汉译英常见错误 | 沉重的脚步声消失了

[译] 沉重的脚步声消失了。
[误] Gradually the sound of heavy footsteps died away.

[正] Gradually the heavy footsteps died away.
[注] footstep 是“脚步；脚步声”的意思，误句中的 sound of 是多余的，应删。