大学英语四六级翻译真题解析6-3

第三句：

春节贴福字是民间由来已久的习俗。

译文一

It has been a long-standing folk custom to paste the fu character during the Spring Festival.

思路：“由来已久” 表示这一习俗从过去一直延续到了现在，故该句用现在完成时。“由来已久的” 可译为 long-standing。

译文二

The custom of pasting the character “fu” on doors during the Spring Festival has a long history in Chinese folk culture.

译文三

Pasting the “fu” character during the Spring Festival is a longstanding folk custom.

注：表达“由来已久”的常用方式：a longstanding...；has a long history；has long been...