lecture03减词法.ppt

　　　　　　　汉译英 省略范畴词 　工作，情况，问题，精神，事业等词语具有具体的含义时可以照译，但他们用来表示范畴词时一般可以省略不译． 　我们的事业是一项伟大的事业． 　Our cause is a great one. 　在党的领导下，中国人民已经完成了解放事业． Under the leadership of the Party, the Chinese people have succeeded in their liberation. 多年来，那个国家一直有严重的失业现象． 　For many years there has been serious unemployment in that country. 　缺乏教育经费，教师收入偏低，学生厌学情绪都严重阻碍了我国教育事业的正常发展． A variety of problems, such as lack of educational funds, low income for teachers and learning weariness for students, have greatly impeded the country’s normal educational development. 财富往往是一个人坚忍不拔，勤奋工作，特别是严于律己这样一些精神的必然结果． 　Wealth is more often the inexorable result of a person’s hard work, perseverance and most of all, self-discipline. 有些才能平庸的人，由于他的勤奋努力以及对事业的献身精神，常常能获得卓越的成绩． Some persons with mediocre talents have often achieved excellent results through their industry and their devotion to the cause. 汉语中为了讲究句子的平衡，气势和韵调，常常使用排比，对仗和重复等修辞手段．而英语的特点是简洁有力，尽量避免重复．讲英语的人对于随意重复相同的音节，词语或句子往往感到厌恶，英语总的倾向是尽量避免重复，而英语则偏向于用排比，对仗和重复等修辞手段． 能工巧匠 天涯海角 花言巧语 日新月异 胡言乱语 南腔北调 奇谈怪论 伤风败俗 五光十色 油嘴滑舌 Skillful craftman The remotest corners of the earth Sweet words Ever-changing Talk nonsense A mixed accent Strange tale Offend public Multicolored To have the gift of the gab 单丝不成线，独木不成林． 　One strand of silk doesn’t make a thread. One tree doesn’t make a forest. 物以类聚，人以群分． 　Birds of a feather flock together. Like attracts like. 句子中重复词语的省略 长征是历史记录上的第一次，长征是宣言书，长征是宣传队，长征是播种机． 　The Long March is the first of its kind in the annals of history, and it is a manifesto, a propaganda force, a seeding machine. 我们的民族再也不是一个被人侮辱的民族了． 　Ours is no longer a nation subject to insult and humiliation. 野心不仅是罪恶的根源，也是毁灭的根源． Ambition is the root of destruction as well as of evil. 省略一些可能影响译文效果的词 １）　汉语中修饰词用得过多，如： (进一步）简化手续，及时地（积极地）从国外引进新技术，并且（认真）组织科技人员和（广大）职工做好消化和推广工作． 　We should (further ) simplify procedures and take prompt (and vigorous )action to import urgently needed technology and (earnestly or actively )organize scie