上外翻译I笔记(第十二讲).docVIP

第十二讲 语序 长句 导入译例 Rural America 美国农村 Interior China 中国内地 Official Washington 华盛顿官方 Corporate giant 大公司 Consumer durables 耐用消费品 Love triangle 三角恋 Model wonna-bes 想成为模特的女孩子们 There are many wonderful stories to tell about the places I visited and the people I met. 我访问了一些地方，遇到不少人，要谈起来，奇妙的事可多着呢 James Brindley of Staffordshire started his self-made career in 1733 by working at mill wheels, at the age of 17, having been born in a poor village. 斯坦福郡的James Brindley，出身于一个贫苦的农村家庭。1773年，他17岁，就着手改良磨坊的车轮，从而开始了他那自我奋斗的生涯 英汉语序对比之一：前后有别（时间顺序不同） He was given a chair and asked to wait a little as darkness came on, then suddenly the whole bridge was outlined in lights. 天快黑了，有人给了他一把椅子，请他坐下等一会儿。忽然电灯全亮了，照出整座大桥的轮廓 It would have been difficult to find a happier child than I was as I lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a new day to come. 在这个意义重大的日子即将结束的时候，我躺在自己的小床上回顾一天的快乐，第一次，渴望着新一天的到来。恐怕再也找不到比我更幸福的小孩子了 英汉语序对比之一：前后有别（逻辑顺序不同） He was daring and resourceful besides being a fine shot. 他不权枪法好，而且有勇有谋 Animals become indifferent to their young as soon as their young can look after themselves, but human beings, owing to the length of infancy, find this difficult. 动物，一旦他们的后代能够自己照顾自己，它们就不管了；但是人，由于抚养子女的时间长，是难以做到这一点的 The feeling of shame at what might be called “running after” him was smothered by the dread that he might not be there, that she might not see him at all, and by that dogged resolve—somehow, she did not know—to win him back. 她深怕他也许不在场，深怕见不到他，同时下定了决心要把他夺回来，想法子夺回来，至于怎样夺法，她也不知道；有这些缘故，所以纵使有人说她“追他”，她也不觉得难为情 To his surprise, his date did not turn up at all. 使他惊讶的是，他的约会对象根本没有露面 他的约会对象根本没有露面，这使他很惊讶（汉语先交待客观事实，再给出主观看法） I welcome the opportunities created for Hong Kong by the election of Mr. Tung Chee-hua as chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR. 董建华先生当选香港特别行政区行政长官，为香港发展创造了机遇，对此我谨表示欢迎 The college student caught cheating does not even blush. He shrugs his shoulders and comments:”Everybody does it, and