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1、TheEnglishCharacter朱美霖李永兰魏宗琴AboutthesourcetextProseTohelpustogainsomeinsightintoEnglishcharacterTranslatingStrategiesFreeTranslationLiteralTranslationTranslatingSkillsAdditionNegationRepetitionConversionTheEnglish,asarace,havethereputationofbeingverydiffirentfromallothernationaliti
2、es,incudingtheirclothestneighbours,theFrench,BelgiansandDutch.译文：英国人因与其他国家的人截然不同而闻名，甚至包括与其一衣带水的邻邦法国、比利时、荷兰。race:Araceisoneofthemajorgroupswhichhumanbeingscanbedividedintoaccordingtotheirphysicalfeatures,suchasthecolouroftheirskin.人种、种族“一衣带水”表示距离近时必须具备三个条件：一、说的必须是两个地方或国家二、二者之间必须隔着一条
3、水三、二者之间的距离比较近——首都师范大学教授：赵丕杰ItisclaimedthatlivingonanislandseparatedfromtherestofEuropehasmuchtodowithit.译文：据说这与英国是一个与欧洲大陆分离的岛国有很大关系。FreeTranslationWhateverthereasons,itmaybefairlystatedthattheEnglishmanhasdevelopedmanyattitudesandhabitswhichdistinguishhimfromothernationalit-ies.译文：
4、不论其原因是什么，在很大程度上说英国人形成了许多独特的态度和习惯，而这些态度和习惯使其有别于其它国家。Fairely:ADVtoquitealargedegree.Forexample,ifyousaythatsomethingisfairlyold,youmeanthatitisoldbutnotveryold.在很大程度上AdditionRepetitionBroadlyspeaking,theEnglishmanisaquiet,shy,reservedpersonwhoisfullyrelaxedonlyamongpeopleheknowswell.
5、译文：一般来说，英国人安静、内敛、保守，只有和熟识的人在一起时才会完全放松。Inthepresenceofstrangersorforeignersheoftenseemsinhibited,evenembarrassed.译文：而当陌生人或外国人在场时，他们往往显得约束甚至尴尬。Youhaveonlytowitnessacommutertrainanymorningoreveningtoseethetruthofthis.Serious-lookingbusine-ssmenandwomensitreadingtheirnewspapersordoz-in
6、ginacorner；noonespeaks.译文：你只需观察每天早晨或晚上通勤列车上的情形就知道这是事实。车上的男女都一脸严肃，要么坐着看报纸，要么坐在角落里打盹，没有一个人说话。OmissionInfact,todosowouldseemmostunusual.AnEnglishwit,pretendingtobegivingadvicetooverseasvisitors,oncesuggested,“Onenteringarailwaycompartment，shakehandswithallthepassengers.”译文：实际上，这种情形似乎是
7、最不寻常的。一个说话很风趣的英国人，曾假装给外国访客提建议，说道：“当你进入列车车厢时，要与里面所有的乘客握手”。ConversionWit:Witistheabilitytousewordsorideasinanamusing,cleverandimaginativeway.(说话的）风趣，机智，巧妙Needlesstosay,hewasnotbeingserious.Thereisanunwrittenbutclearlyunderstoodcodeofbehaviorwhich,ifbroken,makesthepersonimmediatelythe
8、objectofsuspition.译文:不用说,他
