翻译精华五

母谓其子，必须设法教育。

Exercise 48
1. Since China failed in her diplomatic affairs1, her fine sea-port2 are ceded3 to fpreign countries one after another.
2. Owing to4 the civil war, schools and shops are closed one after another.
3. It is one thing both in a man and a nation, to gain flesh and another to be swollen5with putrid humours6------John Ruskin.
4. As most of the Chinese people are illiterate7, education must be developed one way or another.
5. Long lines of barges8 lay one after another along the canal9------R.L.Stevenson.
Notes
1.外交事业
2.海口
3.割让
4.因为
5.浮肿
6.脓
7.不识字
8.画舫
9.运河
49 When he was young, he used to get up at five o‟clock.
译文：彼年少时，常五点钟起床。

公式一: Used+ infinitive 乃用以表示昔时习惯上之动作译文为【昔常，向例常，向为……】等句举例明之如下：
例一：When he was young, he used to go to school on foot.
彼年少时常步行至学校。

例二：Peter used to get up at five o‟clock in the morning and busied himself all day long about the affairs of the empire.
彼得常于上午五时起身终日孜孜于国事。

公式二：Had +habit of +gerund= used +infinitive故上句可变为：
When he was young , he had the habit of getting up at five o‟clock.
为此，例一：When he was young , he had the habit of going to school on foot.译文见上
例二：Peter had the habit of getting up at five o‟clock in the morning and busied himself all day long about the affairs of the empire.译文同上。

注意一：Used to 只用于过去时万不可用Used to 因其只表示过去的习惯而今则不同也。

注意二：与used to 相似的有to be used to 或get used to 用以表示【习惯成自然】之意译为汉文当用【习惯】例解如下：1，He is used to hard work.他习惯勤劳。

When I first came to Nanking I found the climate was very disagreeable but by and by I got used to it .
余初至南京颇觉水土不服但渐渐亦习惯之矣。

注意三：Get + accustomed to = get used to 故上二例亦可变为：
1．He gets accustomed to hard work .
2．When I first came to Nanking , I found the climate was very disagreeable, but by and by I got accustomed to it. Exercise 49
1.I used to take …The China Post”, when I was in school.
2.He is not used to this sort2 of work.
3.When I lived in the country, I used to get up at daybreak3 in order to enjoy4 the fresh air.
4.He had the habit of collecting5 stamps6, when he was a child.
5.Before our revolution ,foreigners used to look down unpon7 us as to be able to break off8 the yoke9 of despotion10. Notes 1. 中国邮报2 种类3。

明天4。

享受5收集6 邮票7轻视，看不起8 脱离9管辖10 专制
50 Wealth is something , but health is everything.
译文：财产固重要，健康尤重要。

公式一Verb “to be” +something or everything 译为汉文当用[重要，最重要]等句。

举例说明为下：
例一：Theory is something but practice is everything.
理论固重要，实践尤重要。

例二：The study of English is everything to him.
研究英语乃彼最重要之事。

公式二：V ery + important；the +most +important =Verb …to be‟ +something ;verb …to be‟ +everything 故上句可以变为Wealth is very important ，but health is the most important.译文同上
为此，例一：Theory is very important , but practice is the most important to him.译文同上
例二：The study of English is the most important thing to him. 注意义：Something 亦作[略为]解；例如：
I know something about this matter.
余略知此事。