翻译常用之八大技negation解读.pptVIP

翻译常用之八大技巧 六 正说反译、反说正译法 Antonymic Translation * * Purpose: to adapt to the aesthetic interest, habit and value of the target language so as to make it more natural and fluent. French: C’est une valeur déjá ancienne. → Affirmation: It is an already old value. Negation: It is by no means a new value. Self-service bookstand (affirmation, subjective action) 无人售书处 （negation, objective situation) And that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 一定要让民有、民治、民享的政治制度永世长存。 We are quite ignorant of what he has in mind. 我们一点也不知道他心里在想什么。 No smoking! Admission by Invitation Only. Adults only. Keep Upright! Agreeable Sweetness. A frost-free refrigerator Keep off the lawn! Wet paint! Urban clearway. inflammables– keep away from fire. 严禁吸烟！ 非请莫入！ 少儿不宜。 请勿倒置！ 甜而不腻。 无霜冰箱 请勿践踏草地！ 油漆未干！ 市区通道，严禁停车。 易燃物品，切勿近火。 Some of the English words or phrases are negative in meaning, but they have no negative words within. These words or phrases belong to covert negation. I dare him to jump. 我量他也不敢跳。 You are telling me! 这事还用你说？ Keep it dark! 这事不可泄露出去！ She bears her age well. 她一点也不显老。 For all I care! 这事我才不管呢。 It’s anyone’s guess. 这事谁也不清楚。 Your question beats me. 你这个问题令我迷惑不解。 There will be hell to pay. 后果不堪设想。 Pay attention to the variety of the style of writings: Formal: 禁止张贴/ Posters Forbidden (affirmation) Oral: 不许张贴/ No Posters, Please (negation) Formal: 毋庸置疑/ it is beyond doubt that (negation) Oral: 的的确确/ indeed (affirmation) The Chinese astrologers have been saying that I should stay away from those Boars, Cocks, Dragons, and Rats. 中国占星师一直叫我不要搭理那些属猪的、属鸡的、属龙的和属鼠的。 Keanu Reeves is quiet and introverted. He attends almost no Hollywood parties and spends much of his free time playing base guitar with his bar band Dogstar when he might be promoting his movies. “I don’t want to be superfamous,” he said. “That would be awful.” 基努?里维斯性格文静内向，几乎不在好莱坞聚会中露面。他大部分的业余时间不是用来推销自己的影片，而是和他的酒吧乐队“天狼星”一起弹奏低