(精选)英汉翻译技巧第十二章 英语名词从句与状语从句的翻译课件.pptVIP

9. 英语中，连接结果状语从句常常可以直接翻译为“结果……”或“如此……以致……”。 当主句中含有“never, never so, not so, not such”等否定词，并且用“but that”或“but what”连接结果状语从句时，就构成了双重否定，可以翻译作“没有……不……”。 (1) You did this?—?you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. 译文 你们这样做，你们这样做，是因为你们深信一个美国信念——不论面临多么严峻的形势，热爱这个国家的人民都能改变它。 分析 so that引导的结果状语从句，然而由于存在“because”，翻译时不宜重复出现“因为……所以”的结构，因此在翻译中把它简化为“深信”，用破折号进行解释说明。 (2) I was reading such an interesting book that I couldn’t stop until I came to the end. 译文 我读的书非常有趣，我手不释卷，一直读到结尾。 分析 英语中的结果状语从句只能后置，这与汉语表达的语序是一致的。句子本身就体现了上下文之间的逻辑关系，所以引导词“such…that”省去不译。 (3) What has happened that he hasn’t returned yet? 译文 出了什么事他还没回来？ 分析 汉语表达更注重“意合”，连词that如果译成“结果是”显得别扭，不如不译。 英语语篇汉译 My Mother’s Gift by Suzanne Chazi 母亲的礼物 I grew up in a small town where the elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age, not so long ago, when children could go home for lunch and find their mothers waiting. 我在一个小镇上长大，从我家步行到镇里的小学只需要十分钟。那个年代离现在并不算太遥远，孩子们可以回家吃午饭，而母亲总会在家等候着。 At the time, I did not consider this a luxury, although today it certainly would be. I took it for granted that mothers were the sandwich-makers, the finger-painting appreciators and the homework monitors. I never questioned that this ambitious, intelligent woman, who had had a career before I was born and would eventually return to a career, would spend almost every lunch hour throughout my elementary school years just with me. 这一切在现在看来已经是一种奢望，然而当时的我却不以为然。我觉得当母亲的给孩子做三明治，欣赏他们的手指画，检查他们的家庭作业，都是理所当然的事。我从来没有想过：像我母亲这样一个怀有抱负又聪明能干的女人，在我出生之前，她有自己的工作，而且后来她又重新成为职业女性，可是在我上小学期间，她却几乎天天都陪伴我度过午饭时光。 I only knew that when the noon bell rang, I would race breathlessly home. My mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me with a look that suggested I was the only important thing she had on her mind. For this, I am forever grateful. 我只知道，中午铃一响，我就会气喘吁吁地跑回家。母亲总会站在最高的台阶上，朝我微笑着，那种神情表明我是她心目中惟一重要的东西。为此，我永远感激她。 Some s