The major difference between the following two translations is not so much in what is expressed as in how the message is expressed.
ST: Some fishing boats were becalmed just in front of us. Their shadows slept, or almost slept, upon the water, a gentle quivering alone showing that it was not complete sleep, or if sleep, that it was sleep with dreams.
TT1: 眼前不远,渔舟三五,凝滞不前,樯影斜映水上,仿佛睡去,偶尔微见颤动,似又未尝熟睡,恍然惊梦。
TT2: 眼前有几艘小渔船停着不动,船影似乎睡着了,或者说几乎睡着了,水面传来轻微的晃动,告诉我们小河并没有完全睡着,即使睡着了,也是似梦非梦。
A、正确
B、错误
ST: Some fishing boats were becalmed just in front of us. Their shadows slept, or almost slept, upon the water, a gentle quivering alone showing that it was not complete sleep, or if sleep, that it was sleep with dreams.
TT1: 眼前不远,渔舟三五,凝滞不前,樯影斜映水上,仿佛睡去,偶尔微见颤动,似又未尝熟睡,恍然惊梦。
TT2: 眼前有几艘小渔船停着不动,船影似乎睡着了,或者说几乎睡着了,水面传来轻微的晃动,告诉我们小河并没有完全睡着,即使睡着了,也是似梦非梦。
A、正确
B、错误