英汉翻译 Chapter 5 Diction and Translation (E-C).pptVIP

Chapter 5Diction and Translation E-C 1. To determine the meaning of a word according to its word class. Like charges repel; unlike charges attract. In the sunbeam passing through the window there are fine grains of dust shining like gold. Like knows like. Like charges repel; unlike charges attract. 同性电荷相排斥,异性电荷相吸引. In the sunbeam passing through the window there are fine grains of dust shining like gold. 在射入窗内的阳光里,细微的尘埃像金子一般在闪闪发亮. Like knows like. 英雄识英雄 2. To determine the meaning of a word according to its context. He is the last man to come. He is the last person for such a job. This is the last place where I expect to meet you. He should be the last man to blame. He is the last man to come. 他会最后来的. He is the last man to do it . 他绝不会干那件事. He is the last person for such a job 他最不配干这件工作. He should be the last man to blame. 怎么也不该怪他. This is the last place where I expected to meet you. 我怎么也没料到会在这个地方见到你. 1. To take off her boots or to put them on was an agony to her. 2. An area the size of the Hornet’s flight was marked off on an airstrip and they practiced taking off time after time from this restricted place. 3. He always sits on the very edge of his chair when he is working, as though about to take off. To take off her boots or to put them on was an agony to her,but it had been an agony for years.脱鞋或穿鞋对她是一种痛苦，但这已经是多年以来的痛苦了。 An area the size of the Hornets flight deck was marked off on an airstrip and they practiced taking off time after time from this restricted space.在机场上标出了与大黄蜂号甲板一样大小的一块地方,他们（机组人员）一次又一次地联系从这样一块有限的面积上起飞。 He always sits on the very edge of his chair when he is working, as though about to take off.他工作的时候，总是坐在椅子边上，好象随时都会跳起身来的样子。 It is not surprising that the world saw a return to a floating exchange rate system. Central banks were no longer required to support their own currencies. Floating policy is of great importance for export trade; it is, in fact, a convenient method of insuring goods where a number of similar export transactions are