翻译技巧概览37.doc

翻译技巧概览 Some special devices in translation From the concrete and specific into the abstract and general. Every life has its roses and thorns. 甘苦 Arabs rub shoulders with Jews, and have been doing so from the earliest settlement of the territories. 点头之交 You will never work it out by that method; and you are off the track altogether. 误入歧途 From the abstract and general into the concrete and specific. Vietnam was his entrée to the new Administration, his third incarnation as a foreign policy consultant. 前菜 I say this because of the bleak consensus, albeit (although) only among some in the West, about the future. 暗淡的共识 Conversion of Parts of Speech The manager was a nervous anxious little man, always ready to cry wolf if the shop takings went down a pound or two. One after another, speakers called for the down-fall of imperialism, abolition of exploitation of man by man, liberation of the oppressed of the world. Franklin had a deep conviction that we must learn to understand and to get on with our neighbors in this hemisphere. Ordinarily a territorial claim requires physical possession of the territory by one or more explorers. Nuclear warfare would leave no time for the old-style mobilization of the armed forces. Nouns Verbs We are deeply convinced of the correctness of this policy and firmly determined to pursue it. The admission of this insider brought to light the entire hypocrisy of the statement made by the representatives of the Anglo-American bloc about the defense of rights of individual freedom. Japanese guests are impressed by the splendor and warmth of our reception at the airport, along the boulevard and in the Great Hall of the People. There is increased demoralization. Vietnamese War is a drain on American resources. I am so grateful to my father for his continuous encouragement during my child. It was a very informative meeting. This pupil is a good writer. Verbs Nouns, Adj. Adv. They argue that regimes come and go, that political issue