chaptr 9 Long Sentence.pptVIP

Chapter 9Long Sentences in E-C Translation Teaching aim: grasp the translation techniques of long sentences in E-C Teaching emphasis: the correct comprehension of the original and adequate representation Teaching references: Teaching method: analysis and practice Teaching time: 2 periods The prerequisites for the correct handling of long and complex sentences in English-Chinese translation lie in the translator’s correct comprehension of the original and, in his/her capacity for adequate representation of the thought of the author in the language to be translated into. Correct comprehension, therefore, is always the first and foremost step; and the dialectical unity of faithfulness and smoothness is always what we should strive to achieve. (a). what the author is driving at; (b). what his argument or views are, and what “long sequence” there is in the original; (c). what grammatical relations there are among the three, four, five, or even more “modifiers” in the long sentence to be translated. 1. Translation skills 1. Embedding(内嵌法) The so-called embedding means placing the modifiers (including phrases and clauses) before the word being modified, thus the modifiers are embedded in the Chinese sentences. The pre-position embedding makes the Chinese version compact and coherent, therefore, it is frequently adopted in translating attributive clauses and appositive clauses. This is no class war, but a war in which the whole British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations is engaged, without distinction of race, creed, or party. 这不是一场阶级之间的战争, 而是一场 不分种族、不分信仰、不分党派, 整个大英帝国及英联邦全体成员国无不参加的战争。 2. Cutting(切分法) Sometimes, however, English modifiers are too long to be placed before the word being modified in the Chinese version. In this case, we have to resort to some other means---- most conveniently, cutting. By means of cutting, we may sever a long English sentence and rearrange the parts in sense groups, and then translate them separately into Chinese.