Question

每日长难句分析07

Answer 1

In Europe, as elsewhere, multi-media groups have been increasingly successful: groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in relation to one another.

[核心词汇]

multi-media(n.)多媒体 // increasingly(ad.)越来越多地// bring together集合//  magazines(n.)杂志// relation(n.)①关系；②叙述，讲述in relation to 关于，和……有关

[结构分析]

本句的主干结构为multi-media groups have been increasingly successful（多媒体集团越来越成功）。冒号后groups为multi-media groups的同位语，which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses（这些集团将电视、广播、报纸、杂志和出版社整合到了一起）为定语从句，修饰groups。之后that引导的定语从句that work in relation to one another（彼此关系密切或彼此联系着起作用）修饰television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses。

[翻译技巧]

本句翻译难点是冒号后名词短语的翻译。冒号后的groups为the multi-media groups的同位语，可以译为“这些集团”，其后是which引导的定语从句对其修饰，该定语从句信息量大，可以和groups结合译成独立的句子。另外，which引导的定语从句嵌套了that引导的定语从句，后面的定语从句信息量小，可采用前置法，翻译成“的”字结构，作前置定语。

[参考译文]

像在其他地方一样，多媒体集团在欧洲越来越成功了：这些集团将关系密切的电视、广播、报纸、杂志和出版社整合到了一起。