[Sentence Structure Analysis]
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Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.
【Key words】
volume: n. the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, etc. Volume; loudness
intensity: n. the strength of sth, for example light, that can be measured intensity; intensity
abbrupt: adj. suddenly and unexpected, often in an unpleasant way 未分类; unexpected
composer: n. a person who writes music, especially classical music (especially referring to classical music) creator; composer; composer
[Sentence translation attempts and thinking]
Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.
1. The structure of this sentence is not complicated, but the post-attribute is too long. Therefore, when translating, if you follow the Chinese custom and translate it into the pre-attribute, it will be top-heavy - " Beethoven's... habit of ". We process it as "Beethoven is used to...", which makes it much more comfortable.
2. increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage In these two parallel structures, we capture the two gerunds increasing and following. is translated as: first increase the volume with extremely strong force, and then suddenly continue a sudden soothing musical segment.
3. "...was only rarely used by composers before him." This is a passive sentence. We rarely use passive sentences in Chinese, so when translating, it is more in line with Chinese language habits.
4. Compilation and translation: Beethoven is used to first increasing the volume with extremely strong force, and then suddenly continuing a sudden soothing musical segment. Composers before him rarely use this way of composition.
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