中式英文：

There was a brief hiatus in his acting life.

（他的演藝生涯曾經一度中斷。）

改錯研析：

There was a brief hiatus in his acting career.

He took a brief hiatus from acting.

(1)「演藝生涯」是 acting career，中文直譯才會寫成 acting life。

(2) hiatus（中斷）和 break 同義，take a break from something 是指暫停正在進行中的工作（喘口氣）的意思，如以下 Macmillan 例句：  

I decided to take a break from college and do some travelling.

（我決定暫時離開象牙塔，去看看外面的世界。）

而 take a hiatus from something 也有類似的意思，就原句中文句意而言，以 take a brief hiatus from acting 來表示較為貼切。

(3) acting 為「名詞」，泛指「表演工作」，acting career（複合名詞）中的 acting 也是「名詞」，不是「形容詞」，acting 當「形容詞」字義與表演無關，而是「代理的」（職務），如以下 Macmillan 例句：

After Smith died, she took over as acting leader of the Party.

（Smith 過世後，她代理黨主席。）