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实用英汉翻译技巧选讲 Unit One I.试译下列句子，比较翻译中的感觉和译文的效果： 1. He wants a lawyer who understands his case, who sympathizes with him and who has been there himself. 2. World-famous for his works he was never personally well known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity. 3. While you are in the act of summoning your energies, focus on a plan. Don\t exhaust yourself with fruitless excursions into any and all possibilities. 4. A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it is good, it can not last too long; if bad you can not get rid of it too early. 5. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check -- a check which has come back marked insufficient funds. 6. A friend is someone who draws out your own best qualities, with whom you sparkle and become more of whatever the friendship draws upon. II. 参考译文： 1. 他要找一位了解他的案情，同情他的处境，并有过亲身经历的人当他的律师。 2. 他的著作举世闻名，而他个人却一直默默无闻，因为他一生始终避免抛头露面。 3. 在集中精力的过程中，要集中于一种打算；不要同时涉足各种可能的情况而搞得精疲力竭一事无成。 4. 书可以比作邻居：如果是好的，相处愈久愈好；如果是坏的，分手愈早愈好。 5. 美国没有履行这种神圣的义务，相反，只是给黑人开了一张空头支票，上面盖了“资金不足”的戳后被退了回来。 6. 朋友是能使你表现出自己最佳品质的人，和他在一起你就会精神焕发，并且变得更具有友谊所要求的种种内涵。 III、有哪些常用的翻译技巧（一）？ 【例1】 We should help in ways which are mutually beneficial to both developing and developed countries. ×我们应以对发展中国家和发达国家双方都有利的方法援助。 【译文】 我们的援助方法应对发展中国家和发达国家双方都有利。 一、词性转译法： （一）转译成动词： 【例2】 For Westerners in China, the establishment of an effective team of managers means attracting -- and retaining both expatriate and local management talent. 【译文】 对于在中国的西方人来说，建立一支有效的管理人员队伍意味着要同时吸引并留住来自海外的管理人才和本地的管理人才。 1、名词转译成动词： 【例3】 The remembrance of these will add zest to his life. ×对于这些事情的回想将会增添他生活的乐趣。 【译文】 回想起这些事情，使他的生活增添了乐趣。 【例4】 He looked on the Convention as a fair and faithful representation of the people. ×他认为这次大会是人民的公正忠实的代表。 【译文】 他认为这次大会公正忠实地代表了人民。 【例5】 Other governmental activities are the responsibilities of the individual states, which have their own constitutions and laws. ×其他政府活动则是各个州的责任，各州都有自己的宪法和法律。 【译文】 其他政府职能则由各个州来承担，各州都有自己的宪法和法律。 【例6】 The sight