翻译技巧补充

Chapter three EC 翻译技巧例句补充

一、Amplification and Omission:

1.grammatical

1）单复数问题《马》：Horses, 月出惊山鸟

2）主语的增词：

I.要提倡顾全大局：We advocate the spirit of

taking the whole situation in consideration.

II.人民犯了法也要受处罚，蹲班房。：Anyone among people who

3）外位结构：这

4）指称明确：

I.西伯牺牲了。她是一名记者，却是以一个战士

的身份在战场上牺牲的；她是一个欧洲人，却

是在中国的抗日战场上牺牲的。：Shippe died.

She was a journalist who shed her blood as a

solider and an European who died in the

battlefield in China.

II.：

2.contextual/collocational

1）为了增进理解和友谊，我们鼓励两国年轻人互

访：In order to promote mutual understanding and friendship, we encourage young people in both countries to visit each other.

2）由于我国市场体系的原因，------：Owing to the incompleteness of our country’s system.

3）正式的学校教育：formal education

4）家用电子产品：household electronics

5）道德：moral integrity

6）两国人民友谊和合作的动人事迹还历历在目。：I remember so well so many touching stories about the profound friendship and good cooperation between the two peoples.

7）中国有一句古诗：“结交一言重，相期千里至”。

I can quote one fitting ancient Chinese poem to

describe our meeting: “Good friends highly value their words. They travel a thousand li to keep their promise for a gathering.

8）我们（希望美方）应当采取有利于台海局势和平与稳定的实际行动。We hope that the US side would take practical measures that is conductive to the maintenance of peace and stability for T aiwan Strait.

9）破坏国家和平统一：undermine the prospects for peaceful reunification

10）不能在元旦责骂女佣：Even the humblest maid have the right not to be scolded on New Year’s Eve.

11）他们希望明年年底以前控制住物价：to curb the rise of price

12）董事会要开会对公司进行评估：The board of directors is to meet to evaluate the performance of

the company.

3.cultural

1)一旦彼此见了礼, 归坐献茶：after an exchange of

bows and verbal salutations

2)贫下中农：impoverished peasants and

lower-middle-income peasants

3)an untenable redemptive theology: 这种让人没法拥

护的供奉上帝来赎罪的观念

4)他跟着父亲从徐州到扬州奔丧：

5)党老爷：Y ou are a party man------one of the elite Assignment Armchair Warrior (3)

二、话题语的转换：

1.他们违反了赫尔辛基条约，在本国侵犯基本人权，使他们

受到了全世界爱好和平的人的谴责。Their abuse of basic human rights in violation of Helsinki Agreement earned the condemnation of the peace-loving people in the world.

2.我们听不到一点声音：Not a sound reach our ear.

3.她非常兴奋：Excitement overwhelmed him.

4.脚踏在厚地毯上没有发出声音：The carpet killed the

sound of the steps.

Inanimate subject + animate predicate

5.The value of any commodity, ------is equal to the quantity

of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. : 任何一种商品，它的价值等于这个商品能够买到或支配到的劳动量。

6.恕我孤陋寡闻，对此一无所知。My total ignorance of the

connection must plead my apology.

7.小梅心地善良，性情温和，对她朋友这种没有心肝的行为，

实在看不顺眼：Xiaomei’s kindly and gentle nature could not but revolt at her friend’s callous behaviour.

1)从目前全球经济发展看，一些重要的特点和趋势值得我们