Lecture 14 Long Sentences 汉英翻译 教学文稿.pptVIP

Translation of Long Sentences;;Translation of Long Sentences; This means the translator has to begin with a careful analysis of a long and complex sentence, taking its context into consideration in order to understand the following aspects clearly: (a) what the author is driving at; (b) what his argument or view is, and what “logical sequence” there is in the source text; (c) what grammatical relations there are among the three, four, five, or even more “modifiers” in the long sentence.; 2 stages and 5 steps in translating a long sentence Two stages: Comprehension/analysis Reproduction/translation Stage 1 Comprehension/analysis Step 1: breaking up the long sentence Step 2: inferring the main idea from the whole text and its context Step 3: distinguishing between the principal and subordinate elements, finding out the interrelations between the principal and its subordinate clauses , making clear of the sentence pattern (subject, predicate, object, etc.);Ways of Translating Long Sentences;;;;; How to translate? First translate each sentence division, then reorganize each part and put them together by adding necessary connectives. 1. ① On August 1, the gunboat began her mission, ② which was, in the eyes of the defenders, a provocative act ③ (a) and seemed to be part of the overall assault (b) which had begun on July 31. ①八月一日，炮舰开始执行任务。 ②在防御者看来，是一次挑衅行为， ③而且似乎是七月三十一日开始的全面攻击的一个部分。;;;;;;;; II.逆序法 Reversing the word order 有些英语句子的表达次序与汉语表达习惯不同，甚至完全相反，这时就必须从原文后面译起，逆着原文顺序翻译。 1. Time goes fast for one who has a sense of beauty, when there are pretty children in a pool and a young girl on the edge, to receive with wonder anything you can catch! Analysis: 本句由1个主句，1个定语从句和1个时间状语从句组成，时间状语从句中还有1个定语从句。 主句：Time goes fast是全句中心。按照汉语习惯，1）先是从句，再是主语；2）先因后果；和3）事件以时间为序，此句应逆着原文顺序翻译。 ;;;;;;;;;2. The president said at a press conference dominated by questions on yesterday’s election results that he could not explain why the Rep