• 译:可能影响投资开支的因素并不止这些。 • 析:do not stop here 由“不停留在这里” 转译为“并不止这些”。
Case 2
• Whether you like it or not, globalization is here to stay. We are not going to reverse the trend.
1. 根据词在句中的词类来选择和确定词义 选择某个词的词义,首先要判明这个词在原句中应属哪 一种词类,然后再进一步确定其词义。例如: Like charges repel. Unlike charges attract. 同极相斥。 异极相吸。
但在下面例句中,like又分属其他几个不同词类: 1) He likes mathematics more than physics. 他喜欢数学甚于喜欢物理学。(动词) 2) In the sunbeam passing through the window there are fine grains of dust shining like gold. 在射入窗内的阳光里,细微的尘埃象金子一般在闪闪发光。
• 译:不管你对它的态度如何,经济全球化已成为 我们生活的一部分,这个趋势不可逆转。 • 析:若把它死译为“呆在这里”,不通顺。但引 申为“已成为我们生活的一部分”,把原文的信 息充分地传达出来,且易于读者理解。
Case 3
• Our products, if maintained properly and regularly, can at least see twenty years’ service.
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再如“take (off)这一动词:
1) To take off her boots or to put them on was an agony to her, but it had been an agony for years.