英译汉涉及到两种语言的应用能力，因此需要对英汉两种语言的特点有个总体认识，特别是英语重形合，汉语重意合的.特点。英语重形合，主要是指无论多么复杂的英语句子，都是通过一些语法手段和逻辑手段连接起来的“象葡萄藤一样”的结构,因而英语多长句。考研翻译中的所有句子基本上都是结构复杂的长难句，理清句子结构层次就显得至关重要。
考研英语翻译可分三步走：
第一步：划分结构，理清句式;
第二步：转换词义，组织语言;
第三步：调整语序，润色文字。
划分结构时，需要对句子进行拆分，而拆分点包括以下几种：
(1)标点：
(2)并列连词：and, or, but, yet, for等
(3)从属连词：
状语从句连接词(when, as, since, until, before, after, where, because, since, thought, although, so that, ...等)
名词性从句(that, whether/if等从属连词，who, whom, whose, what, which, whatever, whichever等连接代词和when, where, how, why等连接副词)
定语从句(who, which, that, whom, whose等关系代词和when, why, where等关系副词)
(4) 不定式、分词、介词短语
【真题例句1】
This trend began during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
【句子拆分】
拆分点参考：并列连词、从属连词、介词、不定式、分词、标点
This trend began //during the Second World War, //when several governments came to the conclusion //that the specific demands //that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen //in detail.
【参考译文】
这种趋势始于第二次世界大战期间，当时一些国家的政府得出结论：政府向科研机构提出的具体要求通常是无法详尽预见的。