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长难句：Of course, I need to concede that my collection of “Smiling Victorians” makes up only a tiny percentage of the vast catalogue of photographic portraiture created between 1840 and 1900, the majority of which show sitters posing miserably and stiffly in front of painted backdrops, or staring absently into the middle distance.
分析：该长难句中包含了宾语从句、定语从句、并列结构，并且含有大量修饰成分，使句子变长且复杂，理解难度较大。
第一步 识别成分
首先，Of course作状语，接着是本长难句的 核心主干部分I need to concede that，that后一直到本句话结尾，是一整个宾语从句。宾语从句主干为my collection of “Smiling Victorians” makes up only a tiny percentage of the vast catalogue of photographic portraiture，created between 1840 and 1900则为v-ed短语作后置定语。the majority of which show sitters posing miserably and stiffly in front of painted backdrops为定语从句，修饰先行词photographic portraiture，最后的or staring absently into the middle distance则是和前文的posing并列的v-ing短语。
第二步 翻译各部分
Of course, I need to concede that
译文：当然，我必须承认
my collection of “Smiling Victorians” makes up only a tiny percentage of the vast catalogue of photographic portraiture
译文：我收集的“微笑维多利亚人”在大量照片肖像画中只占了一小部分
注意：此处my collection在翻译时，将名词翻译“我的收集”转换为动作翻译“我收集的”，更加符合中文表达的习惯。该宾语从句中宾语为photographic portraiture，但是前面添加了a tiny percentage of和the vast catalogue of这两个表示数量的of短语，让宾语变长，也让句子变得复杂。
created between 1840 and 1900
译文：创作于1840-1900年之间
the majority of which show sitters posing miserably and stiffly in front of painted backdrops,
译文：而大部分的照片肖像画展示的则是，人物坐在油漆背景板前姿势痛苦或动作僵硬，
注意：该部分是which引导的定语从句，但是前面添加了the majority of短语，使定语从句较难识别出来。主干部分为show sb. doing的结构，miserably and stiffly和in front of painted backdrops都是作状语修饰非谓语posing这一动作。
or staring absently into the middle distance.
译文：或者心不在焉的盯着不远处。
第三步 调语序，成整句
Of course, I need to concede that my collection of “Smiling Victorians” makes up only a tiny percentage of the vast catalogue of photographic portraiture created between 1840 and 1900, the majority of which show sitters posing miserably and stiffly in front of painted backdrops, or staring absently into the middle distance.
译文：当然，我必须承认我收集的“微笑维多利亚人”在1840-1900年之间创作的大量照片肖像画中只占了一小部分，而大部分的照片肖像画展示的则是，人物坐在油漆背景板前姿势痛苦或动作僵硬，或者心不在焉的盯着不远处。
注意：created between 1840 and 1900作定语修饰photographic portraiture，此处前置翻译。
词汇短语积累：
Concede v. 承认
a tiny percentage of 一小部分
the vast catalogue of 大量
photographic a.摄影的，照片的
portraiture n.肖像画
the majority of 大部分
miserably ad.痛苦地
stiffly ad.僵硬地
backdrop n.背景，周围景物
absently ad.心不在焉地
middle distance 不远处
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