考研英语翻译部分的总体要求是“译文准确完整、通顺”，把原文内容完整的表达出来，翻译中最重要的操作技巧是“调整语序、转化词性”总的来说，大家在做翻译的时候不要盲目逐字翻译，要掌握技巧。下面新航道考研小编为2005考研英语一文章翻译逐句精讲（一），希望大家能够通过翻译的练习，更好的把握翻译的特点。

　　【真题原文】

　　It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history. History and news become confused, and one’s impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism. (46) Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed — and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe. The Europe that is now forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities. With this in mind we can begin to analyze the European television scene. (47) In Europe, as elsewhere, multi-media groups have been increasingly successful: groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in relation to one another. One Italian example would be the Berlusconi group, while abroad Maxwell and Murdoch come to mind.
　　Clearly, only the biggest and most flexible television companies are going to be able to compete in such a rich and hotly-contested market. (48) This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in, a fact underlined by statistics that show that out of eighty European television networks, no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.
　　Moreover, the integration of the European community will oblige television companies to cooperate more closely in terms of both production and distribution.
　　(49) Creating a “European identity” that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old Continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice —that of producing programs in Europe for Europe. This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market, whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are different from our own.
　　In order to achieve these objectives, we must concentrate more on co-productions, the exchange of news, documentary services and training. This also involves the agreements between European countries for the creation of a European bank for Television Production which, on the model of the European Investments Bank, will handle the finances necessary for production costs. (50) In dealing with a challenge on such a scale, it is no exaggeration to say “United we stand, divided we fall” — and if I had to choose a slogan it would be “Unity in our diversity.” A unity of objectives that nonetheless respect the varied peculiarities of each country.

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　　第一段
　　①It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history. ②History and news become confused, and one’s impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism. ③(46) Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed — and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe. ④The Europe that is now forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities. ⑤With this in mind we can begin to analyze the European television scene. ⑥(47) In Europe, as elsewhere, multi-media groups have been increasingly successful: groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in relation to one another.⑦One Italian example would be the Berlusconi group, while abroad Maxwell and Murdoch come to mind.
　　①It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history.
　　it是形式主语，to部分才是真正的主语
　　role n. 职能；地位；角色；作用
　　mass media：大众媒体（如：电视、广播、报纸、杂志等）
　　overwhelm vt. 充满；击倒；征服；淹没；压垮。—— overwhelming adj. 巨大的；压倒性的；无法抗拒的；势不可挡的。—— overwhelmingly adv. 压倒性地；无法抗拒地
　　significant adj. 重要的
　　phase n. 阶段；时期

　　【完整译文】

　　① 在欧洲历史上的这个关键时期（极其重要的时期），探讨大众媒体的作用是不容易的。