高口翻译第八讲长句的译法(英译汉)

翻译八、长句的译法(英译汉)

1.将原文中的单词或短语译成单独一句

∙The Chinese seemed justifiably proud of their economic achievements.

∙The inside of each apartment depended on the personality of its occupants.

∙Low temperature is associated with lower growth rates.

∙Characteristically, Tedder concealed his feelings and watched and learned

∙They might have spoken with understandable pride of their high marks in the exam.

∙At present people have a tendency to choose the safety of the middle-ground reply.

∙Aunt Julia vainly asked each of her neighbours in turn to tell her what Gabriel had said.

2. 将原文中的两个或两个以上句子合成一名

∙The boy had his right leg broken when an automobile ran over him.

∙They sat down in the waiting room to do some reading. People came to and fro there.

∙She had to go back home to look after her husband. He was confined to his bed.

∙When we praise the Chinese achievements and the people, we are not merely being polite.

∙She is intelligent, ambitious and hard-working. She is also good at solving problems.

∙The door was unlocked. She went inside and sat in a stupor. She was near collapse, barely able to move her swollen feet.

3. 切分法

∙This is the tale of the tragic failure of a brave and honest man appointed to expose corruption by a new president.

∙Shortly before she died, she spoke up for an exiled academic she thought was unjustly accused of taking part in the genocide.

∙His welcome and readable essay lays out what he thinks democracy is and why it demands support.

∙Khitam, a mother of six from Gaza who has fled the home of her abusive husband, an Israeli-Arab, battles for custody for her children.

∙The bureaucratic loophole allowed her to save more Jews than the far better known Oscar Schindler.

∙Economists fear that unless more of people start working, growth will be sluggish and the heavy taxes of those who do work will depress the pace of economic

development.

∙Those who expect hip-hop music to foster a political revolution that will dramatically improve the lot of black Americans are going to be disappointed.

4.调序法

∙To make matters even riskier, Mr. Sendler insisted on recording the children’s details to help them trace their families later.

∙Contractors happily take advantage of their illegal status to hire them on the cheap.

∙The police seem content to round them up occasionally and burn their mattresses and other meager possessions before setting them free again.

∙ In focusing on the issue of violence against women and girls, the EU will be taking effective action against one of the major human rights violations of today's

world.

∙In the spirit of frankness which I hope will characterize our talks this week, let us recognize at the outset these points: we have at times in the past been enemies.

∙Clear-cut guidelines and policies have been worked out and expressed in accurate language concerning the economy, politics, science and technology, education,

culture, and military and foreign affairs.

社会发展词汇：

∙代培 training-on-contract program ∙代培生 trainee on contract ∙带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing

them to retain their original rank and

benefits