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注意否定意义的翻译 带有否定意义的句子是比较容易翻错的，有的是由于否定是隐性的，不容易看出；有的是由于否定范围和重心不易确定。 1. cannot be overestimated 结构 Now I have recalled these beginnings of the careers of Franklin, Darwin and Mozart because they strikingly illustrate a profound psychological truth the significance of which can scarcely be overestimated. cannot be overestimated/overstressed/overrated 的意思是 “再强调，在估计也不会过分”。不了解这个结构，就会把这句译成 “其意义不能太强调。”而真正的意思是 “其意义再强调也不过分”。 请翻译下句 I cannot state too strongly my appreciation of the part you played in the negotiation in order to bring the desired result. 2. not … as/like 结构 The number of people who consult psychologists today is not, as is sometimes felt, a symptom of increasing mental ill health. 人们常常觉得，今天这么多人去找精神病医生咨询，并不表明精神病患者的日益增多。 以上这句话完全译反了。在这个否定句中，否定的重心是在 as is sometimes felt, 所以这句话应该译成 今天这么多人去找精神病医生咨询，并不像人们常常感到的那样说明了精神病患者的日益增多。 请翻译下句 He does not limit his principal advisors to a special field of concentration like Mr.Truman. 一般说来，在含有 as/like 引导的短语的否定句子中， 否定的重心应落在该短语上， 译成 “并不像。。。。。。” 。 所以前句可译成： 他不像杜鲁门先生那样把主要顾问们限制在他们各自专门的领域里。 3。Not …because 结构 A high executive does not have a large vocabulary merely because of the opportunities of his position. 当主句用了否定结构，从句以because, 尤其是simply/merely because 引导，此时的否定往往发生转移，从主句转移到从句或短语去。看下句 Don’t give up because it is difficult. 但是 because 于否定同用时，常会发生两种不同的含义，例如： I didn’t go because I was afraid. ==(1) I didn’t go, and the reason was fear. ==(2) I went, but the reason was not fear. 类似的例子。 I didn’t marry her because I loved her. 有时候在这样的结构里，because 可以作 though 解， 这时，往往既可以译为 “ 因为”，也可以译为 “虽然”。如： You should not despise a man because he is poor. Don’t be vain because you are good-looking. Not + to V 结构（表示目的） The Soviet plan should not be examined to find material for propagandist warfare. 这里的 not 应该是针对 for propagandist warfare 的 ： 不应为了寻找宣传战的资料而来研究苏联的计划。 “ We did not build institutes of technology to educate our boys for export.” said one Indian scientist last week. 5. not so … but / not such a … but 结构 He is not so sick but he can come to sc