例1 Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed –and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.(考研翻译05年46题)
例2 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.(考研翻译05年46题)
例1 Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed –and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.(考研翻译05年46题)
例1的详细分析：
首先，Television is one of the means是第一个并列句的主干部分，可以直接翻译为“电视是一种方式”，或者还可以翻译为：电视是手段之一。这个部分还算简单。
其次，by which these feelings are created and conveyed是which引导的定语从句，其先行词是the means(手段)。其中，feelings是“感情，情感，感觉，感受”等意思。但是，如果分析上文：“It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history. History and news become confused and one’s impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism.(在欧洲的这段特殊的历史时期里，大众媒体的作用很难谈清楚。历史与新闻混淆在一起，人的印象趋于一种既怀疑又乐观的感受)”。这样，根据词义选择的翻译技巧，我们可以把feelings翻译为“感受”是最为恰当的。然后，created可以直接翻译为“创造”，但是，根据上文feelings(感受)，如果我们翻译为“感受被创造”，或者“创造感受”都不是通顺的汉语搭配，所以可以根据上下文，结合汉语习惯搭配，可以把created翻译为“引发，激发”等。这样，这个部分我们可以直接翻译为“这些感受被引发和传递”。但是，根据被动结构的翻译方法，我们可以采用“主宾颠倒”的方式来处理。所以，我们可以把这个部分翻译为“引发和传递这些感受”。