4)The man was wearing a black suit, a pair of black shoes, a black beard, and a troubled look.
那人黑衣,黑鞋,黑络腮胡,黑着一张脸。
2. 表达出原文的感情色彩和风格。
1)He is nothing if not a cheat. 他不是个骗子才怪呢!
4. Under that dangerous situation, his life was hanging on a thread.
5. But no one forces you to go to the sea. It gets in your blood.
6. I know that he won’t stop until he reaches his goal.
Today the speed of our car exceed the ordinary speed by a factor of three. 如今我们汽车的速度比平常快三倍。× 如今我们汽车的速度比平时快两倍。√ 如今我们汽车的速度是平时的三倍。√
第二部分 翻译概述
3. What to improve to be a good translator?
e.g. uniformed容易误认为是 uninformed soup 误看成soap
south Africa 误译为“南非”,应为“非洲南部”
out of question 与out of the question混淆 (毫无问题)与 (绝不可能)
25%of invoice value 与25%off invoice value (发票金额的25%)与(发票金额减去25%)