英译汉教程 刚性与柔性rigid supple.pptVIP

Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese Preview “…Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately …” 译文1：“…朗格太太说，尼日斐花园叫个阔少爷租去了，来自英格兰北部的；星期一来，坐着驷马大轿车，看得满心愉悦，当场就和莫先生谈妥了…” 译文2：“朗太太说内瑟菲尔德让来自英格兰北部的一个阔少爷租去了；他乘着一辆驷马马车来看房子 ，星期一那天, 看得十分喜欢，立刻就和莫尔斯先生谈妥了…” Rigid vs. Supple English always requires a complete sentence structure, S-V concord and formal cohesion. Chinese enjoys flexible sentence structure and pays more attention to semantic cohesion. Basic sentence structure of English SV, SVO, SVP, SVoO, SVOC The meeting has begun. God created man. We are students. She wrote me a letter. He made me happy. Rigid vs. Supple 1. I can give you two dollars. 2. He made me smile. 3. The river is flowing. 4. You ruined my life. SVoO SVOC SV SVO All long or short English sentences can be regarded as the five patterns and their variants, expansion, combination, omission or inversion. Expansion: adding modifiers All this suggested ancient harmonies. 这一切使人感到古代的和谐气氛。 As we chatted, a brightly painted sardine boat dropped anchor. 一条颜色鲜艳的捕捞沙丁鱼的船抛了锚。 Keith: a little yellow, ragged, lame, unshaven beggar. ( John Galsworthy) 基思:一个讨饭的,身材矮小,面色苍黄,衣衫褴褛,瘸腿,满脸胡子。 She had such a kindly, smiling, tender, gentle, generous heart of her own. (W. M. Thackeray: Vanity Fair) 她心地厚道,为人乐观,性情温柔,待人和蔼,气量又大。 Expansion: using phrases or clauses Objects that do not transfer light cause shadows. 不透光的物体会造成阴影 物体不透光，会产生阴影。 The structure of the steel and the resulting properties will depend on how hot the steel gets and how quickly or slowly it is cooled. 钢的结构及其形成的性质，取决于加热的温度和冷却的速度。 Now the integrated circuit has reduced by many times the size of the computer of which it forms a part, thus creating a new generation of portable minicomputers