大学英语翻译教程第十三单元

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1、翻译技巧(九)长句的译法英语重形合，其连接手段丰富多样,一方面可以组成很长的简单句，另一方面还可以组合成更长的复合句或复杂句；而且往往从句之中套着分句、分句之中又包含从句，形成环扣相连、层现叠出的长句结构。汉语更注重意合，汉语句子一般要比英语句子简短。在汉译英语长句时，必须在吃透原文意思的基础上，采取灵活的变通手段，按照汉语的造句常规，重新加以组合，贴切地再现原文意义。www.themegallery.comCompanyLogo试比较下列例子中的两种译文：(1)TherearewonderfulstoriestotellabouttheplacesIvisite

2、dandthepeopleImet.原译：有许多奇妙的故事可以讲关于我访问的一些地方和遇见的不少人。改译：我访问了一些地方，遇见了不少人。要讲起来，奇妙的故事有许多。www.themegallery.comCompanyLogo(2)Andheknewhowashamedhewouldhavebeenifhisgirlfriendhadknownhismotherandthekindofplaceinwhichhewasborn,andthekindofpeopleamongwhomhewasborn.原译：他知道他会非常丢脸，如果他的女朋友知道了他的母亲，他出生

3、的地方以及他所出生的人群.改译：他出生在这类人中间，出生在这样的地方，有这样的母亲，这些要是让他的女朋友知道了的话，他明白会有多么丢人。13.1原序译法13.2变序译法13.3分句译法13.1原序译法原序译法，又称“顺序法”或“顺译法”。有些英语长句的内容安排与汉语的表达习惯颇为一致，基本可以按照原文语序依次译出，例如：(3)Theglobaleconomythatboomedinthe1960s，growingatanaverageof5.5per-centayear,andpushedaheadata4.5percent-a-yearrateinthemid-

4、1970s,simplystoppedgrowingin1981-1982.(4)TheEastGreenlandCurrentcarriesmuchicefromtheArcticdownthecoastofGreenland，maintainingthelowtemperaturesandrenderingaccesstotheeastcoastofGreenlanddifficult.(5)Wheneverchemistswanttocombineoxygenandhydrogentoformwater，theyfindtheymustusetheminac

5、ertainproportion，whichisalwaysthesame，nomatterwhethertheyareformingasingledropofwaterormanygallons.(6)Awatersupplyforacityusuallyincludesastoragereservoiratthesourceofthesupply,apipelinefromthestoragereservoirtothedistributionreservoirnearthecity，andfinallythedistributionpipesburiedin

6、thestreets，takingthewatertothehouses，shops，factories,andoffices.(7)Themoonisaworldthatiscompletelyandutterlydead,asterilemountainouswasteonwhichduringtheheatofthedaythesunblazeddownwithrelentlessfury,butwhereduringthelongnightthecoldissointensethatitfarsurpassesanythingeverexperienced

7、ontheearth.(8)Theelectronicnotebookwillserveasmemofilesinwhichthescientistrecordsthoughtsforpreservationdescriptionofexperiments，draftsofreports,quotationsandothermaterialsextractedfromotherelectricfiles,andothertypesofinformationthatwouldnowbeputinpapernotebooksandothertypesofpaperfi

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