UNIT 4/5
4/5．1 Embedding
1）The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges, elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial office, or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.
2）Congress has made laws requiring most pressure groups to give information about how much they spend and how they spend it, the amount and sources of funds, membership, and names and salaries of their representatives.
3）This is no class war, but a war in which the whole British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations is engaged, without distinction of race, creed, or party. 4) Buying Hedge -- A transaction that commodities investors undertake to hedge against possible increases in the prices of the actuals underlying the futures contracts. 5）Money Laundering -- The process by which large amounts of money illegally obtained from drug trafficking, terrorist activity, or other serious crimes, is given the appearance of having originated from a legitimate source.
6）Markdown -- The difference between the highest current bid price among broker-dealers in the market and the lower price that a dealer charges a customer.
7）“Letter of Credit”means an irrevocable letter of credit in a form substantially in the form set out in Schedule “D” hereto and drawn on a bank acceptable to Seller, as more particularly described in Subsection 4.01 (b) hereof;
8）“Competitor” means any company or entity that is involved or is an affiliate of a company engaged in the speciality cinema business (except Seller), which for these purposes means the provision of motion picture technologies utilizing greater than 35mm standard academy aperture film format or the technical equivalent (commonly referred to as “large format”); the term “engaged” means any involvement or participation in the manufacture, production, marketing, sale, leasing, distribution or licensing of specialty cinema equipment, speciality cinema technology for specialty cinema films;
9) A LAN （local area networks）is a system of computers and associated peripherals such as Printers that are physically connected by cable within a limited geographical area -- typically in an office building or on a college campus．
10) Considered the first and last line of defense, a firewall is a software program or piece of hardware that prevents unauthorized Internet traffic from entering or leaving your computer, particularly computers that are always left connected to the Internet (typically, Internet users who connect over DSL or cable modems fit this category).
4/5．2 Cutting
1）His delegation agreed with the Executive Director / that the fund should continue working / for a better understanding of the interrelationship between economic, social and demographic factors.
2）Each usually has a political head - political in the sense that the appointment is by the President and subject to Senate confirmation.
3）As the West sleepwalks into a decade in which moral confidence and steadfastness will be increasingly needed and decreasingly found, and as a cry for “leadership” issues from millions who probably would not recognize it if they saw it, and probably reject it if they did, John Paul II becomes more fascinating. （Newsweek）
4）There are so many activities adding up to the simple word …learning? that although some of the processes become less efficient with ageing of the brain, our actual experience of learning helps us in learning new materials.
5）Serious examination of the extent and quality of pre-college science teaching made recently has led to programs of reform and improvement that already have had profound impact on all aspects of elementary and secondary science education.
6）The invisible hand of the market would guide individual choices so that each individual pursuing his own self-interest would simultaneously help society and create the greatest wealth for the greatest number of people in a society.
7）I believe we are now moving into a period similar to that after the last war, where there is a general acceptance of the need for a mixed economy, that is, a capitalist economy combined with a substantial degree of government intervention.
8）Many investment banks, increasingly dependent on risking their own money to make profits, are pouring capital into Asia, especially China's fast-growing economy, at times reaping big rewards.
9）The current era offers a parallel. Although policy has since shifted to reflect supply-side economics and real business-cycle the ory, the new reigning paradigm?s builders and promoters display the same antipathy to checking data for serious error. 10）By unethical behaviour we're not referring to porn, free music files, cyber-squatting, viruses or even spam. ［We're talking about what goes on in the world away from your modem -- the oppressive regimes your bank might be funding, the cosmetic testing on animals which could be linked to the medical website you use, the cancer cases possibly caused by chemicals leaking from discarded computers languishing in the landfill site...］
4/5．3 Reversing
1）His delegation welcomed the fact that UNDP was prepared to respond to emergency needs as they rose, despite the basically long-term operations that characterized those programmes.
2）Surely it were a foolish attempt to pretend …explaining?, in this place, or in any place, such a phenomenon as that far-distant distracted cloudy imbroglio of Paganism. 3）Since World War II, the American economy has been on a “throwaway” basis, making shoddy products that break or wear out quickly on the theory that the sooner a product wears out, the sooner the need for repurchase. 4）No longer are …separate but equal? school regarded as being permitted under the …equal protection of the laws? provision of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
5）With a view to successfully maintaining a balanced system implemented by a basically even distribution of Federal resources, Federal financial aid is given only if a state has acceptable standards of administration.
6）A great number of graduate students were driven into the intellectual slum when in the United States the intellectual poor became the classic poor, the poor under the rather romantic guise of the Beat Generation, a real phenomenon in the late fifties.
7）Such is human nature in the West that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.
8）Then, most Americans had little interest in …1,500,000 square kilometres of icebergs and polar bears? –beyond Canada?s western borders, far from the settled areas of the United States.
9) Its beginning obscured by unemployment caused by the world economic slowdown, the new technological unemployment may emerge as the great socio-economic challenge of the end of the 20th century.
10) The agency's news conference was part of efforts in recent years to be more transparent about the scope of China's environmental degradation. The government has so far fought a largely losing battle to curb pollution, which has worsened significantly with the country's rapid economic growth.
4/5．4 Splitting
1）Flying from Australia to HK, the tourist group then travelled thousands of interest-filled miles through China by train.
2）All members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.
3）The Congressman tends to be very interested in public works - such as new government buildings, water projects, military bases - that will bring money to the area or improve living conditions.
4) Efforts to strike a global free-trade deal aimed at boosting economic growth and reducing poverty in the developing world broke down, falling victim to flawed negotiating strategies and overblown promises made when the talks were launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.
5）The greenhouse effect results when CO2 and certain other gases in the atmosphere allow the sun?s ultraviolet rays to penetrate and warm the ea rth, but then absorb the infrared energy the earth radiates back into space –much as glass in a greenhouse does –forming a kind of …thermal blanket? around the planet.
6）This land, which once barred the way of weary travellers, now has become a land for winter and summer vacations, a land of magic and wonder.
7) The Reaganites are treating the decision to remove the four tigers from a trade program for developing economies called the General System of Preferences as a plus for all.
8) The new environment calls for a new breed of phone company executive who moves fast and is willing to take risks, unlike traditional telcos, most of which until recently have not had to report to shareholders.
9）So the wage pressures at the top of the work force aren?t bei ng translated into price increases partly because employers compensated by driving wages lower at other
levels. However brutal that may be for workers who are displaced or paid less well, that flexibility means old theories about the labor force moving in lockstep are antiquated.
10）A significant portion of the meeting, which is notable for its absence of grandstanding, is taken up by a Staples buyer providing an update on when a popular variety of white-washed office furniture will be available in the stores.
4/5．5 Inserting 插入
1）There is in fact a strong likelihood that the Administration will preside over a $100-billion-plus budget deficit in the current fiscal year, putting its promise to balance the budget by fiscal 1993 - which begins in only twenty months - firmly out of reach.
2) The suspension of the Doha talks takes steam out of a move to overhaul the way the U.S subsidizes farmers. Many farm-state legislators have been dreading next year's debate of legislation that dictates which crops are subsidized and by how much. It would have pitted their loyalty to Mr. Bush's free-trade agenda -- with the administration's offer to slash subsidies by 60% to win a trade agreement -- against short-term interests of politically well-connected farmers.
3) Their elegant and occasionally simplistic premise is that companies become market leaders by delivering superior customer value in one of three disciplines -- operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership -- while meeting industry standards on the other two.
4) For most of us, such wonderful alignments of money and freedom never quite happen. In professions that charge by the project-- such as advertising, law, accounting or medicine -- the highest-paying opportunities are likely to gouge deepest into people's hopes of enjoying a balanced life.
5) Ironically, while arts advocates in the United States have long argued for adoption of the “European model” –which has produced a rich and varied artistic life for Europeans –Europe is being forced to change its system of support to one that depends more on private money and the box office.
6）Japan may have lagged behind in the technology of the moment, the Internet. But the country's traditional strength --designing and producing gadgets that are chic, convenient and comically small -- will likely become more and more important as consumers harness the Net's power with devices other than the stodgy personal computer.
Special signals are also placed directly over traffic lanes to control traffic. These signals are designed to indicate how special lanes of a street or highway can be used.
A steady downward green arrow over a traffic lane is used to show that you are allowed to use the lane. A steady yellow “X” over a traffic lane is put up to indi cate that a lane control change is ahead. A flashing yellow “X” over a traffic lane is meant that you are permitted to use the lane to make left turns.
第19卷第12期 武汉科技学院学报Vol.19 No.12 2006年12月 JOURNAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Dec. 2006 英语长句翻译方法及技巧 张艳萍 (湛江师范学院大学外语部, 广东湛江 524048) 摘要：英语长句翻译是英语学习中的一个难点,本文从英汉语言对比的角度，探讨了英汉两种语言的 差异，进一步分析了两种语言长句的特点,概述了英语长句的常用的四种翻译方法，并举例分析了这些 方法在实际中的运用。 关键词：英汉长句；差异；翻译；技巧 中图分类号：H315.9 文献标识码：A 文章编号：1009－5160(2006)－0200－04 我们在英语教学过程中，往往会发现学生在汉译英时出现中国式英语，英译汉时句子却“西化”。究其原因我认为这主要是因为英语和汉语来自两种完全不同的文化语言体系，语序差别甚大，尤其遇到复杂长句，除了需要较强的对比分析理解能力外，还要求我们掌握一定的翻译理论和技巧以及具备较好的语言表达能力。为此，本人结合自己的英语教学实际，拟从英汉语言对比的角度来对英语长句的翻译问题作些探讨。 1 英汉句子结构的差异 人类语言的多样性，使翻译成为人类交流的重要媒介。同时，由于不同语言体系的差异，在英汉翻译里，英语和汉语会在句法结构、内在逻辑关系存在着明显差异： （1）英语句子重形合，汉语句子重意合。汉语注重隐性连贯注重逻辑事理顺序、注重功能、意义，注重以神统形，形合手段比英语少得多，没有英语所常用的那些关系代词、关系副词、连接代词和连接副词。并且汉语介词数量少，句式结构上也无太多的限制，可以利用说话的语气、环境及语言结构内部的相互衬托等条件使语句尽量辞约义丰。所以汉语是一种必须联系交际人主体意识、语言环境、句子表达功能作动态的意念分析的重“意合”的语言，是有别于英语句子重“形合”，试看下面句子： 例1：My idea of a good P.E. class is one where youth are involved in at least 20 minutes of basic movement that gets their heart rates up. 译文：说到一节好的体育课，我的想法是青年在体育课中至少要进行20分钟使他们心跳加快的基本运动。 这是一个典型的重形合的英语句子，全句用两个关系代词将两个定语从句联系起来，在译文中，将关系一层层理清楚，整句语气从容不迫，这就符合了汉语的叙事方法。 例2：不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。 译文1：If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 原文中的假设关系是隐含的，译成英语时用连词if把假设关系给表达出来，从这一例句可以看出英语重形合而汉语重意合的句子特点。 译文2：Who never consults an old man may suffer loss. 此句用名词性从句来翻译，同样体现了英汉两种语言在“形”和“意”上的区别。 （2）汉语通常根据时间顺序逐个翻译，而英语则较注重空间顺序。 汉语句中可常见两个以上的动词，甚至几乎全句皆动词。如：孩子们手里拿着老师给他们的礼物，唱着、 收稿日期：2006-09-17 作者简介：张艳萍（1978- ），女，硕士研究生，研究方向：英语翻译.
1. 主语的确定 ?主语的三种处理方法： ?①以原句主语作译文主语 ?直接法 ?②重新确定主语 ?间接法 ?③增补主语 ?添加法 ?①直接法 ?例句1：我们的房子是一百多年前制造的。 ?Our house was built over a hundred years ago. ?例句2：我是地球人。 ?I come from the earth. ?例句3：如果不恰当地处理，锅炉及机动车辆排出的废气就会造成城市空气污染。 ?Exhaust from boilers and vehicles, unless properly treated, causes air pollution in cities. ?例句4：如果说，词汇是语言的“建筑材料”，那么，句子便是文章的“基本部件”。 ?If vocabulary is the “building materials” for language, sentences are the “fundamental parts” of writing. ?例句5：中国有两点是靠得住的，一是讲原则，二是说话算数。 ?China can be counted on. Among other things, first, it upholds principles and second, it honors its words. ?例句6：人有失错，马有漏蹄。 ?As a horse may tumble, a man may make mistakes. ?非常简单
?文化差异 ?应用有限 ?②间接法 ?中英文表达的习惯不同 ?语言地道，句式多样 ?例句7：世纪之交，中国外交空前活跃。 ?译法1（直接法）：At the turn of the century, China is very active in its diplomatic activities. ?译法2（间接法）：The turn of the century finds China most active on the diplomatic arena. ?例句8：1964年十月中国爆炸了第一颗原子弹，使世界大为震惊。 ?译法1：In October, 1964, China blasted its first atomic bomb, which shocked the rest of the world significantly. ?译法2：China’s first atomic blast in October, 1964 was a great shock to the rest of the world. ?例句9：胎又瘪了。 ?译法1：We’ve got another flat tire. ?译法2：Our tire is flat again. ?例句10：人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。 ?译法1：It is impossible to judge people from their appearance, and impossible to measure the ocean by pints. ?译法2：We cannot judge people from their appearance, just as we cannot measure the ocean by pints. ?回忆：海纳百川，有容乃大。 ?③增补法 ?推敲语境 ?考虑英语语法习惯和行文的需要。
长句翻译 ?Russia remained largely self supporting but the rest of the world became more and more dependent on international trade in oil in which the Caribbean was the chief supplier, followed by the USA and the Middle East, where Iraqu became a producer in 1932 and Saudi Arabia in 1938, expoets beginning in 1934 and 1939, respectively. ?An infra-red system could be useable in both anti-air and anti-ship engagements, but its inherent disadvantages related to some dependence on optical visibility and to sensibility to interference from natural or man-made sources make it less attractive in the surface than in the air role. ?Applied science, on the other hand, is directly concerned with the application of the working law of pure science to the practical affair of life, and to increasing man's control over his enviromnent, thus leading to the development of new techniques, process and machines. ?This breakthrough resulted from studies at Bell Telephone Laboratories on the size of the critical field which quenches superconductivity in a material as a function of the composition of the matierial. ?Moreover, the science of chemistry has contributed so much to the processes of extracting metals from their ores and to the working of the metals into certain forms that we now have cheap metals in an abundance and a variety never dreamed of a hundred years ago.
Chapter 13 英汉长句的翻译 Translation of English Long Sentences 1. 何谓长句 所谓长句，主要指语法结构复杂、修饰成分较多、内容层次在两个或两个以上的复合句，亦可指含义较多的简单句。 2、汉英长句比较 英、汉两种语言在句法上存在差异,英语多为形合句,汉语多为意合句。汉语句子多属于紧缩型,英语的句子多属于扩展型.英语修辞语位置相对灵活,前置后置,比较自如,尤其倾向于后置,十分有利于句子的扩展。英语句子较长,且较多使用关联词和从句。多种从句(主语、状语、定语、表语从句)并存的长句比比皆是。因为英语结构复杂,层次变化多样,容易产生误解,所以英语长句翻译成为难点。 3、英语长句的分析 在分析长句时可以采用下面的方法: (1) 找出全句的主语、谓语和宾语（主干/句）, 从整体上把握句子的结构。 (2) 找出句中所有的谓语结构、非谓语动词、介词短语和从句的引导词。 (3) 分析从句和短语的功能, 例如, 是否为主语从句, 宾语从句, 表语从句等,若是状语, 它是表示时间、原因、结果、还是表示条件等等)。 (4) 分析词、短语和从句之间的相互关系, 例如, 定语从句所修饰的先行词是哪一个等。 (5) 注意插入语等其他成分。 例：Behaviorists suggest that the child who is raised in an environment where there are many stimuli which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses will experience greater intellectual development. Behaviorists suggest that the child who is raised in an environment where there are many stimuli which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses will experience greater intellectual development. 分析: (1) 该句的主语为behaviorists, 谓语为suggest, 宾语为一个从句, 因此整个句子为Behaviorist suggest that-clause 结构。 (2) 该句共有五个谓语结构, 它们的谓语动词分别为suggest, is raised, are, develop, experience等。 译文：行为主义者认为, 如果儿童的成长环境里有许多刺激因素, 这些因素又有利于其适当反应能力的发展, 那么, 儿童的智力就会发展到较高的水平 4. 翻译方法 4 . 1 顺译法Synchronizing 有些英语长句叙述的一连串动作按发生的时间先后安排，或按逻辑关系安排，与汉语的表达方式比较一致，可按原文顺序译出。 例（1）In international buying and selling of goods, there are a number of risks, which, if they occur, will involve traders in financial losses. (在)国际贸易货物的买卖(中)存在着各种各样的风险，这些风险的发生将会给(有关的)商人们带来经济损失。 例（2） (1)In Africa I met a boy,(2) who was crying as if his heart would break and said,(3)when I spoke
B5M1(句子翻译) 1.It_doesn’t_matter_whether you will attend the party or not. 你来不来参加派对并不重要。 2.Many students are hot on playing computer games, while Wang Chen likes playing Weiqi. 许多学生热衷于电脑游戏，而王琛却喜欢下围棋。 .They have a lot in common and get along well with each other. 3.他们有很多相同之处，相处得很融洽。 .They are twin sisters, yet they have_little_in_common in their hobbies. 4.她们是孪生姐妹，但是她们的业余爱好几乎没有相同之处。 .In_common_with other companies, they advertise widely as well. 5.和其他公司一样，他们也广泛地做广告。 .One false step will make a great difference. 6.失之毫厘，谬以千里。 .The twins look so similar that you can hardly tell_the_difference_between them. 7.这对双胞胎看起来太像了，你简直无法把他们区分开来。 .It might be obvious to you, but it isn’t to me. 8.这对你来说也许很容易理解，但对我却并非如此。 .It_is_obvious_that the two Englishes have much in common. 9.很显然，这两种英语有很多共同之处。 .Obviously (obvious), American spelling is simpler than British spelling. 10很显然，美式拼写要比英式拼写简单。 .Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news gets around quickly. 11.好事不出门，坏事传千里。 .It’s time I got down to some serious work. 12.我该认真干点正事了。 .I tried ringing you several times yesterday but I couldn’t get through. 13.昨天我试着给你打过几次电话，但是没有打通。 .A man in confusion (confuse) cannot focus on the required work. 14.思绪混乱的人不可能集中精力做他被要求做的工作。 ③The confused look on his face suggested that he was confused about the confusing questions asked
1.First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Format in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecolab polytechnique. 这个定理，先是由十七世纪法国数学家皮尔法特提出，曾使一批杰出的数学大师为难，包括一位法国女科学家，她在解决这个难题方面取得了重大的进展，她曾女扮男装为了能够在伊科尔理工学院学习。 简析：夹杂过去分词短语，现在分词短语，动名词及两个定语从句。 2. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. That is, the growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to the increased use of the Internet. 由于因特网的使用，计算所使用的纸张的数量是很难的，然而几乎任何在办公室工作的人能告诉你，当引进电子邮件后，打印机就开始超时工作。也就是说近年来人们对于纸张的日益需求主要是由于因特网越来越多的使用。 简析：夹杂较复杂的句型结构，关键词just about几乎；overtime超时地。 3. Perhaps the best sign of how computer and internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new market. 或许，表明电脑及因特网使用促进人们对于纸张的需求的最好迹象源于高科技产业本身，印刷业被认为是高科技产业极有前景的新市场之一。 简析：夹杂较复杂的句型结构，关键词promising有前途的。 4. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood, such as agricultural waste. 这个行动组也发现一种人们可接受的纸，制成这种纸的原料不是木料，而是农业废料。 简析：关键词other than而不是。 5. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers. 这些术语，主要从英语和汉语引入，经常会变成不再被说本族语的人们理解的形式。简析：关键词term术语。 6. It is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves. 它是现在很畅销的许多外语书中的一本。 简析：比喻生动形象。
长句的翻译 1．什么是英语长句? 英语长句一般指的是各种复杂句，复杂句里可能有多个从句，从句与从句之间的关系可能包孕、嵌套，也可能并列，平行。所以翻译长句，实际上我们的重点主要放在对各种从句的翻译上。从功能来说，英语有三大复合句，即:①名词性从句，包括主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句;②形容词性从句，即我们平常所说的定语从句;③状语从句。 2．英语长句的特点是什么? 一般说来，英语长句有如下几个特点: 1）结构复杂，逻辑层次多; 2）常须根据上下文作词义的引申; 3）常须根据上下文对指代词的指代关系做出判断; 4）并列成分多; 5）修饰语多，特别是后置定语很长; 6）习惯搭配和成语经常出现。 3．英语长句的分析方法是什么? 1）找出全句的主语、谓语和宾语，即句子的主干结构; 2）找出句中所有的谓语结构、非谓语结构、介词短语和从句的引导词; 3）分析从句和短语的功能，例如，是否为主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句或状语从句等;以及词，短语和从句之间的关系; 4）分析句子中是否有固定词组或固定搭配、插入语等其他成分。 4．长句翻译方法 In Africa I met a boy，who was crying as if his heart would break and said，when I spoke to him，that he was hungry because he had had no food for two days. 分析：
第一，拆分句子:这个长句可以拆分为四段:In Africa I met a boy/who was crying as if his heart would break/when I spoke to him，that he was hungry because/he had had no food for two days. 第二，句子的结构分析:（1）主干结构是主语+过去式+宾语:I met a boy…。（2）crying后面是状语从句“as if his heart would break”。（3）“when I spoke to him”是介于“said”和“that he was hungry because”之间的插入语。 第三，难点部分的处理:“crying as if his heart would break”应译为“哭得伤心极了”。 参考译文：在非洲，我遇到一个小孩，他哭得伤心极了，我问他时，他说他饿了，两天没有吃饭了。 一般来说，长句的翻译有顺序法、逆序法、分译法和综合法四种。现将各种方法举例说明如下： 1）顺序法 有些英语长句叙述的一连串动作按发生的时间先后安排，或按逻辑关系安排，与汉语的表达方式比较一致，可按原文顺序译出。例如： Combined with digital television sets, videodiscs can not only present films but also offer surround sound which provides theatre quality-amazing reality by which the viewers may have an illusion that they were at the scene and witnessed everything happening just around them. 分析：按意群的关系，该句可以拆分为五部分:Combined with digital television sets/videodiscs can not only present films but also offer surround sound/which provides theatre quality-amazing reality/by which the viewers may have an illusion/that they were at the scene and witnessed everything happening just around them.除了必要的增减词，原文各句的逻辑关系，表达次序与汉语基本一致，因此可以按原文译出。 参考译文：与数字式电视机相结合，图像光盘不仅可以演电影，还提供环境声音，产生电影院效果——令人吃惊的真实感，使观看者产生一种错觉，以为他们在现场目睹他们周围发生的一切。 2）逆序法 “逆序法”又称“倒置法”，主要指句子的前后倒置问题。有些英语长句的表达次序与汉语习惯不同，甚至语序完全相反，这就必须从原文的后面译起，逆着原文的顺序翻译。逆序法在长句的翻译中，我们可根据不同的情况按意群进行全部逆序或部分逆序。例如：
汉译英句子翻译常见问题解析 摘要：在英语学习过程中，句子的翻译一直都是学习者关注的 焦点问题。本文就英语的汉译英句子翻译中常见的、学习者容易犯 错的问题，比如词汇、句子结构、母语负迁移等进行归纳，有针对 性地给出例子，作出详细的分析与讲解。 关键词：汉译英句子翻译常见问题 学习任何一门外语，它的句子翻译总是处于关键的地位。对这 种情况，广大的英语教师都在探寻相对理想的解决途径。笔者根据 自己的教学经验，从考试及练习中抽取大学生英语句子翻译的例子，进行仔细分析，试着以目前学生英语句子翻译中存在的常见问题为 突破口，探索造成这些问题的原因，并且尝试总结解决这些问题的 途径，希望对学生句子翻译水平的提高起到促进作用。 1.词汇问题 词汇是学习及翻译任何一门外语的首要基础，要清楚明白地翻 译出原来句子的意思就必须有足够的词汇量作为基础。词汇量越大，翻译出来的句子就能够更加接近原句的意思。当然，在词汇量充足 的情况下，翻译出来的句子质量更高。我国的考试模式，客观题较多，主观题较少，使得教学侧重点倾向于为考试拿高分服务，在没 有本土语言环境的条件下，很多学生对所学词汇大都只是停留在认 得的阶段，就是看见一个单词能够想起它的意思，但是不能牢固掌 握单词的用法，出现以下问题。 1.1 词性拼写错误及词性误用问题 词性是任何阶段学习英语的重点，辨清词性对正确运用语言大 有帮助。一些学生在翻译句子的过程中，常常不注意分析词性或对 词的用法不明确，表现为：介词当动词用；形容词当副词用；名词 当动词用，等等。 例1：圣诞节期间，人们过得很愉快①。 during chrismas， people are happiness②. 分析：译文中的chrismas很显然是拼写错误，应该改为，christmas，且译文中的happiness明显是名词误用为形容词。当然，译文中还存在介词的不规范使用的问题。译文应该修正为：at christmas， people are happy. 1.2措词问题
课程：中级笔译 英语长句的翻译 主讲人：杨志红
英语长句的翻译原则：断句法 断句法英语是形合特征非常明显的语言，大量使用长句。在译成汉语时，可以采取一些方法，尽量把英语长句“化整为零”，将长句断开，拆译成若干汉语短句。 具体可以通过以下三种方法来实现。
Translation methods Translation methods ①自然断句法 ②名词独立法 ③分解表达法
在英语原文的自然连接处（如标点符号、连词等）断句
译文 原文The global economy that boomed in the 1960s ,growing at an average of 5.5percent a year and pushed ahead at a 4.5percent a-year rate in the mid-1970s ,simply stopped growing in 1981～1982． 世界经济在60年代很繁荣，每年平均以5．5％的比率增长，到了70年代中期仍以平均每年4．5％比率增长，但是在1981年到1982年就完全停止增长了。
译文 原文There will be no international stability unless both the Soviet Union and the United States conduct themselves with restraint and unless they use their enormous power for the benefit of mankind. 国际局势不可能稳定，除非苏联和美国都抱着克制的态度行事，除非他们把自己的强大力量用来为人类造福。
汉译英（二）句子翻译技巧 主语选择 汉语：话题式主语，不一定是动作的执行者，作主语的词性很灵活。 英语：主语是动作的执行者，词性很固定，只可以是名词，代词，非谓语动词（doing, to do), 主语从句等。另外，英语表达侧重于多样性，可以用不同的单词作为主语。汉译英时，不同的句子起始点，结构完全不同，我们要尽可能变化思路，使译文句式多样。 例1：中国人民的生活水平近年来得到很大提高。 思路一：Chinese people’s living standard has been improved a lot in recent years. （语序未调整，句子起始点没有变化。） 思路二：There has been great raise in the living standard of the Chinese people in recent years. (以“提高”作主语，原文动词作谓语，现变为名词，作主语) 思路三：These years have witnessed great improvement in the Chinese people’s living standard. （以“近年”作主语，原文时间状语变为主语） （还有其他思路吗？仔细想想。记住：汉语中名词皆可以充当英语句子中的主语，只看你想不想的到，当然句子有优劣之分。） 以上三个版本，第三句应该评分最高。用时间或者地点作主语，不仅强调了时间观念，而且句子简洁、生动，符合西方人的思维模式和英语表达习惯。类似的动词有：see, witness, find 等。 拓展练习：（1）这个运动会首先在北京兴起。 Beijing first saw the rise of the movement.（地点作主语） (2) 在南京城发生过许多重大的历史事件。 Nanjing witnessed many great historic events.（地点作主语） (3) 近十年来，中国教育发生了重大变革。 The past decade has witnessed great changes in Chinese education.（时间作主语) China has witnessed enormous changes in education in the past ten years.(地点作主语） (4) 中国在2012年成功发射了“神州九号”飞船。 2012 saw the successful launching of China’s “the Ninth Shenzhou Spacecraft”. （地点作主语） 主语选择还必须符合逻辑关系。 例2：我们国家的建设事业不仅需要工程师和科学家，同样需要各行各业的能工巧匠。 难点一：选词：能工巧匠：talents, skilled workers, craftsmen, artisan, gifted people. 应该选哪个？建设：building-up, construction, development应该选哪个？） 难点二：主语的选择。我们国家，建设事业，应该选择哪个？ 译法一：Our country’s construction not only needs engineers and scientists, but also various craftsmen. (字对字翻译，不符合逻辑） 译法二：In her development, our country needs not only engineers and scientists, but also various skillful craftsmen.（主语选择正确，与need照应） 译法三：Our country in her development needs not only engineers and scientists, but also talents of various kinds. 换个思路：以工程师，科学家，能工巧匠做主语怎么改？ 译法四：Engineers, scientists, as well as craftsmen play a vital role in our national development. 记住：多积累地道的英文好词好句，不要拘泥于中文形式“亦步亦趋”，“东施效颦”，“闭门
英语长句子翻译技巧 对于每一个英语句子的翻译, 并不只是使用一种翻译方法, 而是多种翻译方法的综合运用, 这在英语长句的翻译中表现得尤为突出。长句在科技性的文体中的出现极为频繁, 因此也就成为研究生入学考试的重点, 通过对近年来试题的 分析我们可以看出, 所考查的绝大多数划线的部分都是长句。在翻译长句时, 首先，不要因为句子太长而产生畏惧心理，因为，无论是多么复杂的句子，它都是由一些基本的成分组成的。其次要弄清英语原文的句法结构, 找出整个句子的中心内容及其各层意思, 然后分析几层意思之间的相互逻辑关系, 再按照汉语的 特点和表达方式, 正确地译出原文的意思, 不必拘泥于原文的形式。 英语长句的分析 一般来说, 造成长句的原因有三方面: (1) 修饰语过多;(2) 并列成分多; (3) 语言结构层次多。在分析长句时可以采用下面的方法: (1) 找出全句的主语、谓语和宾语, 从整体上把握句子的结构。 (2) 找出句中所有的谓语结构、非谓语动词、介词短语和从句的引导词。 (3) 分析从句和短语的功能, 例如, 是否为主语从句, 宾语从句, 表语从 句等,若是状语, 它是表示时间、原因、结果、还是表示条件等等)。 (4) 分析词、短语和从句之间的相互关系, 例如, 定语从句所修饰的先行词是哪一个等。 (5) 注意插入语等其他成分。 (6) 注意分析句子中是否有固定词组或固定搭配 英语习惯于用长的句子表达比较复杂的概念, 而汉语则不同,常常使用若干短句, 作层次分明的叙述。因此, 在进行英译汉时, 要特别注意英语和汉语之间的差异, 将英语的长句分解, 翻译成汉语的短句。在英语长句的翻译过程中, 我们一般采取下列的方法。 (1) 顺序法。当英语长句的内容的叙述层次与汉语基本一致时, 可以按照英语原文的顺序翻译成汉语。 （2) 逆序法。英语有些长句的表达次序与汉语表达习惯不同, 甚至完全相反, 这时必须从原文后面开始翻译。 (3)分句法。有时英语长句中主语或主句与修饰词的关系并不十分密切, 翻译时可以按照汉语多用短句的习惯, 把长句的从句或短语化成句子, 分开来 叙述,为了使语意连贯, 有时需要适当增加词语。 (4) 综合法。上面我们讲述了英语长句的逆序法、顺序法和分句法, 事实上,在翻译一个英语长句时, 并不只是单纯地使用一种翻译方法, 而是要求我们把各种方法综合使用, 这在我们上面所举的例子中也有所体现。尤其是在一些情况下, 一些英语长句单纯采用上述任何一种方法都不方便, 这就需要我们的 仔细分析, 或按照时间的先后,或按照逻辑顺序, 顺逆结合, 主次分明地对全句进行综合处理,以便把英语原文翻译成通顺忠实的汉语句子。
汉译英翻译技巧 一、分清主从(Subordination) 汉语句中各分句关系比较松散，所以在动笔前应认真分析句子要旨所在。句中重点往往在后。英译时，要突出重点或主句，其他部分可分别用介词短语，非谓语动词形式或各种从句表示。 1、没有农业，人们就不能生存，社会生产就不能继续下去。 Without agriculture, people cannot exist, neither can social production proceed. 2、他们一听到“反霸”就火冒三丈,这充分暴露了他们那霸权主义的蛮横嘴脸。 The fact that they fly into a rage at a mere mention of the expression“anti- hegemony”is enough to reveal their true colours as a domineering hegemonists. 3、有人以为社会主义就了不起，一点缺点也没有，哪有这个事? Some believe that socialism is just perfect, without a single flaw. How can that be true? 4、但是，象我们常说的那样，道路总是曲折的，前途总是光明的。 But as we have often said, while the road ahead is tortuous, the future is bright. 二、选词用字（Diction） 在汉译英时应特别注意选找与原文中在意义上和风味上尽可能都类似的词语。 1、每个民族都有它的长处，不然它为什么能存在？为什么能发展？ Every nation has its own strong points. If not, how can it survive? How can it progress? 2、树雄心，立壮志，向科学技术现代化进军。 Foster lofty ideals, set high goals and march forward for the revolution of modernization of science and technology. 3、我国的社会主义建设，需要一个和平的国际环境，需要一个国内安定团结， 天下大治的局面。 For its socialist construction, China needs an international environment of peace and a domestic situation of stability, unity and great order. 4、论技术，她那时还不如我，但思想却比我高得多。 Professionally she was then not yet my equal, but ideologically she was head and shoulders above me. 三、增益（Ampification） 汉译英时的“增益”技巧的运用,有时是为了使英美人理解原文的精确含义,有时是为了遵循英语的行文习惯。 1、交出翻译之前，必须读几遍，看看有没有要修改的地方。这样才能把工作做好。 Before handing in your translation, you have to read it over and over again and see if there anything in it to be corrected or improved. Only then can you do your work well. （英语行文时人称代词，物主代词用得较多） 2、她挑水，生炉子，洗东西，忙个不停。 Fetching water, building the fire, washing --- she had her hands full every minute. (增益为了意译) 3、他们一听说有新任务，就坐不往了。
长句的翻译是建立在字词和短句翻译基础之上的,同时,长句翻译也是构成篇章翻 译的较大单位,处理好了,篇章翻译的质量也就有了保证。 汉语是一种重意合(parataris)、含蓄而又主题突出( topic - prominent)的语言,它具有形式不够具体、成分省略较多、较难确认句子中的主谓成分等特点。汉语的构句非常注重语义的连贯,所呈现的叙事特点是平铺直叙。逻辑顺序是汉语构句所遵循的规律,因为汉语 在时间上重视“先后顺序”,在逻辑上重视“前因后果关系”。 英语是一种重形合(hypotaxis)、明确、主语突出( subject - prominent)的语言,词形变化多,句子中名词和介词占优势,词与词的结合不像汉语那么自由,它更重视句子形式上的严密法则。 2汉语长句的断句的原则及翻译 长句是指字数较多、结构复杂、含有多层语义的句子。一般来说,汉语的长句有两种: 一种长句是内容丰富、陈述比较细致、成份多而复杂的句子;另一种长句是由复句组成的多重复句,这种表达事物间的逻辑关系的句子,能清楚、明确地说明事物间的联系。 长句之所以要进行断句, 是因为汉语句子的结构比较松散,句界比较模糊,多是无连词的复句。几个逻辑上有关系的独立句子凑到一起,用逗号隔开,就可以组成一个复合句,或者一个主语后面有一系列表并列关系的连动句式,就可以组成一个复合句进行话题评述。 汉语句子总的特点是多用动词,尽可能地省略关联词,大量运用“意合句”和“连动句”。它的结构是线条式的,不管多少定语和多少复杂的结构形式,都可以一一排列起来组成一个结构严谨的完整的句子。 此外,汉语长句内的分句往往就是一个表示完整意义的句子,可以单列成句。 汉译英时要注意辨明原 句中各部分之间的实质关系,首先找出主干,即主语和谓语动词,然后打破原句中的时间和逻辑顺序,按原句中各个组成部分之间不同性质的关系对句子结构重新组织排列,以达到结构严谨、关系明确的目的,使之符合英语的表达习惯。 如果按汉语 的结构进行翻译,翻译出来的英语就会成为一个一个简单的独立句,相互之间没有联系,这并不符合英语的句子结构。因此,长句翻译要注意透彻理解原文,体会作者的写作思路,分析句际间和句子内各部分之间的关系。 长句难译,原因在于译者面对复杂的长句,不知从何下手。为了有效地翻译长句,可对其进行语法分析,先找出句子的主语、谓语和宾语,然后找出修饰主、宾的定语与定语从句,以及各个成分的修饰语。有时汉语长句也可进行语义分析,对于那些较长、较复杂的句子,在语义上可以分为多个层次,表示一定的逻辑关系,如并列、递进、转折等等。 从语法和语义两方面,结合具体的实 例,对汉语长句进行分析。 2. 1语法方面 汉语句子从语法方面考虑可分为:简单句和复合句。长句一般都属于复合句型,它包括:并列、递进、转折、疑问、总分及其他。 2. 1. 1汉语句子含有对立句 这种情况前一部分说明一方面的情况,后一部 分说明另一方面的情况,表达一定的逻辑关系:并 列、转折、递进等。如: ①本世纪上半叶的上海曾经是中国工业、贸 易、金融和商业的中心, /有着远东大都会浪漫而传