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1、翻译第6讲ConversionTranslationisaprocessconcerningtwolanguages.Sincetherearedifferencesinthestructures,grammar,andexpressionsbetweenthetwolanguages,sometimesconversionisnecessary.Thispartismainlyabouttheconversionofwordclasses,(词类转换)conversionofsentencemembers(转换句子成分),andconversionofperspectives.(
2、转换视角)ConversionofEnglishNouns英语名词的转译Nounsornominal(名词性的)forms,especiallyactionnounsandotherabstractnouns,findtheirwideruseinEnglishwhileverbsormulti-verbalformsaremuchpreferredinChinese.Thisisoneoftheimportantdifferencesbetweenthetwolanguages.Intranslation,therefore,theconversionofEnglishnouns
3、intoChineseverbs,andsubsequentlyEnglishadjectivesintoChineseadverbs,becomesoneofthetechniquesfrequentlyemployedforsmoothrepresentationinidiomaticChinese.EnglishnounscanbeconvertedintoChineseverbsinthefollowingcases.1.由动词派生的名词2.具有动作意义的名词3.以-er结尾表示身份或职业的名词EnglishNouns→ChineseverbsHeadmiresthePre
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