Chapter 7 数词、倍数和百分数的翻译.pptVIP

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Chapter 7 数词、倍数和百分数的翻译

EST Translation 数词、倍数、百分数的译法 数字的译法 1. 直译 To begin with, 30-meter high steel scaffolding is to be placed around the tower. 首先,在塔的周围搭起30米高的钢制脚手架。 2. 换算 Light travels at the rate of 300,000 kilometers per second. 光以每秒30万千米的速度传播。 Keys: 等电压到了150伏再开始下一个操作。 不同的放射元素其半衰期也不同,有一种铀元素的半衰期长达9亿年,但有一种钋元素的半衰期却短到几分之一秒。 不定量数字的译法: dozens of 几十,几打 hundreds of 几百,成百上千 thousands of 几千,成千上万 millions of 千千万万,数以百万计 scores of 几十,许多 numbers of 许多,若干 熟悉常与数字连用的词组: 超过,多达: above, more than, over, up to, as…as 以下,不足: below, less than, under 大约,左右,将近: about, around, close to, nearly, or so, some, toward(s) 从…到:from…to,between…and 倍数的译法 英汉语言表达倍数的方式截然不同 翻译时常发生理解和翻译的错误 倍数增加的译法 increase by n times increase n times increase by a factor of n increase to n times 增加了n-1倍或增加到n倍 练习: 1. The proton has a weight about 1837 times as heavy as the electron. 质子的重量相当于电子的1837倍。 2. Sound travels nearly three times faster than in copper than in lead. 声音在铜中传播的速度几乎是在铅中的三倍。 3. The melting point of this metal is greater than that of copper by approximately 2.5 times. 这种金属的熔点大约比铜高1.5倍。 其他表示倍数增加的短语 (to) double (to) triple (treble) (to) quadruple 倍数减少的译法 decrease (by) 3 times decrease by a factor of 3 reduce to 3 times 3 times less than 减少了2/3(减至1/3) A is 3 times smaller than B A是B的1/3或A 比B小2/3 练习: 1. Switching time of the new-type transistor is shortened by three times. 新型晶体管的开关时间缩短了2/3。 2. The length of the process was reduced to four times. 进度缩短到了1/4. 百分数的译法 increase/decrease by n% 表示净增减,百分数照译(增加/减少了n%) n%+比较级+than(或名词)表示净增减,百分数照译 decrease to / fall to n% 减少到n% 练习: 1. New engines can increase the pay load by 50 percent. 新型发动机能使有效负载增加50%。 2. By using the new process the reject was reduced to 3 percent. 采用新的工艺方法, 废品率下降到3%。 3. At the same time, the infant mortality was 40 percent lower than that of the 1960. 同时,婴儿死亡率比1960年降低了40%。

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