汉译英常用技巧-比较句的翻译.ppt

School of Foreign Languages Southwest University 比较句的翻译 Translation of comparative sentences 相等（equation ) A. as……as 在真空中，轻物体与重物体降落得一样快。 In vacuum, light bodies will fall as fast as heavy ones. 她的脸圆圆的，跟孩子一样。 Her face is as round as a child’s . 郑州是和西安同样重要的一个工业中心。 Zhengzhou is as important an industrial center as Xi’an. B. the same……as…. 荷兰语与英语同出一源。 Dutch is of the same origin as Old English. 课堂练习 这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。 This film is as interesting as that one. 你的钢笔书写起来和我的一样流畅。 Your pen writes as smoothly as mine. 这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。 This dictionary is not as/so useful as you think. 她很伤心地看着我们，眼镜睁得跟他的祖母一样大。 He looked at us sadly with his eyes as large as his grandmother’s. 这本书和我上周读的那本是一样的。 This is the same book as I read last week. C.相等程度比较且含有否定意义（no more….than/not any more than, no better than(not any better than 和….同样不 她不善于游泳，如同你不善于游泳一样。 He is no more skilful at swimming than you are. 我同她一样，都不喜欢玩扑克。 I am no more fond of playing poker than he is. 他既不是画家，也不是作家。 He is no more a writer than a painter. 他和我都读不懂西班牙语。 He’s no more able to read Spanish than I am. 我对西班牙语和希腊语同样都不懂。 I know no more Spanish than I know Greek. 他并不比你更善于游泳。 He is not more skilful at swimming than you are. 我并不比他更喜欢玩扑克。 I am not more fond of playing poker than he is. 新版本并不比旧版本贵。 The new edition is not more expensive than the old one. D.A之于B犹如C之于D A is to B what C is to D 军民关系犹如鱼水关系。 The army is to the people what fish is to water. 读书对于精神如同食物对于身体一样。 Food is to the body what reading is to mind. 超越(surpass) 1. 用比较级(comparative degree ) 这任务比我想象的难。 The task is more difficult than I imagined it to be. 他在科研上去的成就就比预期的大。 The success he has achieved in scientific research is greater than expected. 2. 用含有超越意义的动词或动词词组(surpass, overtake, transcend, go beyond 心灵美胜过外表美。 Beauty of mind excels beauty of appearance. 这还意味着，女性可能将很快超越男性，成为美国劳动力大军的主力。 It also means that women could soon overtake men as the majority of the US labour force . 这些问题超出了语言研究的范围。 These issues transcend the limits of language study 不过，修复全球