英汉翻译技巧第六单元

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瓦釜雷鸣 瓦釜（fǔ）：沙锅，比喻庸才。 声音低沉的沙锅发出雷鸣般的响声。比 喻无德无才的人占据高位，威风一时。 犹如“小人得志”、“庸才显赫”。 出处——《楚辞〃卜居》：“黄钟毁弃， 瓦釜雷鸣。” the unworthy people were influential and in high places
Examples 负笈 （jí ）（背着书箱到远处去求学） study 付梓 （fù zǐ）（印刷） be published
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Examples 戛戛独造 （jiá） （ 形容文章别出心裁，富有独创精神） one’s own original creation 圭臬 （guī niè）（规则；法度） standard
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Now you’re talking. 你这才叫人话。 你到底说了和我意的话了。 That's sure to be a real gas. 那实在是好玩的事。
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嗳暧姝姝于一先生之言 （ài shū） be self-satisfied with what we’ve learnt from only one master 嚆矢 （hāo shǐ） （响箭。因发射时声先于箭而到，故常 用以比喻事物的开端。先声。） be the earliest one
bandwidth blue tooth microwave supermarket splashdown white-collar
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Extension
• brain trust • bottle-neck • brain drain • Ecstasy • It is more than transient everydayness. • 这远非一时的柴米油盐问题。
译者的语言条件
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Examples • • • • • • • • I’ll buy it. 我不懂。 请告诉我。/我洗耳恭听。 (Just) imagine it. 不可能。/想不到。/你就想去吧！ You’re telling me. 我早知道了。 还用你告诉我。
英汉翻译技巧 English Translation Skills
2011年第1学期 张弢
Unit Six
Warm-Up ——词的速记与速译
Clothes-服装篇
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皮草 Fur 喇叭裤脚 Bell bottom 露背装 Backless dress 羽绒服 Down jacket 成衣 Ready-made clothes
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Pictographic Translation



H-beam O-ring U-steel V-belt X-brace Y-curve

工字梁 环形圈 槽钢 三角背带 交叉支撑 叉形曲线
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八种常见的单词翻译技巧
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Deduction
• boomer • cybercafé • smart card • win-win
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Transplant
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Clothes-服装篇
练习与答案 • 我们有一些基本的设备，如羽绒服、登山靴 和登山绳。 • We have some basic things such as a down jacket, climbing boots, and climbing rope. • 这件白色露背礼服和你的风格和肤色十分相 配。 • The white backless dress goes perfectly with your style and skin color.
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• John can be relied on, he eats no fish and plays the game. • The security council has been seized of
the question since then.
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Substitution
• To kill sb. as an example. • 杀鸡给猴看，杀一儆百 • Please withhold the handout. • 请不要发这些材料。 • The same is not true with a mortal illness. • 如果是得了不治之症，情况就不一样了。
Watch and Guess
My best feature, so I am told. We bought the pub and built it up from nothing. I mean, we are flying. I’m glad to see you’re finally on board. So long.
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redshirt swan song Blue brick mindlessness togetherness
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• so subtle and careful an observer • 以为如此精细的观察者 • his mendacity and dishonesty • 他的狡诈 • a grim and tragic Christmas • 一个惨淡的圣诞节 • The body and mind cramped by work. • 有害工作造成的身心困顿
Come, come! don’t be so devilishly sulky: it’s boyish. 得，得，也用不着那样的不开心，这完 全是孩子气。 Why, man, you’re a genius, a master of masters. 哎，先生，你真是个天才，大师中的大 师（圣人中的圣人）。
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Examples 弋获 （泛指擒获；射得；获得） if you want to gain anything,….. 泰斗 a renowned master 执牛耳者 the acknowledged leader
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Transliteration • • • • • • bungee calorie Citroen clone domino euro • • • • • • hacker internet pizza quinine The Times Wall Street
Clothes-服装篇
练习与答案 • 她肩上披着一张银狐皮。 • She was wearing a silver fox fur across her shoulders. • 给我看看那条喇叭裤行吗？ • Would you show me the bell-bottom pants? • 你们有适合我穿的现成的衣服吗？ • Do you have any ready-made clothes that will fit me?