英汉互译增译法及省译法

Translating Techniques
增译法&省译法
u增词法就是在翻译时根据意义上或修辞上或句法上的需要增加原文中虽无其词但有其义的一些词。

u增词绝不是无中生有，不是随意增加原文没有的意义。

u Some metals are easy to machine; others are not.
一些金属容易加工，而另一些却。

south.
u你也许感到好奇，为什么磁铁的极指向南北呢？
u增译的原则：不可添意，适可而止
u You may wonder why the magnet's poles point north an
1.Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing
an exact man.
2.We don’t regret, we never have and never will.
3.After the basketball, he still has an important conference.
1. Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
读书充实,讨论机智,笔记（写作）使人准确。

2. We don’t regret, we never have and never will.
我们不会后悔，我们从来没有，我们将来也不会。

3. After the basketball, he still has an important conference.
看完篮球比赛之后，他还有一个重要会议。

1.With what enthusiasm the Chinese people are building socialism!
2.The crowds melted away.
3.As he sat down and began talking, words poured out.
4.She lingered long over his letter.
With what enthusiasm the Chinese people are building socialism! 中国人民正以热情建设社会主义啊！
The crowds melted away.
人群散开了。

As he sat down and began talking, words poured out.
他一坐下来就讲开了，讲个没完。

She lingered long over his letter.
她回味着他的来信。

1.First you borrow, then you beg.
2.Mary washed for a living after her husband died of cancer.
3.He ate and drank, for he was exhausted.
4.That black jacket is indeed cheap and fine.
5.He was wrinkled and black, with scant gray hair.
6. A new kind of car—small, cheap—is attracting increasing attention.
1. First you borrow, then you beg.
头一遭借，下一遭就讨。

2. Mary washed for a living after her husband died of cancer.
玛丽的丈夫癌症去世后，就靠洗维持生活。

3. He ate and drank, for he was exhausted.
他吃了点，喝了点，因为他疲惫不堪了。

4. That black jacket is indeed cheap and fine.
那件黑夹克真是廉美。

5. He was wrinkled and black, with scant gray hair.
他皱纹，黝黑，头发灰白稀疏。

6. A new kind of car—small, cheap—is attracting increasing attention.
一种新型轿车正越来越引起人们的注意——这种轿车小，便宜。

1. Don’t get angry. I’m just making fun of you.
不要生气！我不过开开玩笑罢了。

2. As for me, I didn’t agree from the very beginning.
我，从一开始就不赞成。

3.They (the eyes) were the same colour as the sea, cheerful and undefeated.
那双眼睛，像海水一样的蓝，令人愉快，毫不沮丧
1. A red sun is rising slowly on the horizon.
2. A stream was winding its way through the valley in into the Dadu
river.
3.This too was a complicate lie.
1. A red sun is rising slowly on the horizon.
一红日正从地平线上冉冉升起。

2. A stream was winding its way through the valley in into the Dadu
river.
一溪水蜿蜒流过山谷，汇合到大渡河去了。

3.This too was a complicate lie.
这也纯粹是一胡言。

1.White clouds float over the blue sky.
2.Can you manage without help?
3.I dare say that the Chinese way of reforms
is more characteristic and effective than
others.
1.White clouds float over the blue sky.
2.Can you manage without help?
3.I dare say that the Chinese way of reforms
is more characteristic and effective than
others.1.蓝蓝的天上漂浮着朵朵白云。

2.如果没有人帮忙，你能应付的了吗？
3.我认为，中国的改革方式比别国的改革方式
更富有特色、更卓有成效。

4.In general, all the metals are good
conductors, with silver the best and copper the second.
5.Don’t be weaving.
6.“ How shall I do it?” – “Just as you
wish!”
7.He felt the patriot rise within his breast.
4.In general, all the metals are good
conductors, with silver the best and copper the second.
5.Don’t be weaving.
6.“ How shall I do it?” – “Just as you
wish!”
7.He felt the patriot rise within his breast.4.一般说来，金属都是良好的导体，其中以银
为最好，铜次之。

5.不要三心二意。

6.这事儿我该怎么办才好？——你想怎么办，
就怎么办。

7.他感到一种爱国热情在心中荡漾。

u 因为英汉两种语言在语法、词义、修辞、逻辑和文化方面存在着差异，将原文需要而译文显得多余的词省去不译。

u
减词一般用于以下两种情况：
（二） 省译法 Omission
1. He put his hands into his pockets and then shrugged his shoulders.
2. They went to dinner. It was excellent, and the wine was good. Its influence presently had its effect on them. They talked not only without acrimony，but even with friendliness.
1. He put his hands into his pockets and then shrugged his shoulders.
他将双手放进衣袋，然后耸了耸肩。

2. They went to dinner. It was excellent, and the wine was good. Its influence presently had its effect on them. They talked not only without acrimony，but even with friendliness.
他们进入餐室用餐。

美酒佳肴，顿受感染，言谈间不但没有恶言恶语，甚至还充满友好之情。

1.The moon was slowly rising above the sea.
2. Any substance is made up of atoms whether it is a solid，a liquid, or a gas.
1.The moon was slowly rising above the sea.
月亮慢慢从海上升起。

2. Any substance is made up of atoms whether it is a solid，a liquid, or a gas.
任何物质，不论是固体、液体或气体形态皆由原子组成。

1. Smoking is prohibited in public places.
2. The difference between the two machines consists in power.
1. Smoking is prohibited in public places.
公共场所不许吸烟。

2. The difference between the two machines consists in power.两台机器的差别在于功率不同。

1. He looked gloomy and troubled.
2. If I had known it, I would not have joined in.
3. Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled.
1. He looked gloomy and troubled.
他看上去有些忧愁不安。

2. If I had known it, I would not have joined in.
早知如此，我就不参加了。

3. Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled.金属热胀冷缩。

1. When the pressure gets low, the boiling point becomes low.
2. Solids expand and contract as liquids and gases do.
1. When the pressure gets low, the boiling point becomes low. 气压低，沸点就低。

2. Solids expand and contract as liquids and gases do.
如同液体和气体一样，固体也会膨胀和收缩。

1. Outside it was pitch dark and it was raining cats and dogs.
2. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the blast furnace came into use.
1. Outside it was pitch dark and it was raining cats and dogs.
外面一片漆黑，大雨倾盆。

2. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the blast furnace came into use.
直到 19 世纪中叶，高炉才开始使用。

1.We have 7 days in a week.
2.Is it a he or a she?
3.This is Brown speaking. QUIZ
1.We have 7 days in a week.
2.Is it a he or a she?
3.This is Brown speaking.
1.一个星期有七天。

2.生的是男孩还是女孩？
3.我是布朗。

QUIZ
THANKS。