科技英语翻译Lecture3.5.pptVIP

Lecture 3.5. 省略 为了更好地表达原意，翻译时往往可以省略原文中某些词语，所省略的词语在英语中是必不可少的，但译成汉语则显多余。 冠词的省略 Because the body’s defense system is damaged, the patient has little ability to fight off many other diseases. Any substance is made up of atoms whether it is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. The atom is the smallest particle of an element. Human beings and the great apes had a common ancestor about 5 million years ago. Other scientists, however, are afraid that the world may become too hot for human life. With the development of electrical engineering, power can be transmitted over long distance. The PC has given the average American the kind of computing power that 10 years ago was found only in large corporations. While the Chinese are eager to import modern medical technology from the West, increasing members of Westerners are equally interested in adopting the traditional medical remedies of China. Although the world is large, man is able to live in only a small part of it. The total land area that contributes surface runoff to a river or lake is called a watershed, river basin, or catchment area. 代词的省略 If you know the frequency, you can find the wave length. Different metals differ in their conductivity. A gas distributed itself uniformly through a container. The desert animals can hide themselves from the heat during the daytime. The volume of the sun is about 1,300,000 times that of the earth. Liquids are like solids in that they have definite volume. When the signal we pick up has increased by 10 times as the gain may have been reduced by 8 times. If we use electronic computers in hospitals, diagnosis will become quicker and more accurate. Newton wasted much time on the theological studies toward the end of his life. His left arm is paralyzed. He has no sensation in it. 连词的省略 This system is totally enclosed and prevents air pollution from dust particles or gases. When the temperature is maintained constant, the volume of a given sample of gas varies inversely