定语从句的翻译.ppt

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INTRODUCTIONContributiveclauseincludesRestrictiveAttributiveClause(RA)andNon-RestrictiveAttributiveClause(NRA).RAclauseshaveacloserelationtothewordstheymodify(ortheirantecedent先行词),whiletherelationbetweenNRAclauseanditsantecedentisnotthatclose.Accordingly,wecantranslateattributiveclausesinthreeways：第2页，共18页。

1.Sincerestrictiveattributiveclauseistomodifyanoun,itisusuallyputbeforeitsantecedent.Buttheclausehastobeshortenoughsoasnottobreakthemainsentence:Iwanttobuyahousewhichisinexpensiveyetcomfortable.我想买一座又便宜又舒适的房子。第3页，共18页。

Butiftheattributiveclausemaycauseambiguityorlogicmistake,itshouldbeputafteritsantecedent,usuallyasanindividualsentence：Theykilledfourmenandinjuredthefifthwholaterdiedofhiswounds.他们打死四人，并打伤了后来伤重死去的第五人。他们打死四人，打伤一人，伤者后来因伤势过重而死去。第4页，共18页。

Someattributiveclausescaneitherputbeforeorafteritsantecedent,whichmakesnodifference:OntheEuropeancontinentthereisonesubjectwhichshouldbeavoided—theweather.在欧洲大陆，有一个话题人们讳莫如深，那就是天气。在欧洲大陆，有一个人们讳莫如深的话题，那就是天气。第5页，共18页。

2.Intranslationofnon-restrictiveattributiveclause,weusuallysplititfromthemainsentenceandputitintoanindependentsentence.Thisisbecause:1)Non-restrictiveattributivesentencesareusuallytoolongtobeputinonesinglesentence:第6页，共18页。

WorldWarIIwasmorecomplexthanWorldWarI,whichwasacollisionamongtheimperialistpowersoverthespoilsofmarkets,recoursesandterritories.第一次世界大战是帝国主义列强之间争夺市场、资源和领土的冲突，因而第二次世界大战比第一次更复杂。第7页，共18页。

2)Non-restrictiveattributiveclauseisusuallydescriptiveorexplanativeratherthanrestrictive.Soifyouusethemtorestrictanoun,sometimesambiguitymayarise.Hisfather,whoisinHongkong,willreturntoTaipeinextweek.他在香港的爸爸下星期要回台北。(他还有别的爸爸）他爸爸现在在香港，下星期回台北。第8页，共18页。

Butpleaseremember:There’snorulebuthasnoexception.Somenon-restrictiveattributivec