翻译之选词用字.ppt

选词用字 Man and wife 丈夫和妻子 Officers and men 官和兵 His man Friday 他的仆人礼拜五 Man-of-war 战舰 Be a man！ 要像个男子汉 “是”的译法 他是我父亲。 He is my father. 这姑娘是漂亮。 That girl is really beautiful. 此人是书就读。 That man reads every book he can reach. 是可忍，孰不可忍？ If this can be tolerated，what can not？ 是古非今 praise the past to condemn the present 依据不同语境，确定用词 要选好词用准字，需要确定该词上下文语境，然后在译文确定恰当的表达方式。 This war is becoming the most important story of this generation. 这场战争正成为这一代人最重大的事件。 Last December, the Post first reported that probes were being made in each of those cities, but officials refused to confirm the story. 去年12月，《邮报》首先报道侦查工作已在那些城市逐个进行，但官员们拒绝证实这条消息。 Some reporters who were not included in the session broke the story. 有些没有参加那次会议的记者把内情捅了出去。 It was many years before the full story was made public. 许多年后，事情的真相才被公之于众。 Many years later I returned to Africa but that’s another story.(= I’m not going to talk about it now.) 多年以后我又重返非洲，不过这是后话了。 再如hand一词，词义因语境不同而异 Soams shook hand and went downstairs. 索姆斯跟她握了一下手就下楼了。 He never read a book in his life and still writes a schoolboy hand. 一生从来没有读过一本书，写的字还像学童的手笔。 Mr. Johnson suddenly failed, and all hands in the factory were turned off. 约翰逊先生突然破产，工厂的所有职工都被解雇。 “背影” 我与父亲不想见已有二年余，最不能忘记的是他的背影。 It is more than two years since I last saw father and what I can never forget is the sight of his back. 这是我看见他的背影，我的眼泪很快流了来了。 While I was watching him from behind, tears gushed from my eyes. 等他的背影混入来来往往的人里，再找不着了，我便进来坐下…… I，however，did not go back to my seat until his figure was lost among crowds of people hurrying to and fro and no longer visible. 要选好词用好字，还要注意英语词语所表达的感情色彩，是褒义还是贬义。 French， German，Spanish workmen! Let our voice unite in one cry of reprobation against war! 法国、德国、西班牙的工人们，把我们的呼声联合成为反对战争的怒吼吧！（褒义） The old couple made a persistent effort to search for their daughter lost in the war. 这对老年夫妇执着地寻找在战争中丢失的女儿。 She was vexed by the persistent ringi