汉语特定句式翻译.ppt

第四章汉语特定句式的翻译 汉语句子英译要点:句子主干的确定 句子主干的确定 ·要将汉语句子翻译成英语,确定句子主干是句子翻译的首要步骤。第一步是确 定主语,然后是确定谓语 ·主语的确定 ·如果汉语句子的主题与句子的主语一致,那么就直接将汉语中的主语译成英语 中的主语 十多年来我一直没再见过他 I have not seen him for over thirty years 他突然发现地毯上有个深色斑点 He suddenly saw a dark stain on the carpe 汉语句子英译要点 如果汉语句子的主题与句子的主语不一致,那么我们就应该将句子 主题转化成英语句子的主语。 昨天他们表渲得很成功。 Their performance yesterday was very successful 你问道此书从何而起? What, you may ask, was the origin of this book? 汉语句子英译要点 主语的确定并非是绝对的,在许多情况下,同样一个汉语句子,由f 侧重点的不同,其译文中主语的选择就可能有多种处理方法,具有 定的灵活性。这就要求我们根据具体情况具体对待。 这位母亲很为有个聪明漂亮的女儿而骄傲 The mother is very proud to have an intelligent and pretty daughter. The intelligence and beauty of the daughter makes her mother very 只有在显微镜下才能看见红血球 A microscope is needed to see red cells. Red cells can be seen only under the microscope 汉语句子英译要点 有时候汉语句子没有主语,而英语句子一般是不可以没有主语的,那 么我们一般要在译文中添加一个主语。 (1)弄不好就会前功尽弃 If things are not properly handled, our labor will be totally lost. 2)比起万里长征,爬雪山,过草地,总要好一点吧。 Aren't things at least better now than on the long March, when we had to scale snow stopped mountains and plod through the marshland )学习先进,才有可能赶超先进, One must learn from the advanced before he can catch up the d surpass them