倍数的翻译-陆欣

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1、GroupWork倍数的翻译陆欣NewProductXenonbulblaststhreetimeslongerthanregularbulbsTheproductlaststwotothreetimeslongerandconsumes66percentlesspowerthanregularhalogenbulbs.Itisthreetimesbrighterandcoversanareatwotimeslargerthanordinaryhalogenbulbs.DictionaryTellsDifferent:1.timesn.

2、[pl](usedtoexpressmultiplication用以表示倍数):Thisbookisthreetimesaslongas/threetimeslongerthan/threetimesthelengthofthatone.这本书是那本书篇幅的三倍/比那本书长两倍/篇幅为那本书的三倍。-OALDExtended4theditionpage16002.timesnoun[pl.]usedincomparisonstoshowhowmuchmore,better,etc.sthisthansthelse（用于比较）倍：thre

3、etimesaslongassth某物的三倍长threetimeslongerthansth比某物长三倍threetimesthelengthofsth三倍于某物的长度-OALD6theditionpage1853???FurtherSearching:www.google.comQ&ATexashasanareaof268,581squaremilesandAlaskahasanareaof663,267squaremiles,soAlaskaisabouttwoandahalftimesbiggerthanTexas.*663,26

4、7÷268,581≈2.5规律小结－倍数增加的译法AisNtimesasgreat（long，much，…）asB.（①）AisNtimesgreater(longer，more，…)thanB.（②）AisNtimesthesize(length，amount，…)ofB.(③)★以上三句都应译为；A的大小（长度，数量，……）是B的N倍[或A比B大（长，多，……）N-1倍].增加到了N倍e.g.BranchA’sbusinessvolumeisthreetimesasbigas（threetimesbiggerthan，threeti

5、mesthesizeof）BranchB’s.甲分行的业务量是乙分行的3倍（即大两倍）。规律小结－倍数增加的译法increasetoNtimes（④）increaseNtimes／N-fold（⑤）increasebyNtimes（⑥）increasebyafactorofN（⑦）ThereisaN-foldincrease/growth（⑧）以上均应译为：增加到了N倍（或：增加了N-1倍）。e.g.Theproductionofintegratedcircuitshasbeenincreasedtothreetimesascompar

6、edwithlastyear。集成电路的产量比去年增加了两倍(即增加到了三倍)。增加到了N倍规律小结－倍数增加的译法*使用表示倍数的动词double–duplicatetreble/triple–triplicatequadruple–quadruplicatequintuple-quintuplicatesextuple-sextuplicateoctuple–octuplicate……~~octopus(八爪鱼)*英语中还有一种用again而不用倍数词来表示倍数的方法Aisasmuch（large，long，…）againasB.【

7、=Aistwiceasmuch（large，long，…）asB.]应译为：A比B多（大，长，……）1倍(A=2B)Aishalfasmuch（large，1ong，…)againasB.【=Aisoneandahalftimesasmuch（large，1ong，…）asB.】应译为:A比B多（大，长……）一半（A=1.5B）规律小结－倍数增加的译法*triple/treblev.tobecome,ortomakesththreetimesasmuchorasmany成为三倍，增至三倍1.Casesoffoodpoisoninghav

8、etrebledinthelasttwoyears.在过去的两年里，食物中毒事件增加了两倍。2.Outputshouldtriplebynextyear.到明年产量应增至三倍。*factor[C]theam