商务英语翻译技巧.ppt

Translation Techniques; 1. 加词2＋1=2（加词不加意） 2. 减词2－1=2（减词不减意） 3. 换词2+2=3+1（变换符号不变换意思） 4. 移词1+2=2+1（前后移位） 5. 分译4=2+2（一分为二） 6. 合译2+2=4（合二为一） 7. 深化1：2=2：4（具体化） 8. 浅化2：4=1：2（抽象化） 9. 等化2+2=2×2（寻求灵活对象） 10. 一分为四4=1+1+1+1 （莎士比亚戏剧中的woe译成离合悲欢。） 11. 合四为一1+1+1+1=4 （鲁迅的“管它冬夏与春秋”译成 I don’t care what season it is.）;Part 1 词义的选择与表达(diction);1. According to the part of speech;她着凉了。 She has caught a cold. 你猜着了。 You’ve guessed right. 他走错了一着。 He has taken a wrong step. 这些孩子穿着整齐。 These children are all neatly dressed. 老王说他没着了。 Lao Wang said he was at the end of his tether. ;With over 1.3 billion people, a united, prosperous China will dwarf her Asian neighbors. 一个拥有13亿多人口，统一的、繁荣的中国将雄居亚洲，令其所有邻国相形见绌。 The union had very little say in the new pay agreement. 工会在新的工资合同中几乎没有发言权。;2. According to the Context or collocation ; We hope that our most respected Secretary General will not forget himself, his poor health is known to everybody. （根据上下文，说话人对Secretary General的态度是褒意的，语气是关怀的） 译为：我们希望最为可敬的秘书长先生不要过于操劳，要多多保重，他的健康状况欠佳是众所周知的。;More examples ; He halted in the district where by night are found the lightest street, hearts, vows and librettos. 译文1：他到了一个市区才停步，在那里晚上有最轻的街道，最轻的心情，最轻的盟誓和最轻的歌曲。 译文2：他到了一个市区才停步，在那里晚上有最明亮的街道，最愉快的心情，最轻易出口的盟誓和最轻松的歌曲。 译文1中有几个偏正词组显然不搭配，而译文2按照汉语的表达习惯，对原文进行了一些调整，译文贴切地道 ;3. Embodiment and abstraction ;But I suspected that if I tried to release the wolf, she would turn aggressive and try to tear me to pieces. 可是我想，要是我去放这只狼，它会凶狠地扑过来，把我撕成碎片的。（把aggressive作具体化处理，引申为“凶狠地扑过来”） Every life has its roses and thorns. 人人都有苦与乐。（把roses and thorns 作抽象化处理，引申为“乐与苦”） ;我们呼吁犹如石沉大海。 Our appeal remained a dead letter. 这真是九死一生。 It is a near miss. 她对他讲的话，虽然逆耳，却是忠言。 She talked to him with brutal frankness. 他怀疑自己那么心直口快，会否使他朋友背上思想包袱。 He wondered whether his outspokenness might be a liability to his friend. 她总是抱怨鸡毛蒜皮的事. She always complains the thing of trifles. ; Part 2 The basic translation techniques applied in translation ;