例3、On one of those sober and rather melancholy days in the latter part of autumn,when the shadows of morning and evening almost mingle together,and throw a gloom over the decline of the year,I passed several hours in rambling about Westminster Abbey.There was something congenial to the season in the mournful magnificence of the old piles,and as I passed its threshold,it seemed like stepping back into the regions of antiquity,and losing myself among the shades of former ages.
译文：时方晚秋，气象肃穆，略带忧郁，早晨的阴影和黄昏的阴影，几乎连接一起，不可分别，岁时将暮，终日昏暗，我就在这么一天，到西敏寺三步了几个钟头。古寺巍巍，森森然似有鬼气，和阴沉的季候正好协调；我跨进大门，觉得自己已经置身于远古，相忘于古人堆的鬼影之中了。
解析：原文来自19世纪美国作家欧文（Washington Irving）的《西敏寺》。文章用字典雅，注重叙事描写，营造一种从容不迫的感觉。译文较好地运用了四字格，不但忠实地传达了原意，而且行文流畅，朗朗上口，再现了原文古雅的风格。
例4、Someday the minutes will have to come to light.They will show nothing but a dreary sham,a repulsive exercise in diplomatic dodging,shadowboxing and double-talking.
译文：有朝一日，会议记录终将公诸世人。这些记录终将表明，一切都是枯燥无味、弄虚作假的东西，是外交上虚与委蛇、装模作样、不知所云的令人反感的行径。
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