科技英语翻译Lecture3.6.pptVIP

Lecture 3.6. 反译 所谓反译是指突破原文形式的束缚，变换语气，把原文中肯定的表达形式译成否定形式，把原文中否定的表达形式译成肯定形式。 否定译作肯定 Sodium is never found uncombined in nature. 自然界中的钠被发现都处于化合状态。 Ice is not as dense as water and it therefore floats. 冰的密度比水小，因此能浮在水面上。 Metals do not melt until heated to a definite temperature. 金属要加热到一定温度才会熔化。 Until recently geneticists were not interested in particular genes. 基因学家们最近才开始对特定基因感兴趣。 Many scientists are not happy about what modern man is doing to his environment. 许多科学家对现代人对环境所做的一切感到忧虑。 It’s not easy to talk about Dolly in a world that doesn’t share a uniform set of ethical values. 世界各地的伦理观念不同，因此就多莉羊展开讨论很难达成一致意见。 One body never exerts a force upon another without the second reacting against the first. 一个物体对另一个物体施加作用力必然会受到这另一物体的反作用力。 Don’t start working before having checked the instrument thoroughly. 要对仪器彻底检查才能开始工作。 We cannot be too careful in doing experiment. 我们做实验时尽可能小心。 肯定译为否定 The common non-metals tend to be less ductile and weaker. 一般非金属材料不易延展，强度较差。 The influence of temperature on the conductivity of metals is slight. 温度对金属的导电性影响不大。 As rubber prevents electricity from passing through it, it is used as insulating material. 由于橡胶不导电。所以用作绝缘材料。 The average speed of all molecules remains the same so long as the temperature is constant. 只要温度不变，全部分子的平均速度也就不变。 The signal was shown about the computer’s being in order. 信号表明，计算机没有毛病。 We should stop treating the sea as a dump for human and industrial effluent. 我们不应当再把海洋当成人类生活污水和工业污水的垃圾场了。 Bicycles offer the perfect eco-friendly method of travelling around the vast and beautiful and flat countryside that surrounds Cambridge. 骑自行车在剑桥大学周围的宽广、美丽而又平坦的乡村旅行，是不会对环境造成危害的理想旅游方式。 We should discard the idea that scientific inquiry will ever be complete. 我们必须明白科学是永无止境的。 There are many other energy sources in store. 还有多种其他能源尚未开发。 In the high altitude snow and ice remain all year. 海拔高的地方冰雪常年不化。 试将下列各否定句译成肯定句 The increase in mass is not appreciable until the velocity approaches that of light. Sulfur was not identified as an element until 1810