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Lesson 23 · The Translation Was Almost Right
文体：翻译中的发现 · 朗读音轨 23
先听一遍
听一听，翻译工具把哪个词理解错了。
展开英文短文，再悬停查词
Our English homework was to write about a hobby. I wrote, "I practice piano every day because the sound helps me relax."
I used an AI translation tool to check my Japanese idea. It translated "relax" as "sleep." The sentence became strange: "The sound helps me sleep."
That was not completely wrong, but it was not what I meant. I wanted to say that music makes my mind calm.
Translation is not only changing words. It is carrying meaning.
逐句跟读
点击任意一句听 Dicvo 的 Jenny 英语语音；开始连续播放前可选择每句播放次数。同一句的每遍之间、切换到下一句之前，都会留出约一遍句子时长供你跟读。原有整篇朗读仍可在上方播放。
请选择一句开始。
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Our English homework was to write about a hobby.
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I wrote, "I practice piano every day because the sound helps me relax."
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I used an AI translation tool to check my Japanese idea.
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It translated "relax" as "sleep."
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The sentence became strange: "The sound helps me sleep."
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That was not completely wrong, but it was not what I meant.
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I wanted to say that music makes my mind calm.
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Translation is not only changing words.
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It is carrying meaning.
读懂了什么？
读完后，试着用一句话说出本文的主要意思，并从原文找出支持它的一句话。
查看中文译文
英语作业要写一种爱好。我写道：‘我每天练钢琴，因为琴声能让我放松。’
我用 AI 翻译工具检查自己心里的日语表达。它却把‘放松’译成了‘睡觉’，句子变成‘琴声能帮我入睡’。
这不算完全离题，却不是我想表达的意思。我想说的是，音乐能让我的心情平静下来。
翻译不只是替换词语，还要传达意思。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解；英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- hobby
- 爱好；作业要求写自己喜欢的活动。
- practice piano
- 练钢琴；practice 在这里是‘练习’。
- relax
- 放松；不等于‘睡觉’。
- translation tool
- 翻译工具；帮助检查表达的工具。
- translate A as B
- 把 A 译成 B；这里把 relax 译成 sleep。
- strange
- 奇怪的；译后的意思与原意不合。
- completely
- 完全地；not completely wrong 是‘并非完全错误’。
- mean
- 意思是；文中强调说话者本意。
- mind
- 心情；音乐让心情平静。
- carry meaning
- 传达意思；翻译要保留原句的意图。
背景知识
relax 可以表示放松身心，却不一定是睡着。翻译时若只找一个看似接近的词，可能改变说话者真正想表达的感受。把译文放回原来的语境检查，才能发现这种偏差。