何凯文每日一句 今天
This is not just because American readers are resistant to fiction in translation, as publishers often complain. On the contrary, over the last two decades, many foreign writers have made a major impact on American literature. The failure of the Swedish Academy to reflect the actual judgment of literary history is nothing new. The winners of the Nobel Prize in one circle and the most influential and widely read 20th-century writers in the other, their area of overlap would be surprisingly small.
第一句：
This is not just because American readers are resistant to fiction in translation, as publishers often complain.
词汇：
resistant 抵抗的
fiction 虚构文学;小说
publisher 出版商
complain 抱怨
主干识别：
This is not just because American readers are resistant to fiction in translation. 这不仅是因为美国读者抗拒译作。
切分成分：
as publishers often complain像出版商常常抱怨的那样 (定语从句)
As是关系代词：= American readers are resistant to fiction in translation
补全：publishers often complain American readers are resistant to fiction in translation
参考译文：这不仅是因为——像出版商常常抱怨的那样——美国读者抗拒译作。
所以第一个思考题是错误的!
第二句：
On the contrary, over the last two decades, many foreign writers have made a major impact on American literature.
词汇：
on the contrary相反
make a major impact on产生重大的影响
参考译文：相反，过去的20多年间，许多外国作家对美国文学产生了重大影响。
第三句：
The failure of the Swedish Academy to reflect the actual judgment of literary history is nothing new.
词汇：
failure of sb. to do sth. 某人未能做某事
reflect 反映;显示
actual 实际的
judgment 判断;评价
literary history 文学史
主干识别：主语 is nothing new.
切分成分：
The failure of the Swedish Academy to reflect the actual judgment of literary history (主语)
瑞典皇家科学院未能反映文学史的实际评价。
参考译文：瑞典皇家科学院未能反映文学史的实际评价，这不是什么新鲜事。
第四句:
The winners of the Nobel Prize in one circle and the most influential and widely read 20th-century writers in the other, their area of overlap would be surprisingly small.
词汇：
1.influential 有影响力的
2.widely 广泛地
3.overlap 交集
4.surprisingly 惊人地
主干识别：their area of overlap would be surprisingly small
它们之间的交集会惊人得小
切分成分：
1.The winners of the Nobel Prize in one circle
独立主格
还原：
The winners of the Nobel Prize are in one circle
诺贝尔奖获得者在一个圆圈里。
2.the most influential and widely read 20th-century writers in the other
独立主格
还原：
the most influential and widely read 20th-century writers are in the other
20世纪最有影响力、最受欢迎(most widely read最被广泛阅读的，就是最受欢迎的)的作家在另一个圆圈里。
参考译文：诺贝尔奖获得者在一个圆圈里，20世纪最受欢迎的作家在另一个圆圈里。它们之间的交集惊人得小。
——KK