问答题
For years, high school students have received identical textbooks as their classmates. Even as students have different learning styles and abilities, they are force-fed the same materials. A nonprofit based at Rice University believes we can do better. "Imagine a digital textbook where because I'm a different person and learn differently, my book is different than your book," said founder of this nonprofit, which received a $9 million grant to develop a prototype textbook. "Because I understand things in a different way from you, the book itself should change. It's exploding this whole idea of this paper, traditionally important textbook and creating something that's much more like a pathway a student explores." This nonprofit will spend two years developing the personalized, interactive books and then test them on students. The idea is to make learning easier, so students can go on to more successful careers and lives.
【答案解析】解析： 1．第二段首句是包含直接引语的复合句，从句较多，结构也较为复杂，翻译时需注意理清句子的结构关系。该句的翻译难点主要在于两个定语从句，第一个(where because．．．my book is different than your book)修饰textbook，另一个(which received a $9 million grant to…prototype textbook)修饰nonprofit。这两个修饰成分很长，不宜机械对译为“……的”这种句式。可将引号外的this nonprofit与其后的定语从句独立译成一句，作为对该组织的介绍说明，译文处理为“这个非营利组织获得了一笔900万美元的资助来编写一本原创的教科书”。将直接引语部分与said founder(of this nonprofit)译成一句，处理为“其创始人说：‘……’”；直接引语中修饰textbook的定语从句where．．．可用破折号译出，作为一种补充说明，译作“——因为……，所以我的课本会不同于你的课本”。 2．第二段最后一句的exploding有一定的翻译难度，若取“爆炸；破裂”之意，则无法与其后的idea搭配，此处取其“推翻；驳倒；破除”之意，译作“推翻……理念／看法”会更符合语义逻辑。creating something that's much more like a pathway a student explores若逐字直译为“创造出一些更像是学生探索的道路的东西”，译文稍显生硬且有些语义不清，可考虑将其转译为“创造出一些与学生自己的探索不谋而合的东西”。