数字口译 【倍数】II.pptVIP

* Figure Interpreting(2) 倍数的翻译 倍数的增加 “A的大小是B的X倍”＝ “A is X times as large as B” “A is X times the size (length, amount …) of B” “A is X times larger than B” “A比B大（X－1）倍”或 A是B 的X倍 Reference 科技英语中倍数增减的汉译处理: 在翻译时，绝不可随便改变larger than = as large as 在表达倍数时的统一性”。[ 翻译通讯. 1988（2）]? 科技英语常见错误分析: 在当代英语里，A is n times larger than B与A is n times as large as B在意义上是完全一样的。 [ 国防工业出版社，1990 ]? 《实用科技英语语法讲义》: x times +形容词（副词）比较级+ than”与“x times +as …as”的含义是完全一致的。 This skirt costs twice as much as that one. ? ? 这裙子比那条贵一倍。 The volume of the earth is 49 times larger than that of the moon.地球比月球大48倍。 The GNP is 4 times as much as (it was ) a decade ago.? The GNP is 4 times more than (it was ) a decade ago.? 国民生产总值是十年前的4倍。 国民生产总值比十年前多了3倍。 The incubation period of this disease is three times as long as flu. 此病的潜伏期比流感长2倍。? Mercury weights 13 times more than water. 水银比水重12倍。 这个房间有那个房间的四个大。 This room is four times as big as that one. ? ? 他们的房子比我们的大三倍。 Their house is four times bigger than ours. Their house is four times as big as ours. 这顿饭我比他多付了两倍的钱。 I paid 3 times as much for the meal as he did.? I paid 3 times more for the meal than he did.?  N.B. 英文增加倍数的译法 increase to n times increase n times／n-fold increase by n times increase by a factor of n 以上四式均应译为：增加到n倍（或：增加n-1倍）。 The voltage has been increased by a factor of four. 电压增加了3倍（即增加到原来的4倍）。 The production of sugar has been increased by 3 times as compared with last year. 白糖的产量比去年增加了两倍（即增加到原来的3倍）。 Reference 孙复初教授在“《英汉大词典》关于倍数的两处错误”一文中指出：“Longman, Oxford, Webster原文词典的释义说明 twofold 和double, doubly, to two times, by two times以及 threefold 和 to three times, by three times是同义的。 “根据我收集的英美原著的许多例句也说明a twofold increase, increase twofold, increase by two times都表示‘增加到两倍’或‘增加一倍’（而不是增加两倍）；increase by threefold和 increase by three times 都表示‘增加到三倍’或‘增加两倍’（而不是增加三倍）。”? 此外，英语中还有一种用again而不用倍数词来比较倍数的方法，如： a is as much again as b. = a is twice as much as b. 应译为：a比b多1倍。 a is half as much again as b. = a is one and a half times as much as b. 应译为：a比b