the original

An unlimited number of copies can still be made from the original.

仍可以由原件复印出无数份副本来。

a literal translation (= following the original words exactly)

直译

It would be sacrilege to alter the composer's original markings.

改动作曲家原有的符号是亵渎行为。

Several firms have splintered off from the original company.

从原公司分离出好几个企业。

The magnification is 833,333 times the original size.

放大倍数为实物大小的833,333倍。

Yesterday'svote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.

昨天的投票本身就是放弃先前所留退路的做法。

The original price was £ 3 000, but I'm open to offers.

原价为3000英镑，但价钱还可以商量。

Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation.

原先苹果酒里的任何杂质在蒸馏后都会凸现出来。

The thieves replaced the original painting with a copy.

盗贼们用摹本换走了原画。

Many of the resulting wines lack the subtlety of the original model.

许多如此酿制的葡萄酒都不像最初的葡萄酒那样耐人品味。

I'll send the original to you by post .

我将把原件邮寄给你。

Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.

他们中许多人都是早期移民的后裔。

The texts were sung in the original Italian.

这些歌词是用原来的意大利语演唱的。

The old official club website address has been taken over by cybersquatters.

俱乐部原来的官方网址已经被人抢注了。

Critics praised the work as highly original.

评论家称赞这部作品独树一帜。

The original station opened in 1754.

最初的车站于1754年落成。

There are only a few survivors from the original team.

最初的队员只剩下几名了。

The movie bears little resemblance to the original novel.

电影和原著相去甚远。

a free translation (= not following the original words exactly)

意译

The original castle was probably built about AD 860.

最初的城堡可能建于公元860年左右。

They settled the land, dispossessing many of its original inhabitants.

他们在土地上定居，赶走了许多原来的居民。

The original interview notes were subsequently lost.

采访记录原稿后来丢失了。

Ten years on, the original concept was wearing well.

10年过去了，原先的概念仍不过时。

The second-hand version is a poor copy of the original.

盗版版本是对原版的低劣复制。

That line isn't in the original script.

原剧本中没有那句台词。

When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder.

租期结束后，该房产会归还给其终身所有者。

The transcriptions of the text were available as early as 1960.

原文的转写本早在1960年就可获取。

The TV comedy series is a spin-off of the original movie.

这部电视喜剧连续剧是电影原作的副产品。

The original proposal had been mothballed years ago.

最初的建议几年前就束之高阁了。

When a book goes into translation, all those linguistic subtleties get lost.

当一部书被翻译成另一种语言后，所有那些语言上的精妙之处就都丢失了。