英汉翻译 chapter 6 amplification.pptVIP

Chapter 6 amplification Amplification supplying necessary words in our translation work so as to make the version correct and clear. Words thus supplied must be indispensable either syntactically or semantically. Examples (1) The molecules of hydrogen get closer and closer with the pressure. 随着压力增加，氢分子越来越近。 After the football match, he’s got an important meeting. 在观看完足球比赛之后，他有一个重要会议要参加。 ? Examples (2) I had imagined it to be merely a gesture of affection, but it seems it is to smell the lamb and make sure that it is her own. 原来我以为这不过是一种亲热的表示，但是现在看来，这是为了闻一闻羊羔的味道，来断定是不是自己生的。 Examples (3) 班门弄斧 show off one’s proficiency with axe before Lu Ban, the master carpenter 三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮 The wit of three cobblers combined surpasses that of Zhuge Liang the master mind. According to the meaning and rhetorical devices Adding verbs Adding adj. adv. Adding nouns Adding plural nouns Adding the tense Adding measure word Adding the background word Adding the generality word Adding the linking word Adding verbs (1) In the evening, after the banquets, the concerts and the table tennis exhibitions, he would work on the drafting of the final communiqué. 晚上在参加宴会、出席音乐会、观看乒乓球表演之后，他还得起草最后公报。 Adding verbs (2) There were no speeches, no foreign diplomats, no “ordinary Chinese” with paper flags and bouquets of flowers. 没有发表讲话，没有各国外交官到场，也没有“普通中国人”挥舞纸旗、花束的场面。 My work, my family, my friends were more than enough to fill my time. 我干工作，我做家务，我有朋友往来，这些占去了我的全部时间。 Adding adj. adv. (1) Inflation has now reached unprecedented level. 通货膨胀现在已经发展到空前严重的地步。 And Homer! Is not he likewise human? Even Homer may sometimes nod. To err is human. 荷马！他不也是“活生生”的人吗？即使荷马也有打盹的时候。过失人皆难免。 Adding adj. adv. (2) It must have been surprising to see a little girl working at a high table, surrounded by maps and all kinds of instruments. 看到一个女孩趴在堆满地图和仪器的高桌上聚精会神地工作时，谁都会感到惊讶。 Adding nouns after the intransitive verbs Before the adjectives After the abstract nouns After the concrete nouns After the intransiti