【哈尔滨工业大学MTI 2025】美好与悲伤

新的一周开始,IP 也从山东变成了北京。

俗话说得好:不怕累,不怕苦,我是钢筋混凝土。作为新时代的大学生,还有啥理由不多学点知识呢?

每次放假,总有些同学说在家里似乎学不下去,总想着吃,想着玩。而回到教室里面,就像犯人回到监狱一样,立马产生了学习的冲动。

这是一种正常的心理现象,完全可以理解。毕竟,谁愿意回到家里还嗷嗷背书或者刷题呢?

只不过,还是那句话:该学的时候,还是得学。

今天的材料来自于哈尔滨工业大学 2025 年的 MTI 汉英翻译题目。内容不算太多,但有些难度,因为属于评论性材料。

来吧,反正闲着也是闲着,不如开动下大脑,提升下智商。

  • 难度:★★★★★
  • 字数:354 字
  • 建议翻译时间:40 - 50 分钟
  • 翻译难点:抽象措辞的理解、重复措辞的化简

完整原文

人的生活是美好的还是悲惨的,其实只在一念之间。原因在于,美好的感觉来源于身体的舒适和精神的愉悦。身体的舒适是容易达到的,饿了吃点东西,冷了穿点衣服,热了把空调打开,可以立即得到美好的感觉。而精神的愉悦更是只在一念之间:如果你想着悲惨的事情,生活会变得悲惨;如果你想着美好的事情,生活会在几秒钟之内变得美好。

如果你每天、每刻只想着美好的事物,你的生活就会变得非常美好。这些美好的事物就是自然的景观,人造的美(音乐,美术,文学,哲学),亲情,友情,爱情。当然,这些东西有些可以很容易得到,有些不一定总能得到,但是得不到这样,可以得到那样。有时,即使沉浸在对这些美好事物的思念之中,也是一种不错的感觉。

说到底,美好还是悲惨,快乐还是痛苦,只是人的一种感觉。所以我说一个人能否使自己的生活变得美好,其实只在一念之间。

我的译文

Whether the happiness or sadness of life is upon to your mind, for the reason that it is deprived from physical comfort or mental delightment. It is easy to obtain the physical comfort; you can eat something when feeling hungry, wear more clothes when feeling cold, or turn on the air conditioner when feeling hot. However, the mental delightment even only depend on a mere thought. The life can be miserable if you are thinking of miserable things, while it can also be delightful when you are thinking of delightful things.
Your life will be much delightful if you only keep delightful things in mind all the time. These delightful things includes natural scene, artificial beauty, which includes music, art, literature, and philosophy, family, friendship and love. Of course it is not easy to obtain some of these things, but you can choose which one you would like to obtain. Moreover, it can be a nice moment for just missing these delightful things.
After all, no matter happiness or sadness, it is just a kind of feeling for ourselves. That’s why I say that it is totally depend on one’s mind for making a better life.


批改反馈(Workbuddy · 2026-09-08)

评级:5/10。题材难度 ★★★★★(评论性材料),在比昨日概要更难的文本上守住同分,视为持平微进。
分项:忠实原文 5/10 | 语言规范 4/10 | 表达地道 5/10 | 完整度 6/10。

值得保持的

  • 避开了「打开空调 = open」的陷阱(turn on the air-conditioner ✓);
  • 第二段 Examples 的列举意识、while 对比结构的使用,说明句式组织能力在线;
  • 全文意思主线没断,阅卷人能读懂你在说什么——这是及格的底线,已守住。

错误清单(按严重度)

A. 词义混淆(最危险,会逆转句意)

原文你的译文问题
美好的感觉来源于is deprived fromdeprive = 剥夺,与”来源”恰好相反。来源 = derive from / arise from。这个词考场错一次,整句意思反转
得不到这样,可以得到那样you can choose which one you would like to obtain原意是”这个得不到还有那个”(总有替代),不是”挑一个想要的”。语义偏移
说到底After allAfter all = 毕竟(让步),说到底 = Fundamentally / Ultimately(总结定性)

B. 主谓一致(与昨日概要同一病灶,连续两天出现)

  • These delightful things includes → include
  • the mental delightment even only depend → depends
  • it is totally depend on → depends entirely on

C. 用词不地道

  • mental delightment → mental pleasure(delightment 非常用词)
  • artificial beauty → man-made beauty(artificial 含”虚假”贬义)
  • natural scene → natural landscape / scenery
  • family(亲情)→ family ties
  • a nice moment for just missing → be lost in memories of / immerse ourselves in memories of
  • The life can be miserable → life(零冠词)
  • much delightful → much more delightful / quite beautiful

D. 漏译

  1. 「可以立即得到美好的感觉」— instantly 丢失;
  2. 「生活会在几秒钟之内变得美好」— in just a few seconds 丢失;
  3. 「这些东西有些可以很容易得到」— 只译了”有些不易得”,前半句丢;
  4. 「能否使自己的生活变得美好」— 译成了肯定式 making a better life,“能否”(whether one can)的悬置感丢失,而这是全文点题句。

复盘要点

  1. derive / deprive 形近词是你的真实盲区,入卡壳词本;
  2. 主谓一致连续两天出现,从今天起每篇练习留 2 分钟专查动词单复数;
  3. 点题句(段末句)逐字对照原文再动笔,不漏语义成分。

句式精析

1. 人的生活是美好的还是悲惨的,其实只在一念之间。

【参考译文】 Whether our life is beautiful or sorrowful is, in fact, determined by a single thought.

翻译本句话,首先考虑的可能是句式结构。

从形式上来讲,可以考虑用 whether 结构,这可能是最简单,容易想到的。或者呢?直接用普通的名词结构。比如 the happiness / joy or sadness of life。

啥叫“一念之间”?不明白的话不要紧,接着往后看。


2. 原因在于,美好的感觉来源于身体的舒适和精神的愉悦。

【参考译文】 Good feelings arise from physical comfort and mental pleasure.

“原因在于”处理方法非常的多,最简单的就是直接用一个 because。或者自问自答:Why?Because…

“美好的感觉”直译成 beautiful feelings,是可以接受的。也可以考虑 joy 或者 happiness。

“身体的舒适”和“精神的愉悦”涉及到身体和精神两个层面,那就是 physical and mental。至于“舒适”和“愉悦”,前者可以考虑 comfort,后者可以考虑 pleasure。


3. 身体的舒适是容易达到的,饿了吃点东西,冷了穿点衣服,热了把空调打开,可以立即得到美好的感觉。

【参考译文】 The former is often easy to obtain: when we are hungry, we can find something to eat; when it is cold, we can put on warmer clothes; when it is hot, we can turn on the air-conditioner. In such cases, the sense of comfort can be obtained instantly.

本句话的内容稍微有点长,但是逻辑非常清晰,属于典型的总分关系。

“饿了吃点东西”内容看起来非常少,但是你要知道内部隐含着条件假设关系。后面的内容,同样隐藏着这种逻辑关系。

“打开”看起来简单,但防不住有同学把它翻译成 open。是你吗,大聪明?以后准备从事空调维修工作吗?


4. 而精神的愉悦更是只在一念之间:如果你想着悲惨的事情,生活会变得悲惨;如果你想着美好的事情,生活会在几秒钟之内变得美好。

【参考译文】 The latter depends largely on a single thought, however. If we dwell on what saddens us, our life will be burdened by sadness; if we focus on what brings joy to us, our life will turn beautiful in just a few seconds.

“一念之间”此处再次出现。转换成大白话:某一个瞬间的想法,a mere thought。

“想”可以用 think about。后面的内容都是固定结构,没啥太多可讲的。


5. 如果你每天、每刻只想着美好的事物,你的生活就会变得非常美好。

【参考译文】 If you simply focus on beautiful things every minute every day, your life will grow quite beautiful.

“想着”在本文出现的比较多,老是用 think of 或 think about,过于单调了。

而且还要注意的是,本句的内容跟上一段的最后一句话,其实有很明显的重复。直接省略不译吗?还不太敢,毕竟这是一篇议论性的材料。


6. 这些美好的事物就是自然的景观,人造的美(音乐,美术,文学,哲学),亲情,友情,爱情。

【参考译文】 These beautiful things consist of the natural landscape and man-made beauty (music, fine arts, literature, and philosophy), family ties, friendship and love.

“自然的景观”是 natural landscape。“人造的美”可以直译成 man-made beauty。后面括号里面的是基本的科目,大家都学过,不能出错。

“亲情,友情,爱情”没啥可讲的吧?同样不能错。


7. 当然,这些东西有些可以很容易得到,有些不一定总能得到,但是得不到这样,可以得到那样。

【参考译文】 Of course, some are easily available and some are not always within our reach. However, we can always find at least some of them even if we can’t enjoy all of them.

本句的内容,听起来有点像绕口令。如果看不明白的话,多看几遍。

含义上来讲,其实没有难度。


8. 有时,即使沉浸在对这些美好事物的思念之中,也是一种不错的感觉。

【参考译文】 Sometimes, losing ourselves in memories of these beautiful things can also generate good feelings.

“沉浸”翻译的时候,要注意它后面的宾语是“思念”。建议整体理解成:be lost in memories of。


9. 说到底,美好还是悲惨,快乐还是痛苦,只是人的一种感觉。

【参考译文】 Fundamentally, whether our life is beautiful or sorrowful, happy or painful is nothing but a matter of feeling.

这句话没啥可讲的吧?


10. 所以我说一个人能否使自己的生活变得美好,其实只在一念之间。

【参考译文】 That is why I say that whether one can make his life beautiful depends on a single thought.

这句话同样如此,都是对前面两段内容的概括总结。


原文与参考译文汇总

原文

人的生活是美好的还是悲惨的,其实只在一念之间。原因在于,美好的感觉来源于身体的舒适和精神的愉悦。身体的舒适是容易达到的,饿了吃点东西,冷了穿点衣服,热了把空调打开,可以立即得到美好的感觉。而精神的愉悦更是只在一念之间:如果你想着悲惨的事情,生活会变得悲惨;如果你想着美好的事情,生活会在几秒钟之内变得美好。

如果你每天、每刻只想着美好的事物,你的生活就会变得非常美好。这些美好的事物就是自然的景观,人造的美(音乐,美术,文学,哲学),亲情,友情,爱情。当然,这些东西有些可以很容易得到,有些不一定总能得到,但是得不到这样,可以得到那样。有时,即使沉浸在对这些美好事物的思念之中,也是一种不错的感觉。

说到底,美好还是悲惨,快乐还是痛苦,只是人的一种感觉。所以我说一个人能否使自己的生活变得美好,其实只在一念之间。

参考译文

Whether our life is beautiful or sorrowful is, in fact, determined by a single thought. Good feelings arise from physical comfort and mental pleasure. The former is often easy to obtain: when we are hungry, we can find something to eat; when it is cold, we can put on warmer clothes; when it is hot, we can turn on the air-conditioner. In such cases, the sense of comfort can be obtained instantly. The latter depends largely on a single thought, however. If we dwell on what saddens us, our life will be burdened by sadness; if we focus on what brings joy to us, our life will turn beautiful in just a few seconds.

If you simply focus on beautiful things every minute every day, your life will grow quite beautiful. These beautiful things consist of the natural landscape and man-made beauty (music, fine arts, literature, and philosophy), family ties, friendship and love. Of course, some are easily available and some are not always within our reach. However, we can always find at least some of them even if we can’t enjoy all of them. Sometimes, losing ourselves in memories of these beautiful things can also generate good feelings.

Fundamentally, whether our life is beautiful or sorrowful, happy or painful is nothing but a matter of feeling. That is why I say that whether one can make his life beautiful depends on a single thought.


重点表达积累

  • 一念之间:a single thought / a mere thought
  • 美好的感觉:beautiful feelings / joy / happiness
  • 身体的舒适:physical comfort
  • 精神的愉悦:mental pleasure
  • 想 / 想着:think about / think of / dwell on / focus on
  • 打开(空调等电器):turn on the air-conditioner(不可用 open)
  • 自然的景观:natural landscape
  • 人造的美:man-made beauty
  • 亲情 / 友情 / 爱情:family ties / friendship / love
  • 不一定总能得到:not always within our reach
  • 得不到这样,可以得到那样:we can always find at least some of them even if we can’t enjoy all of them
  • 沉浸在对……的思念之中:be lost in / lose oneself in memories of…
  • 说到底:fundamentally / in fact
  • 只是人的一种感觉:nothing but a matter of feeling
  • 能否使生活变得美好只在一念之间:whether one can make his life beautiful depends on / is determined by a single thought

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