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1、TranslationofNominalClausesEnglishsubordinateclausesareclassifiedintosixgroups,namely,subjectclause,objectiveclause,predicativeclause,appositiveclause,attributiveclauseandadverbialclause.Sincethefirstfourofthemfunctionasnounsinacomplexsentence,theyare
2、generallycallednominalclauses.Inthissectionwearegoingtofindsomespecificmethodsoftranslatingnominalclauses.英语名词性从句包括主语从句,宾语从句,表语从句和同位语从句,在翻译这类从句时,大多数可以按照原文的句序翻译成相应的汉语,但是也有一些具体的处理方法.A.Subjectiveclauses:Usuallywewouldliketotranslatenounclauseinthesameord
3、er,thatistosay,toremaintheiroriginalposition.例1.Whoevercomestoourlibrarywillbewelcome.（主语从句）什么人到我们图书馆来都欢迎。例2.Howandwhenhumanlanguagedevelopedandwhetheranimalssuchaschimpanzeesandgorillascandevelopamoreelaboratesystemofcommunicationareissuesatpresentbe
4、ingresearched,butasyetlittleunderstood.人类的语言是如何发展起来的,是什么时候形成的,诸如黑猩猩和大猩猩一类的动物是否会形成一种更加复杂的交流系统,都是现阶段人们研究的课题,但对此人们都知之甚少。（主语从句）例3.Howwellthepredictionwillbevalidatedbylaterperformancedependsupontheamount,reliability,andappropriatenessoftheinformationuseda
5、ndontheskillandwisdomwithwhichitisinterpreted.(主语从句)这些预测能在多大程度上被后来的成绩所证实取决于所使用的信息的量、可靠性和适合程度,并取决于对信息作出解释的技能和智慧。Whenitfunctionsasaformalsubject,thesubjectclausemayeitherprecedeorfollowtheprincipleclause.例4.Itisoftensaidthatwidereadingisthebestalternati
6、vecourseofactionbutevenhereitisnecessarytomakesomekindsofselection.（主语从句）人们常说,大量阅读是可供选择的最佳方案,但即使在这一方面,也需要某些选择。例5.例5.Anditisimaginedbymanythattheoperationsofthecommonmindcanbynomeansbecomparedwiththeseprocesses,andthattheyhavetobeacquiredbyasortofspeci
7、altraining.(主语从句)许多人认为,普通人的思维活动根本无法与科学的思维相比,认为这些思维过程必须经过某种专门的训练才能掌握。例6.FromtheendoftheSecondWorldWaruntilveryrecently,itwasgenerallyacceptedinBritainthattheStateshouldprovideafullrangeoffreeeducationalfacilitiesfromnurseryschoolstouniversities.（主语从句）从
8、第二次世界大战结束直到最近,英国人普遍接受这样一个观点,即:国家应该提供从幼儿园到大学的全方位的免费教育设施。B.ObjectiveClauses:Generallyspeaking,thereisnoneedtochangethepositionoftheobjectclauseintranslation.However,insomecases,when“it”functionsastheformalobjectofacomplexsentence,orsometimes,pre
