文档介绍：翻译实践报告
选题说明：
本文所选篇章选自《哈利波特与密室》第一章The Worst Birthday,众所周知,
，而这个故事的灵感是1991年她在从
曼彻斯特到伦敦的火车上萌发uni a, I n ever went hungry whe n I was at Smelt in gs, “ Dudley, who ””
was so large his bottom drooped over either side of the kitche n chair, grinned and
turned to ，这对翻译造成了很大的阻碍，但通过查阅资料，网上翻译等 途径解决了。这启发了笔者，当遇到生词，地道的句子，长难句等，可以通过网
上机翻，网上译本等方法先弄明白意思，如果是有歧义的句子或单词，可以先分
析单词的词性，结合上下文和单词意思，合理推断出句子意思。
原文:
Not for the first time, an argume nt had broke n out over breakfast at nu mber
four, Privet Drive. Mr. Vernon Dursley had bee n woke n in the early hours of the
morni ng by a loud, hooti ng no ise from his nep hew Harry's room.
“Third time this week!
” he roared across the table.
“If you can't con trol that owl, it'll
have to go! ”
Harry tried, yet aga in, to explain.
around outside. If I could just let her out at ni ght—”
“ Do I look stupid? ” snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy
mustache. “I know what'll happen if that owl's let out.
He excha nged dark looks with his wife, Petunia.
Harry tried to argue back but his words were drow ned by a Ion g, loud belch from the
Dursleys ' son, Dudley.
“I want more bac on. ”
“There's more in the fryi ng pan, sweetums,
” said Aunt Petunia, turning misty eyes on
…I don't like the
her massive son. “ We must build you up while we've got the cha nee sound of that school foo