核心问题
As they grow old, people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away, and sentiment. (New Concept English, Book 3, L. 59)
[原译]随着岁月流逝人变老,人们还由于另外两个原因积累物品,即体力衰弱与精神不佳,因为在丢弃这些无用之物时这两者缺一不可;此外,还有感情的因素。[《新概念英语》(3),世界图书出版公司,1993,p.279]
请分析上面译文是否正确？
词典解答
从译文看,似乎译者认为 two other reasons 就是指 lack of physical and mental energy,而把 sentiment 看作是 two other reasons 的并列成分。实际上,lack of physical and mental energy 和 sentiment 两者合起来共同做 two other reasons 的同位语。
[试译]当人们年老的时候,还由于其它两个原因而积存物品:一是缺乏体力和精力(因为清理和扔掉无用之物体力和精力是不可缺少的),二是出于感情上的考虑。