否定句的翻译

将汉语的双重否定译成英语的双重 否定
• 例1：我想：希望本无所谓有，无所谓无。
I thought: hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not no exist.
• 例2：不看秦始皇兵马俑，不算真正到过中 国。
No one who has not seen the Qin Dynasty terra cotta figures can claim to have visited China.
Americans don’t speak English without slang.
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wenku.baidu.com否定句的英译
• 英语表达否定通常有两种手段。 1. 词汇手段： A. no, not, never, nor, neither等否 定词。 e.g. All is not gold that glitters. 不是所有的金子都会发光。
B. hardly, rarely, seldom, barely, few, little等具有否定意义的词语。 e.g. They are very few in number. 他们的数量很少。 C.由前缀no-, non-, in-, dis-, un-, im-和 后缀-less等组成的词语。 e.g. Nobody likes him. 没人喜欢他。
将汉语的肯定句译成英语的否定句
• 例1：我见到你就生爱慕之心。
I could not see you and not love you.
• 例2：谁读了这篇小说都会潸然泪下。
No one can read the story without being moved to tears.
• 例3：美国人开口必说俚语。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
• 例3：我要找的东西，一样都没找到。
I found none of the things that I was looking for.
译成英语的肯定句
• 例1：我谅他也不敢跳。 I dare him to jump. • 例2：这事情不可泄露出去。 keep it dark. • 例3：她一点也不显老。 She bears her age well. • 例4：这是谁也不清楚。 It is anyone’s guess.
• 2.句法手段： A. 运用比较结构：more…than…, other…than…, rather…than…, would rather than…, know better than…,等。 e.g. He is more brave than wise. 他有勇无谋。
B. 其他结构：如too…to…, too…far…或 者由连词if 引导的表示发誓，感叹的句 型等。 e.g. Instances are too numerous to list. 例子多得举不胜举。
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译成英语的否定句
• 例1：今天的中国已经不是30年前的中国了。
China of today is not what it was thirty years ago.
• 例2：世上无难事，只怕有心人。