倍数的翻译-陆欣.pptVIP

Group Work 倍数的翻译 陆 欣 New Product Xenon bulb lasts three times longer than regular bulbs The product lasts two to three times longer and consumes 66 percent less power than regular halogen bulbs. It is three times brighter and covers an area two times larger than ordinary halogen bulbs. Dictionary Tells Different: 1. times n. [pl] (used to express multiplication 用以表示倍数) : This book is three times as long as/three times longer than/three times the length of that one. 这本书是那本书篇幅的三倍/比那本书长两倍/篇幅为那本书的三倍。 - OALD Extended 4th edition page 1600 2. times noun [pl.] used in comparisons to show how much more, better, etc. sth is than sth else （用于比较）倍： three times as long as sth 某物的三倍长 three times longer than sth 比某物长三倍 three times the length of sth 三倍于某物的长度 - OALD 6th edition page 1853 ? ? ? Further Searching: QA Texas has an area of 268,581 square miles and Alaska has an area of 663,267 square miles, so Alaska is about two and a half times bigger than Texas. * 663,267÷268,581≈2.5 规律小结 － 倍数增加的译法 A is N times as great（long，much，…）as B.（①） A is N times greater (longer，more，…) than B.（②） A is N times the size (length，amount，…)of B. (③) ★以上三句都应译为；A的大小（长度，数量，……）是B的N倍 [或A比B大（长，多，……）N-1倍]. 增加到了 N 倍 e.g. Branch A’s business volume is three times as big as （three times bigger than，three times the size of ）Branch B’s. 甲分行的业务量是乙分行的3倍（即大两倍）。 规律小结 － 倍数增加的译法 increase to N times（④） increase N times／N-fold（⑤） increase by N times（⑥） increase by a factor of N（⑦） There is a N-fold increase/growth（⑧） 以上均应译为：增加到了N倍（或：增加了N-1倍）。 e.g. The production of integrated circuits has been increased to three times as compared with last year。 集成电路的产量比去年增加了两倍(即增加到了三倍)。 增加到 了N 倍 规律小结 － 倍数增加的译法 *使用表示倍数的动词 double – duplicate treble/triple – triplicate quadruple – quadruplicate quintuple - quintuplicate sextuple - sextuplicate octuple – octuplicate …… ~~ octopus (八爪鱼) *英语中还有一种用again而不用倍数词来表示倍数的方法 A is as much （large，long，…）again as B. 【= A is twic