【正确答案】 People always spend their earthly existence in shuttling between haste and leisure—two distinct life styles, though—sometimes even hardly conscious of which way they are on. For instance, while still vacationing at the resort, we receive a call from the boss all of a sudden, knowing that some troubles are with the clients or the work. At this moment, the handy cell phone is exposed as an evil and dismal device more than a modern and advanced tool. The subsequent leisure is merely showy as such a call has shadowed our leisure tour and made us restless with anxiety.
【答案解析】1.画线部分第一句与第二句语义衔接较为紧密,并且重复词组较多,因此在翻译时可以合并为英语的一个长句,并且把第一句处理为插入语,更符合英语的表达习惯。其中在“在……间频繁穿梭”可以译为shuttling between…。第二句中的“‘休闲着’还是‘匆忙着’”在翻译时应当避免与上文重复,可以译为从句which way they are on。
2.画线部分第三句较长,在翻译时可以断开译为三个分句。第一个分句可以断在第一个破折号前。第二个分句用词较为犀利,翻译时应当注意英语选词。“狰狞、阴郁”可以译为evil and dismal。第三个分句为第二个破折号后的内容,其中,“兴趣全无”中的“兴趣”指的是“度假的兴致”,可以译为shadowed our leisure tour,“火烧火燎”在此形容人的心情焦虑,坐立不安,可译为restless with anxiety。