医学英语翻译与写作MedicalEnglishTranslationandwriting.ppt

医学英语翻译与写作Medical English Translation and writing 张晶 山东大学大外部 Chapter 2 Translation, English Grammar and Chinese Attainment Translation and English Grammar 1. The patient is not so sick but he should be hospitalized. 2. When you exercise vigorously, waste products which act as mild poisons to the nervous system are formed. 3. From this you can find out the ratio of oxygen reacting to water formed. Translation and English Grammar 4. The medical workers cannot be too detailed in questioning in order to learn the nature of the disorder the patient speaks of. 5. The side-effect of these new drugs is none serious. 6. The complaints of the patient did not answer to the proper manifestations of the disease. English Translation and the Chinese Attainment To decrease English-style expressions Illness prevented him from going there. 原译：疾病妨碍他去那里。（此译文不符合汉语的表达习惯，主要是因为这种译法硬按原文的语法结构来翻译。此句的关键是将原文中的宾语him译成汉语中的主语“他”） 改译：他因病未去那里。 English Translation and the Chinese Attainment To decrease English-style expressions 1. Amino acids are, as the name suggests, compounds with the properties of both acids and amines. 2. Essential hypertension is the name given to the type of hypertension for which no cause can be found. If rise of blood pressure occurs with some other disease, it is called secondary hypertension. English Translation and the Chinese Attainment To avoid a lack of subjects Next morning, when the doctor was making his daily round he saw that a new attack was beginning. 原译：次日早晨，当医生查房时，发现病人的病又发作了。 改译：次日早晨查房时，医生发现病人又开始发病了。 English Translation and the Chinese Attainment To avoid a lack of subjects 1. In regard to the operation tomorrow, it is postponed. 2. Only with large numbers of patients can we be confident that a small difference between two forms of treatment will be detected. 3. As it is digested slowly, milk sugar remains in the intestinal tract for a longer period than do other sugars. English Translation and the Chinese Attainment To keep the consistency