下文分析可知主语是“我”。“每回浇花……”可充当后面主句的状语从句，译为when watering the flower．I kept reminding myself not to miss the blossom。 4．第三句中，“一忙起来”表达的意思较为笼统，有多种译法，如be busy with．．．、be occupied with．．．、beengaged in…，此处可模糊处理为when I was engaged in other things。建议将这句话与前一句“但一忙起来竟然真的错过了”合译为一句，构成转折关系。 5．第四句原文由五个小短句组成，中文是注重“意合”的语言，英语是注重“形合”的语言，翻译时要注意整合句子。“倏地想起”和“急急推门出户”可以理解为两个并列动作，产生的结果是看见那朵“已经绽放过的花”，用only to find连接并能表达出作者的意外之喜。后面对花的描述，“一如垂头敛翼的凤凰，倦然冷冷的不见一丝神采”可译作epiphyllum的宾语补足语，译为like a phoenix hanging its head and folding thewings，tired and cold without a trace of vividness。 6．最后一句“想起……我心中……”可处理为At the thought of…,I had become．．．的复合句式，符合英语的语言习惯。“凄清寂寞地灿灿烂烂”描写的是昙花盛开时的冷清，可译为desolately and lonely insplendid bloom。由上文可知，“岂止是错过”原文省略了(昙花)盛开的时期，可在missing后增译florescence。“分明是辜负了”，此处辜负有多种译法，如let down、fail或betray，其中betray是指你的行为伤害了爱你或信任你的人，此处可译为I definitely betrayed it。