Abstract：This article analyses different modes of thinking in China and English-speaking countries and features English long sentences. It will then discusses five traditional ways of English- Chinese translation of long sentences, namely, Sequential Translation，Reversed Translation, Cutting Apart, Recasting, Synthetic Translation and Inserted Translation using a large number of examples. By this I aim to help English learners with their study of translation of English long sentences.
Key words: modes of thinking; translation; long sentences
中文摘要：本文首先分析了中英思维方式的差异和英语长句的特点，进而讨论了英语长句的五种传统翻译方法，即：顺译法、逆译法、分译法、并句法，综合法和插译法，并列举了大量例子进行分析，目的在于能帮助英语学习者在翻译英语长句方面有所裨益。
关键词：思维方式；翻译；长句
Translation is an activity of using one language to convey the meaning of another language accurately and squarely. Translation is also the ability of converting the linguistic culture of one language into another. It is a cross-cultural activity. Undoubtedly, the direct obstacles of cross-cultural activity are the differences between languages. Moreover, the differences, mainly, are caused by the different modes of thinking of people. Long sentences reflect the thinking modes and the thinking processes of people. It is a track of the modes of people’s thinking. Therefore, we can explore a new way of tackling the problem of the translation of long sentences in English through the prospective of the modes of thinking of different people.
