MPAcc考研英语翻译复习技巧:被动语态

【考研试题例句】

It is imagined by many that the operations of the common mind can be by no means compared with these processes, and that they have to be required by a sort of special training.

【解析】

It is imagined by many //that the operations of the common mind can be by no means compared with these processes, //and that they have to be acquired by a sort of special training.

主句：it is imagined，其中it为形式主语，而that引导的 that the operations... compared with these processes和that they have to ... special training是并列的主语从句，为真正的主语。原文中有三个被动语态is imagined，be compared和be required，译成汉语都变成了主动表达："认为"、"相比"和"掌握"。具体为：

(1)It is imagined by many 此处是"It 被动语态 that"形式的处理，译为"很多人认为"。

(2)that the operations of the common mind can be by no means compared with these processes, 此处所用的是译成汉语主动句的处理方法，并保存原文主语译为"普通人的思维活动根本无法与这些思维过程(科学家的思维过程)相比"。