This might be explained by the fact that the novel has evolved precisely because of technological developments that made it possible to print out huge numbers of texts, whereas oil paintings have always been produced as unique objects.

　　【句子主干】

　　This might be explained by the fact that the novel…because of technological development (that…), whereas…

　　【结构分析】

　　the fact (that…) 引导同位语从句

　　because of 引导原因状语

　　technological developments (that…) that引导定语从句，修饰technological developments

　　whereas 转折连词连接下一个分句

　　【重点词汇】

　　evolve vi.演化;发展;逐步形成

　　precisely 精确地;准确地

　　whereas=while 而

　　【句子翻译】

　　这或许可以由以下事实来解释：小说的准确流传是由于技术发展而能够印刷出大量文本，而油画的创作总是独一无二的。

　　翻译练习

　　中翻英：

　　1. 抗议活动演变成了十分有组织的政党。

　　2. 我认为金钱无比重要，而现在我的看法大不相同了。

　　翻译答案

　　1. The protest movement has evolved into a well organized political party.

　　2. I used to think that money was incredibly important, whereas I look at it now in quite a different way.