正反译法

她的脸上有一种奇怪的、不知所措的表情。
（四）前置词

--- I do think that it is beyond his power to fulfill the task. 我的确认为要完成这项任务是他力所不及的。

--- His answer is beside the mark.
他的回答文不对题。
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我们有做炸鸡的权利。 我们只做炸鸡的右半边 我们可以做炸鸡，对吧！！ 我们行使了炸鸡的权利 我们只做右边的鸡...... 我们让鸡向右看齐 我们只做正确（正版）的 鸡！ 实际上是说：“麦当劳做的 是盗版”
我们只做正确的 我们一定要把鸡打成右 派！！！ 我们做的是“右派”的 鸡 我们只做右撇子鸡（要 吃左撇子鸡请去麻荡 老）
（七）短语

--- His explanation is far from being satisfactory.
他的解释绝对不能让人满意。

--- The news of the assassination of President Lincoln spread like wildfire. 林肯总统被刺的消息不胫而走。
（罪犯仍旧逍遥法外。）
正反译法是一个很有用的翻译技
巧，虽然说法变了，意思还是原来的。
之所以要改变，主要是由于词语之间
的关系、句式的变化、习惯表达等方
面的因素。“正话反说，反话正说”
是提高译文水平的有效方法之一。
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例1：A book may be compared to your neighbour; if it is good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early. 【译文】一本书可比作邻居；如果好，结识 愈久愈好；如果不好，分手愈早愈好。
（六）句子
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Those spies were not going to lose sight of me.
那些密探一直在监视我的行踪。

--- I’m new to the work.
这工作我是生手。（这工作我不熟悉。）
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He is free with his money.
他花钱大手大脚。 （他花钱从不吝啬。）
不出所料，敌人果然自投罗网。
（一）动词

--- The thought of returning to his native land has never deserted him.
归国的念头一直在他心中萦绕。

--- We must never stop taking an optimistic view of life. 我们要永远对生活抱乐观态度。
（三）形容词

--- She said simply, “they are all bad.”
她简单地说：“他们全不是好东西。”

--- The teacher found some of the pupils absent.
老师发觉有些学生不在。

--- Her face had a strange, lost look.
在通常情况下，她还是能忍受她那拥挤寒碜的家庭 生活的。
（五）短语

--- The train coming from Moscow will arrive in no time. 来自莫斯科的列车将很快到达。

--- He returned home with no hope on his face. 他满脸绝望灰心丧气地回到了家。
---He was an indecisive sort of person and always capricious. 他这个人优柔寡断，而且总是反复无常。

（四）名词

--- Law is no respecter of persons.
法律面前，人人平等。

--- Generally she accepted the family life in all its crowded inadequacy.
请勿践踏草坪
keep off the grass
正话反说，肯定译否定 英语中有一些句子，句式是肯定句，意 义却是否定的。可根据词句的涵义，按 汉语表达习惯，肯定译否定，通顺自然， 语言地道。
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（一）动词

--- Her husband hates to see her stony face.
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例：You’ve automatically arranged for a reward if you comply with your commitment and a punishment if you don’t. 【译文】一旦实现承诺，你自然会得到奖 励；如果食言，面临的就是惩罚。
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（二）副词

--- “I don’t know if I ought to have come,” she said breathlessly, grasping Phyl’s arm. “我不知道我该不该来，”她气喘吁吁地说，一把抓 住菲尔的胳膊。
（三）形容词

--- The windows of that room were never open. 那个房间的窗户总是关着的。
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He realized that he was in trouble.
他意识到遇到麻烦了。 （他感到自己处境不妙。）
---The
station is no distance at all.
车站近在咫尺。 （车站一点也不远。）
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It’s no less than a fraud.
正反、反正表达法
Affirmative & Negative Expressions in Translation
1. What is Affirmation? What is Negation? 英语中带no, not, none, nothing, nowhere, nobody, never, neither, nor等否定词，或non-, un-, im-, in-, ir-, dis-, non-, -less等否定词缀的词句， 汉语中含有 “不”、“没有”、“无”、“非”、“未”、 “否”、“休”、“勿”、“别”、“莫”、“毋” 等成分的词句，都称为反说或者称为否定。相反， 英汉语中不含这些成分的词句称为正说，即肯定。

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
翻译下列招贴语。 严禁吸烟！ No smoking. Keep quiet. 请勿大声喧哗！ Private. 闲人莫入！ Keep upright. 切勿倒置！ Wet paint. 油漆未干！ Inflammables-keep away from fire.
易燃物品，切勿近火！

--- We may safely say so. 我们这样说万无一失。

--- She got extremely excited before she reached her home.
还没到家，她就激动地不得了。

--- They resumed their seats moodily. 他们又很不高兴地坐了下来。

--- They would rather have the blue one than the green one.
他们宁愿要那个蓝色的，不愿要绿的。
（六）名词

--- Her abstraction was not because of the tea party. 她那种心不在焉的神气，并不是因为那个茶会的缘故。
她丈夫不愿看到她那张毫无表情的脸。

--- Stop talking nonsense.
别胡说八道！

--- He seemed to be at a loss for the precise words to elaborate his opinion. 他似乎想不出恰当的字眼来阐明自己的观点。
（二）副词

--- He did not want to hurt her, but an itch to dominate pushed him on to say … 他不想伤她的感情，但是他实在憋不住自己的支配欲， 于是说……

--- She was politely acquiescent in what was evidently Greek to her. 她有礼貌地默认了她显然不懂得的事情。
6.
No deposit will be refunded unless ticket produced.
凭票退还押金。

参考译文：我们的炸鸡真不赖！
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滴滴香浓，意犹未尽
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不求今日拥有，但求天长地久。（青岛电视）
Choose once and choose for good Ask for More（百事流行鞋） 渴望无限
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2. Negative in English, but Affirmative in Chinese or Affirmative in English, but Negative in Chinese
（五）连接词

--- The stranger had already gone before he hurried to the hotel.
还没有等他赶到旅馆，那个陌生人早已走了。

--- She couldn’t sit still till her native country was free. 祖国不解放，她就不能袖手旁观。

--- The pioneers made light of difficulties and dangers. 拓荒者不畏艰险。
（八）句子

--- Let bygones be bygones.
不咎既往。

--- Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达。

--- As was expected, the enemy walked right into the trap.
anxiety 不知所措 be fatally ill 不成功 life sentence 焦虑不安 at a loss 不治之症 failure 无期徒刑
safe and sound
安然无恙
soon 闲人免入 wet paint keep upright
不久
staff only 油漆未干 请勿倒置
这简直是一场骗局。 （这无异于一场骗局。）

--- The works of art were left intact, the money
gone.
艺术品还在，钱却不翼而飞。 （艺术品原封未动，钱却不翼而飞。）
---The
criminal is still at large.
罪犯还未捉拿归案。