翻译理论与实践Week3-2

Lecture 3 Diction

Better late than the late. (原文为美国高速公路上矗立的安全警示牌）

Tension is building up.

(l) This war is becoming the most important story of this generation.

(2) It is quite another story now.

(3) Some reporters who were not included in the session broke the story.

(4) He’ll be very happy if that story holds up.

(5) The Rita Haywoth’s story is one of the saddest.

(6) A young man came to Scotti’s office with a story.

(7) Last Dec. the Post first reported that probes were being made in each of those cities, but officials refused to confirm the story.

(8) The story about him became smaller and by and by faded out from the American TV.

3.1 Methods to Discriminate the Original Meaning of an English Word

3.1.1 Judging from the Word Formation pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

3.1.2Judging from the Part of Speech

Right，open your mouth，let me have a look．

He hoped to be absolutely right about this issue．

I must answer that phone，but I’ll be back right away．

The ship righted itself after the big wave had passed．

In England，we drive on the left side of the road，not the right side．

He exercised his legal right as President to halt the investigation．

3.1.3 Judging from the References

1. I hate blue shirt; white shirt suits me but gray is the most preferable.

3.1.4 Judging from the Context and Collocation

1．Symptoms of SARS developed．

2．We had hopes of developing light industry on quite a large scale．

3．Land animals are thought to have developed from sea animals．

4．The local government is planning to develop the western areas．

5．The photographer develops all his films．

6．I’d like to develop this idea a little more fully before I go on to my next point．7．Scientists have succeeded in developing many new plants．

Another example “as luck would have it”.

1．As luck would have it，no one was in the hotel when the explosion took place．2．As luck would have it，there was rain on the day of the camp．

Try to translate the following sentences

1. observe the behavior of birds.

2. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country?

3. He observed that we should probably have rain.

4. The law obliges parents to send their children to school.

5. They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts.

6. I’m much obliged to you.

如：please ~ me by closing the door.

Obliging neighbor

delicate skin

delicate porcelain

delicate upbringing

delicate living

delicate health

delicate stomach

delicate vase

delicate diplomatic question

delicate difference

delicate surgical operation

delicate ear for music

delicate sense of smell

delicate touch