Hypotaxis vs Parataxis形合与意合.pptVIP

Hypotaxis vs Parataxis Hypotaxis The dependent or subordinate construction or relationship of clauses with connectives, for example, I shall despair if you don’t come. Parataxis The arranging of clauses one after the other without connectives showing the relation between them, for example, The rain fell; the river flooded; the house washed away. Comparison and Translation 英语造句主要采用形合法（hypotaxis)，汉语造句主要采用意合法（parataxis)。 英译汉时，必须适当地运用意合句法以代替形合；汉译英时，则必须反其道而行之，适当地运用形合句法以代替意合句法。 All was cleared up some time later when news came from a distant place that an earthquake was felt the very day the little copper ball fell. 过了一些时候，从远方传来了消息：在小铜球坠落的当天，确实发生了地震。这一切终于得到了澄清。 The many colors of a rainbow range from red on the outside to violet on the inside. 彩虹有多种颜色，外圈红，内圈紫。 他说得太快，我们不能理解他的意思。 He spoke so rapidly that we could not clearly understand him. 我只见到他的背影，认不清是谁。 I could not make out who he was as I only saw his back. 留得青山在，不愁没柴烧。 As long as the green are there, one should not worry about firewood. * * 意合法 形合法