汉英翻译第四章句子翻译1.pptx

“话题-说明”结构与“主-谓”结构 ;这件事你不用操心。 This you do not need to worry. You don’t need to worry about this. There is no need for you to worry about this. 秘书今天没来，她生病了。 The secretary is absent from work today because she is ill. 那女人虽是山里模样，然而应酬得很从容，说话很能干，寒暄之后，就赔罪，说她特来叫她的儿媳妇回家，因为开春事务忙，而家中只有老的和小的，人手不够了。（鲁迅《祝福》） Although this woman looked like the hill-dweller she was, she behaved with great self-possession and had a ready tongue in her head. After the usual civilities she apologized for coming to take her daughter-in-law back, explaining that early spring was a busy time and they were short-handed at home with only old people and children around.;老拴正在专心走路，忽然吃了一惊，远远地看见一条丁字街，明明白白横着。他便退了几步，寻到一家关着门的铺子，蹩进檐下，靠门停住了。（鲁迅《药》） Absorbed in his walking, Old Shuan was startled when he saw the crossroad lying distantly ahead of him. He walked back a few steps to stand under the eaves of a shop in front of its closed door. 正在热闹哄哄的时节，只见那后台里，又出来一位姑娘，年纪约十八九岁，装束与前一个毫无分别，瓜子脸儿，白净面皮，相貌不过中人之姿，只觉得秀而不媚，清而不寒。（刘鹗《老残游记》） Amidst the feverish bustle, there appeared on the stage a girl about eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed up just like the former. Her face was shaped like melon-seed. Her beauty was above the average woman-charming but not coquettish, and a clarity of complexion but not coldness. ;“板块”式结构与“多枝共干”结构 ;我常见许多青年的朋友,2)聪明用功,3)成绩优异,4)而语文程度不足以达意,5)甚至写一封信亦难得通顺,6)问其故则曰其兴趣不在语文方面. 倘若完全按原文的句法特征将其译成英文,可能是: 1)I have come across a great many young friends, 2)Bright and diligent, 3)Do exceedingly well in studies, 4)but they are rather weak in Chinese, 5)even can’t write a smooth Chinese letter. 6)When asked why, they’ll say they are not interested in Chinese. 请看张培基先生的译文: I have come across a great many bright and diligent young friends who have done exceedingly well in their studies, but are rather weak in Chinese. They cannot even write a letter in correct Chinese. When I asked them why, they said they were not interested in the Chinese language. ;“左分支”结构与“右分支”结构 ;思维方式差异在句子结构上的表现;村东头的王大妈来了，受坏人欺骗的村民们也来了。 Th