2019考研英语二翻译逐句解析

【试题】

　　It is easy to underestimate English writer James Herriot. He Had such a pleasant, readable style that one might think that anyone could imitate it. How many times have I heard people say, “I could write a book. I just haven’t the time.” Easily said.Not so easily done. James Herriot, contrary to popular opinion, did not find it easy in his early days of, as he put it, “having a go at the writing game”. While he obviously had an abundance of natural talent, the final, polished work that he gave to the world was the result of years of practicing, re-writing and reading. Like the majority of authors, he had to suffer many disappointments and rejections along the way, but these made him all the more determined to succeed. Everything he achieved in life was earned the hard way and his success in the literary field was no exception.

【翻译】

英国作家吉米.哈利很容易被人低估。他有着令人愉悦和通俗易懂的写作风格以至于很多人都模仿他。不知道有多少次，我曾听到人们说：我将会写一本书，我只是没有时间。说很容易，做却很难。吉米.哈利却与众人相反，在他早期的时候他并没有发现写作简单，正如他自己所说：尝试着写作游戏。虽然他明显有很多写作方面的天赋，最终他发表了他留给这个世界的作品，是他多年来重复写作、读书、联系的结果。像其他大多数作者一样，这一路走来他不得不经历很多次的失望和拒绝，但是这些使他下定决心走向成功。他人生中所获得的所有的成就都来之不易，并且他在文学领域获得的成功并不是个例外。