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Wearing waders, he boarded his boat and motored¹ to the lagoon with scores² of other fishermen to rake the clam gardens that for decades have transformed this sleepy Italian village off the Po River Delta into a bivalve boomtown.

机翻：他穿着涉水鞋，登上自己的船，和其他几十名渔民一起开车前往泻湖，在蛤蜊园里捕鱼。几十年来，这些蛤蜊园把波河三角洲附近这个沉睡的意大利村庄变成了一个新兴的双壳类城市，

译修：他穿着胶鞋，登上自己的船，在马达的轰鸣声中，和其他几十名渔民一起前往泻湖，在蛤蜊田中开始新一天的捕捞。几十年前，这里还只是波河三角洲附近的一座宁静小村庄，如今已经摇身一变，成为了新兴的蛤蜊之城。

After a pause he added “sir” in a dilatory, grudging way. 一 The Great Gatsby
机翻：停了一会儿，他又用一种慢吞吞的、勉强的方式加了一句“先生”。

译修：停顿了一下，他才又磨磨蹭蹭、不情不愿地加了句“先生”。一《了不起的盖茨比》

Mr.Ovchinnikov is a rare dissident in Russia, where public criticism of the war can land people in jail or exile.
一New York Times Dec 14,2022

land in sth | land sb/yourself in sth
(informal) to get sb/yourself into a difficult situation 使陷入（困境）
She was arrested and landed in court.

His hot temper has landed him in trouble before.

Now you’ve really landed me in it!(= got me into trouble)

机翻：奥夫钦尼科夫是俄罗斯罕见的持不同政见者。在俄罗斯，公开批评战净可能会让人入狱或流亡。

译修：在俄罗斯，如果你公开发表反战言论，可能会锒铛入狱或是遭到放逐，奥夫钦尼科夫是罕见的跟政府唱反调的人。

Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, is threatening to dissolve two provincial assemblies in a high-stakes attempt to force the federal government to hold early elections. —— BBC Dec 22,2022

election:
the process of choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting
In America, presidential elections are held every four years.

机翻：巴基斯坦前总理伊姆兰•汗威胁要解散两个省议会，这是一次高风险的尝试，目的是迫使联邦政府提前举行选举。

译修：为了强行推动联邦政府提前举行选举，巴基斯坦前总理伊姆兰·汗不惜兵行险着，扬言要解散两个省级议会。

Her new-found optimism dissolved at the sight of him
机翻：她刚获得的乐观情绪一见到他就消失了。
译修：一见到他，她刚刚建立的乐观情绪便烟消云散了。

sight: the act of seeing sb/sth
I have been known to faint at the sight of blood.

这期学的时候萌生了一丝违和感：这个“new-found”！

“建立乐观情绪”这种表达在中文里没什么问题，但如果反过来把它翻译成英文，大家就要小心！

因为中译英的话，“刚刚建立”我觉得我会很容易想到用“newly founded / formed”而非“new-found” —— 但这样便真的违和了，前者一般是搭配各种组织机构用的，比如“A newly founded university”。后者更贴近“获取”或者“具备”，我查出来的例句也主要都是搭配抽象的东西，比如confidence，freedom，fame和这里的optimism。
最后，还有个地名很好记：纽芬兰（Newfoundland）。

A switch to a larger racquet a couple of years previously was now paying dividends, offering him more power and spin, and more success against Nadal, whom he beat in the final. ——BBC Sep22,2022

机翻：几年前，他改用了更大的球拍，这给他带来了更多的力量和旋转，并在决赛中击败了纳达尔，取得了更多的成功。

译修：（费德勒）改用更大号的球拍，如今收效甚笃，他的球拥有了更强的力量和旋转，这为他在与纳达尔的对阵中带来了更大的优势，最终在决赛中将他举击败。

The Taliban has made commitments to allow its erstwhile enemies to go, but also has a track record of duplicity and revenge.

机翻：塔利班承诺让昔日的敌人离开，但也有口是心非和报复的记录。
译修：

1. 连贯：塔利班承诺让昔日的敌人离开，但这个组织也有口是心非和报复的记录。
2. 具体：塔利班已（经）承诺让昔日的敌对势力离开，但这个组织也有言行不一和报复的前科。
3. 动态：塔利班已承诺会不计前嫌，允许让昔日的敌对势力离开，但这个组织也有言行不一、打击报复的前科。

Footnotes

1. to travel by car, especially for pleasure; We spent the afternoon motoring through the countryside. ↩

2. a set or group of 20 or approximately 20 * 20 个；约 20 个 Several cabs and a score of cars were parked outside. Doyle’s success brought imitators by the score (= very many). 多伊尔取得成功后，仿效者群起。the biblical age of three score years and ten (= 70) 《圣经》上所说的七十岁 ↩