英译汉6omission.pptVIP

Lecture 6: Omission I. What is Omission Omission: Amplification to leave out some unnecessary words (though necessary in the source language) One of the differences in syntax between English and Chinese is the disparity in wording. What is regarded as a natural or indispensable element in one language may be regarded as superfluous or even “a stumbling block” in the other. Wordy and unnatural! For the sake of succinctness, functional words in English such as the article, the preposition are usually omitted in translation. By omission, we make our translation more expressi