Lecture 5 Conversion 汉英翻译 教学文稿.pptVIP

Conversion;;That is to say, the parts of speech of some words in the source language have to be converted, in order to produce a readable and coherent sentence. In practical translation work, words in the source text may be converted into words identical in meaning but different in parts of speech and the word order may also be changed. To sum up, conversion is used to achieve accuracy and fluency.;Conversion of parts of speech;1. Conversion into verbs;5. My younger brother is a better teacher than I if you want to learn swimming. 如果你想学游泳的话，我弟弟要比我教得好。 6. The government called for the establishment of more vocational schools. 　政府号召建立更多的职业学校。 7. He was a regular visitor. *Note: 动词派生的名词(abolition, acquaintance, refusal, acknowledgement, etc),含有动作意义的名词(glance, close, rest, etc),后缀为-er/or的名词——翻译这些动词时应注意，它们最常转换成动词。;ii. Adj. converted into verbs 英语中表示知觉、情欲、欲望等心理状态的形容词，作表语时 往往可以转译成动词。 (content, confident, certain, angry, sure, ignorant, afraid, doubtful, aware, concerned, ashamed, thankful, anxious, grateful, able, familiar ） 1. Doctors are not sure they can save his life. 医生们不敢肯定/确定能否救得了他的命。 2. Scientists are very confident that all matter is indestructible. 科学家们深信，所有物质都是不灭的。;; 1. That day she was up before sunrise. 那天她在日出前就起来了。 ２. After a careful investigation they found the design behind. 经过仔细研究后，他们发现这个设计落后了。 ３. His poor health forced him away from England. 健康不佳迫使他离开英国。 4. As he ran out, he forgot to put his shoes on.;iv. Prepositions converted into verbs 1. Are you for or against the proposal? 你赞成还是反对这一提议？ 2. The people are with him. 人们拥护他/跟他站在一起。 3. Millions of people in the mountainous area are finally off poverty. 几百万山区人终于摆脱了贫困。 4. We drove home a bit after midnight, over the river and through the lovely old sleeping town. 时过午夜，我们驱车回家，（先）过了河，又穿过了酣睡中古老而可爱的小镇。;5. Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability. 读书可以怡情，可以博彩，可以长才。 6. He worked long hours on meager food, in cold caves, by dim lamps. 他吃简陋的饮食，住寒冷