2022年MPA考研英语每日一练之长难句翻译练习（9月4日）

A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”—the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep.

结构分析

[1] A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory

[2] that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears;

[3] by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”—the random byproducts of the neural-repair work

[4] that goes on during sleep.

分句详解

本句结构：[1][2]与[3][4]并列，以分号联结

[1] [A century ago], Freud formulated his revolutionary theory

译文：一个世纪前，弗洛伊德阐述了开创性的理论

[2] theory的同位语从句：that dreams were (the disguised) shadows (of our unconscious desires and fears);

字面：即/梦/是/伪装的/阴影/我们潜意识里的欲望和恐惧

译文：即梦是我们潜意识里欲望和恐惧经伪装后的阴影

或：即梦近乎投射出我们潜意识里的欲望和恐惧

[3] [by the late 1970s], neurologists had switched to thinking of them —the random byproducts of the neural-repair work(同)

谓语：switch to do…转而做某事;谓语译为“转而认为”;

宾语：them指dreams;

同位语：the random byproducts of the neural-repair work是mental noise的同位语，神经修复过程中的一堆杂乱的副产品

译文：到了20世纪70年代末期，神经学家们转而认为梦是“精神噪声”，即神经修复活动的一种杂乱的副产品

[4] 修饰work的定语从句：that goes on [during sleep].

译文：睡眠时进行的……

全句译文

一个世纪前，弗洛伊德阐述了革命性的理论，即梦近乎投射出我们潜意识里的欲望和恐惧;到了20世纪70年代末期，神经学家们转而认为梦是“精神噪声”，即睡眠时进行的神经修复活动的一种杂乱的副产品。

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