翻译
It do not tell how able an under privileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances. 它不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。 how able sb. might have been had “一个人可能会有什么”，即可理解为“这个人会有多大才干”，妥否？
第一眼看到就觉得此句英文有问题，it后面怎么会是do 而不是does，后看了原文，才知应是“For example, they do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances。
”这是一篇关于某种测试的文章。 1。主语是they（指代前述的测试）； 2。主干结构是并列句they do not compensate for。。。, and thus do not tell。。。； 3。“how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances。
”是tell的从句，主语是an youngster； 4。
如楼上所说，最后的从句应将might have been 和 had断开理解，had he grown up under more favorable circumstances是虚拟语气句的倒装结构，等于If he had grown up under more favorable circumstances 译文：例如，它们（测试）不能排除明显的社会不平等因素，因此它们不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
我觉得你在句子成分上存在误解. 正确断句个人认为是: It do(es) not tell how able an under privileged youngster might have been, had he grown up under more favorable circumstances. ================ 这样的话,后面的才是虚拟语气 ================ how able sb. might have been 可理解为这个人会有多大才干!
你的质疑很有必要。 how able sb. might have been had 这里had是he grown up under more favorable circumstances.虚拟从句的倒装前置词。不过还是觉得此句理解为“假如某人在顺境中成长，则也许会更有才能”更准确些。
译得不错!但有几点值得商榷。第一,Idon'ttell,这里译成“很难说”似乎更确切一些。假如把I换成 'ttell,可能就稍微更近你一些,尽管还不很理想;第二,建议换成:如果(当初)生长在较好的环境下,有些细微的差别;第三,同意howablesb.mighthavebeenhad...的译法。
might have been，的have been是is的过去完成式。应该翻译为：“可能会成为什么”。 how able在这里应当是“有多少能力（or 能干）”。 所以这两部分加起来，应该是：“可能会成为多有才干/能干”。
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