考研翻译中定语从句真题举例：

The first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now the United States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the 15th- and 16th-century explorations of North America . (2015,49)

Pearson has pieced together the work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a unique millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key breakthroughs and discoveries to take place . (2001,73)

这是考研翻译中考查定语从句两个典型例子，其中第一个例子出自2015年第49题，第二个例子出自2001年第73题。

第一个例子包含一个定语从句which is now the United States crossed the Atlantic ，这个定语从句的特点是较短小，信息量不大，比较好处理。而第二个例子中包含两个定语从句，分别由that和when引导，而when引导的定语从句修饰的是that定语从句中的宾语。如果把两个定语从句都翻译到所修饰的名词之前，其译文的繁琐程度可想而知。要想准确、完整、通顺的翻译好这个句子，就必须考虑如何处理这两个定语从句的语序。这就需要考生对定语从句的翻译技巧有所了解。