Unit 12长句翻译 Long Sentences.pptVIP

I. Long Sentences in English-Chinese Translation The translation of the long sentence is perhaps the most difficult of all in the process of English-Chinese translation. The prerequisites for the correct handling of long and complex sentences in English-Chinese translation lie in the translator’s correct comprehension of the original, and in his /her capability for adequeate representation of the thought of the author in the target language. I. Long Sentences in English-Chinese Translation Correct comprehension, therefore, is always the first and foremost step; and the dialectical unity of faithfulness and smoothness is always what we should strive to achieve. This means we have to begin with a careful analysis of a long and complex sentence in the light of the context so as to understand clearly: (1) What the author is driving at; (2) what his argument or view are, and what logic sequence there is in the original; (3) what grammatical relations there are among the three, four, five, or even more “modifiers” in the long sentence to be translated. 1. Two stages and five steps The process of translating a typical English long sentence generally consists of two stages which may be subdivided into five steps. Stage 1 Comprehension Step 1: presenting the long sentence in a skeleton form Step 2: inferring the main idea from the context and the whole text Step3: distinguishing between the principal and subordinate elements and find out the interrelations between principal and subordinate clauses 1. Two stages and five steps Stage 2 Presentation Step 4: entering on a tentative translation of each sentence division Step 5: rearrangement and finishing touches II. Methods of Translating Long English Sentences In the practice of translation, a number of methods have been created to tackle long and complex English sentences. For example, translating in original sequence or in reverse order, translating by division or by synthesis or (combination). For th