Question

求英语翻译高手！急！

these projects inspired the first articles i sold to magazines,fulfilling my dream of being a freelance writer.i think it might have been a little more difficult selling articles on choosing a dining room set with unlimited funds。这句后面死活也翻译不出中国话来。求高手赐教！谢谢啦！

Answer 1

翻译要结合语境，见【本题】的上下文：
We didn’t have the money for new furniture when we moved into our trailer, so I refinished an old table and chairs. We couldn’t afford a dishwasher so I washed the dishes by hand. 【These projects inspired the first articles I sold to magazines, fulfilling my dream of being a freelance writer. I think it might have been a little more difficult selling articles on choosing a dining room set with unlimited funds.】 Cutting back forced me to learn new skills and appreciate the fine points of old ones. It gave me confidence in myself and confidence in the stability of my family.
翻译：这些项目激发了我的灵感，开始撰写文章出售给杂志，实现了我作为自由作家的梦想。现在想来，出售关于选择餐厅设备的文章原本可能是一件非常困难的事......

原文如下：
Thanks, Mr. Reagan, for the Recession
By Cynthia Hollander

A few years back, we had a new three-bedroom home, a new car, a TV, a stereo and all the expected accompaniments of a typical up-coming family. Then the recession hit, the stork delivered and bad luck sped through our lives spewing car and appliance repairs and hospital bills in its wake.
I had quit work two years before our son was born, with no great hindrance to our financial situation. My husband, a skilled carpenter, always had plenty of work, so my salary was gravy – extra money for savings of expenses. Our daughter had just been born when interest rates skyrocketed and work became scarce. There was nothing being built for 50 miles.
I had a choice. I could put the kids in a day-care center and go back to work for a hardware store to boost our income, or we could sell our home.
It was a tough decision on first thought. We had built the house ourselves and built into it a lot of dreams. Finally it came down to this: which was more important to our kids – having their own bedroom and a new color TV or having a mother?
And what was more important to us – giving our children ourselves instead of letting others impose their morals and lifestyles, or a dishwasher and new carpets?
Put like that, the decision was not hard to make. We sold the house for what we could get, bought a mobile home and cut expenses to the minimum.
Now, two years later, my husband is working full time again and I am one of the new Americans who can thank Mr. Reagan for the recession.
Through our economic crisis we discovered that you can lower your standard of living and be happy – probably more than you are now.
We are better people than we were two years ago when we were crying over the sale of our home. Hard times have taught us a valuable lesson that we all recite idiotically but few of us really believe: material possessions do not make you happy. For every material thing we gave up, we gained something of greater value.
For example, take the TV. Ours quit working right after the birth of our son. Thank goodness we didn’t have the money for a new one right then. My children actually think when they are asked what they want for Christmas instead of regurgitating a commercial slogan. They sing songs instead of jingles. On the rare occasions when they watch TV at a friend’s home, they are appalled when someone is hit in the face and horrified at cruelty and violence.
It is true that at times we are treated like freaks because we don’t have a TV. I’ve been asked, “How do you raise your kids without a television?”
My answer: “Better.”
Thanks, Mr. Reagan, for the recession. I might never have had the courage to dump the junk box without a push from you.
We didn’t have the money for new furniture when we moved into our trailer, so I refinished an old table and chairs. We couldn’t afford a dishwasher so I washed the dishes by hand. 【These projects inspired the first articles I sold to magazines, fulfilling my dream of being a freelance writer. I think it might have been a little more difficult selling articles on choosing a dining room set with unlimited funds.】 Cutting back forced me to learn new skills and appreciate the fine points of old ones. It gave me confidence in myself and confidence in the stability of my family.
Thanks, Mr. Reagan, for helping me find untapped resources I didn’t realize I had.
Without the fetters of mortgages and unessential family demands, my husband decided to work for himself. He was had been successful but has avoided the consuming drive for more and more. He takes the time to be a good father and husband, which to me is so much more important than bringing home an even bigger check.
Thanks for letting my husband, Leonard, know that his value to us is not measured by income.
What we have learned is the definition of necessity. Before, we took it for granted that we would work to buy the things “necessary” for a happy family. Today we ask ourselves, “Is this worth working for or would we rather do something else with our time?”
Recently, we discussed putting in air conditioning, then we stopped to think. Do we really want to work just to pay outrageous utility bills? No. We would rather stay home and take the kids fishing when it is hot.
What we have gained is an appreciation of time. I can’t say that money is not important. It is. But how I spend my time is equally important. I’ve got friends who tell me how lucky I am to be able to stay home with my children.
“I would just love to spend the time with my own kids,” they will say, “but I just have to work.” Then they straighten their new skirt, climb their second car, and go home to a microwave dinner.
I just smile and say, “Bull.”
We have each chosen what we value. Time will tell which had true worth.

From Newsweek, July 25, 1983

Answer 2

是这半句吗？【i think it might have been a little more difficult selling articles on choosing a dining room set with unlimited funds】
翻译：我曾经认为，相比钱不够却要买一套餐厅家具来说，（当自由作家）卖文为生还要来得更难些。
关键：【on】是than 的意思

Answer 3

这些目标促使我把第一批文章投给杂志,实现我成为一名自由撰稿人的梦想。我觉得通过给杂志投稿的方式来为选择一间餐厅筹措大量的资金会存在越来越多困难，甚至是杯水车薪。

Answer 4

这些项目使得我写出了第一篇卖给杂志社的文章并且实现了成为自由写作人的梦想。我认为卖出一篇关于怎么在没有任何预算限制的情况下挑选一套餐桌椅的文章比较困难一点。

Answer 5

受这些项目的启发，我创作了第一批卖给杂志社的文章，正是这些文章实现了我做一个自由作家的梦想。我觉得当初要是写有足够的钱的情况下如何选餐厅这种文章可能会更难卖一些。

Answer 6

这些项目激发了第一篇文章我卖给杂志,履行我的梦想是成为一名自由撰稿人。我认为这可能是一个越来越难卖的文章在选择餐厅设备与无限的基金。