常用翻译技巧.doc

1)Diction（选词用字） 2)Amplification（增词法） 3)Omission（省略法） 4)Conversion（转换法） 5)Repetition（重复法） 6)Inversion(语序调整) 7)Negation（正说反译，反说正译） 8)Division (长句拆译) Subordination（分清主从） 例1. Neat people buy everything in expensive little single portions. 意译：办事讲究的人买什么都讲少而精，愿买贵的。 √ 例2． They want quality, but at a budget price. 意译：他们又要货好，又要价格合算。 √ people at budget:精打细算过日子的人 例3．On Taiwan there was little grace and less give between the two sides. 在台湾问题上，双方几乎没有多少客气可讲，更谈不上让步了。 例4. Whichever way you choose to visit Zhengzhou , you will reach here quickly and enjoy a comfortable stay, because Zhengzhou has a wide range of accommodation to suit all budgets and tastes… 试译：无论乘坐何种交通工具都能迅速抵达郑州，下榻此处会让你倍感舒适，这里的住宿条件能充分满足各种档次和品味的要求……。 例4．New HSR and Maglev would have all-new, state-of-the-art train control system. The Accelerail options were estimate with train control systems providing speed and authority enforcement. 译文：新型高速列车或磁浮列车须装置全新的、造形精美的列车操纵系统，可供选用的列车操纵系统必须能提供速度和（威力）强大的加速力。 例6．一幢乡村小学的教学楼，建了7年还是个半拉子工程。 The construction of the teaching building of a village school, which was started seven years ago, has ended up a “never-to-be-finished project”. 例7．有市场、有效益的速度，才是真正的发展，才是硬道理。 Sound economic growth must be based on strong market demand and good economic returns. This is a fundamental principle. 例8．“一要吃饭，二要建设”是指导我国经济工作的基本原则。 A basic principle guiding our economic work is “subsistence first and development second”. 例1. Saying good-bye to a child going to college for the first time is rough,…How does a person cut off 18 years of closeness? 孩子考上大学第一次与他送别，这滋味真教人难受。……十八年的骨肉相依，晨夕相处，而今一朝别离，又怎会舍得呢？ (语义性增译) 例2. Chinese life is filled with lists of bests: The mao-tai at a banquet is one of the China’s eight great liquors; the view of the West Lake in Hangzhou is one of the nine ideal vantage points, and even some companies will declaim that they are among the 500 national outstanding enterprises. 中国人的生活中充满了一系列“名牌”、“上品”之类的东西：筵席上的茅台属中国八大名酒之一，杭州西湖属中国九大名胜之一,就