Unit 12 长句的翻译.ppt

The Translation of Long Sentence Unit 12 1、顺译法 有些英语长句所叙述的一连串动作基本上是按动作发生的时间先后安排,也有些英语长句的内容是按逻辑关系安排,这与汉语表达方法比较一致,因此翻译时一般可按照原文顺序译出。 If you reach Chicago by train and spend only an hour or two there you will feel the light wind off the lake which gives it the name “Windy City”. 如果你乘坐火车抵达芝加哥，即使只在那里逗留一两个小时，你也会感到从密歇根湖那边吹拂过来的阵阵清风，这就是芝加哥之所以叫做“风城”的缘故。 It was the moment I ceased being a child, when I began to have an adult’s awareness of the pain and tragedy in life. 从那一刻起我不再是一个小孩，我开始有了成年人的意识，能意识到人生的伤痛与灾难。 Solutions of the problem of old age have to be considered against a historical background of slow but substantial changes in Chinese family structure, caused by rising living standards and family planning. 由于人民生活水平的不断提高以及计划生育，中国的家庭结构发生着缓慢却又具有实质性的变化，必须根据这一历史背景考虑到老年的问题。 The era of blatant discrimination ended in the 1960s through the courageous actions of thousands of blacks participating in peaceful marches and sit-ins, to force Southern states to implement the Federal desegregation laws in schools and public accommodation. 六十年代，千千万万的黑人参加了和平游行示威和静坐，他们的勇敢行动迫使南方各州执行联邦政府关于在学校和公共场所所废除种族隔离的法律，从而结束了公然歧视黑人的时代。 Such is human nature in the West that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. （先译主语从句，后译主句。）许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方则是人之常情。 * * 翻译长句时,首先要弄清原文的句法结构,找出主句和从句,以及它们之间的逻辑关系,同时,还要从词、句的字里行间捕捉作者所表达的思想、感情、笔锋、神韵,然后再按汉语的表达习惯加以翻译。一般说来,翻译的目的不是再现原文的语法形式,而是传达原文的思想内容。在进行长难句翻译时,不能拘泥于原文的语法框框,而应在准确理解的基础上,分清句子的层次,掌握叙述的重点、逻辑及语气,然后再根据汉语的规范和习惯,恰当地“拆整为零”“化长为短”,做到内容忠实,文字晓畅。 If she had long lost the blue-eyed, flower-like charm, the cool slim purity of face and form, the apple-blossom coloring which had so swiftly and oddly affected Ashurst twenty-six years ago, she was still at forty-three a comely and faithful companion, whose cheeks were faintly mottled, and whose grey-blue eyes had acquired a certain fullness. 这个句子是由一个主句、一个状语从句和三个定语从句组成的。“她依旧是个好看而忠实的伴侣”是主句,也是全句的中心内容。主句前边是一个假设状语从句,其中又包含一个定语从句,这个定语从句较长,所以,译文中