翻译是考研英语中同学们都觉得比较难的题型，尤其是英语一的翻译，都是长难句，对我们的语言基础要求也更高些。但是只要掌握了处理长难句的方法和翻译技巧，再长的句子我们也能处理好。长难句翻译首先考虑断句，把句子分成简短的、能够理解的部分，再分析每部分的结构，分别翻译，最后整合到一起就可以啦，就这么简单，我们就以2015年的翻译题目为例，仔细带大家一起分析、翻译一下。

断句：

① But the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America,

② the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another,

③ and the sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent考研科目时间安排

④ caused significant changes.

各部分结构：

① but+名词1(the force)+定语(of geographic conditions)+形容词短语(peculiar to America，做后置定语修饰geographic conditions)

② 名词2( the interplay)+定语(of the varied national groups)+定语(upon one another，也是修饰 the interplay)

③ and +名词3(the sheer difficulty)+定语(of maintaining old-world ways)+状语(in a raw, new continent)

④ 谓语(caused)+宾语(significant changes)

参考译文(直译)：但是，美国特有的地理环境的力量、不同民族间的相互影响、以及在原始的新大陆上保持旧世界方式的巨大困难，都引起了重大变化。

The first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now the United States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the 15th- and -16th-century explorations of North American.

断句：

① The first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now the United States crossed the Atlantic

②more than a hundred years after the 15th- and -16th-century explorations of North American.

各部分结构：

① 主语(The first shiploads of immigrants)+定语(bound for the territory which is now the United States，其中which…States为定语从句修饰territory)+ 谓语(crossed)+宾语( the Atlantic)

② 整体为时间状语，其中of North American修饰explorations

直译：在15、16世纪北美洲的探索一百多年后，第一批满载移民的驶向如今美国所在领土的船只穿过大西洋。

参考译文：15、16世纪人类探索了北美洲，一百多年后，第一批满载移民的船只穿越了大西洋，驶向如今美国所在的领土。

The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a real treasure-house which extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia.

断句：

① The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a real treasure-house

② which extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia.

各部分结构：

① 主语(The virgin forest)+定语(with its richness and variety of trees，其中of trees修饰its richness and variety)+系动词(was)+表语(a real treasure-house)

② 整体为定语从句，修饰treasure-house：主语(which)+谓语( extended)+状语( from Maine all the way down to Georgia)

直译：带有树种丰富性和多样性的原始森林是一个真正的宝库，它从缅因州一直向南延伸到佐治亚州。

参考译文：原始森林中树种丰富而多样，是真正的宝库，它从缅因州一直向南延伸到佐治亚州。