实用高级英语翻译方法技巧.ppt

;Section 6 其他使用技巧 Chapter 1英语数字的翻译 一、?? 数字等值翻译： ①　a drop in the ocean?????? 沧海一粟  ②　within a stone‘s throw??? 一箭之遥  ③　kill two birds with one stone?????? 一箭双雕 ④ Two heads are better than one.?????? 二人智慧胜一人 二、不等值翻译： 　1. 数词组成的冠用语 ① at sixes and sevens????? 乱七八糟 　　② on second thoughts?????? 再三考虑 　　③ by ones and twos???????? 两两地，零零落落地 　　④ a few tenths of 十分之几；又几成 ⑤ a hundred and one ways 千方百计 ; ⑥ few minutes the women began to come in by ones and twos, pulling down the sleeves of their blouse. 几分后， 女士们放下衣袖，三三两两地走进来。 ⑦ the second half 后一半 ⑧ by hundred percent 百分之百地；全部地 2．以单数形式表示的不确定数字，通常表示范围 如：ten to one 十之八九 nine cases out of ten 十之八九 by the million 大量的 a thousand and one 无数的 e.g. The sun gives light and heat to the earth by the million . 太阳给地球大量的光和热。 ;3．以复数形式表示的不确定数字，也表示范围。 例如： by the hundreds 数以百计 hundreds of 数百；数以百计 hundreds of thousands of 数十万；无数的 by (the) thousands 大量； 数以千计 millions upon thousands 成千上万 millions upon millions of 千百万 tens of ( decades of ) 数十 dozens of 几打；几十 scores of 好几十 e.g. I went there dozens of times. 我到过那里几十次。; 4．表示“多于”可在数量词前、后加more than, above, over , or more 等修饰语 例如： a hundred pounds or more more than one hundred pounds over one hundred pounds 一百多镑 above one hundred pounds 5.由or less ,less than , under, below 等组成的不确定数字表示“少于”，“不到” 例如：one hundred dollars or less 不超过一百美元 less than one hundred dollars under one hundred dollars 不到一百美元 below one hundred dollars ;三、不必译出 　① One mans meat is another mans poison.??? 人各有所好。  ② Ill love you three score and ten.? 我会一辈子爱你的。  ③ Ten to one he has forgotten it．很可能他已经忘了。  ④ His m