英语倍数的翻译.ppt

1、Translating knowledge: Multiplication,英语表示倍数增减或倍数对比的句型多种多样，很容易译错，其主要原因在于：英汉两语在表述或对比倍数方面存在着语言与思维差异。 倍数增加 倍数减少,一、倍数增加,译法：1.是的N倍。(照原文倍数) 2.增加到原来的N倍。(照原文倍数) 3.(比)增加了N1倍。(按原文倍数减1),句型： 1.A is N times as great（long, much, ）as B. A is N times greater （longer, more, ）than B. A is N times the size （length, am

2、ount, ）of B.,译成：A的大小（长度，数量，）是B的N倍。 或：A比B大（长，多，）N-1倍。,2. increase to N times increase N timesN-fold increase by N times increase by a factor of N,译成：增加到N倍（或：增加N-1倍）。,注：在这类句型中increase常被raise，grow，go/step up，multiply等词所替代。,3.There is a N-fold increase/growth,译成：增加N-1倍（或增至N倍）。,4.double(增加1倍），treble（增加2倍

3、），quadruple（增加3倍）。,5.此外，英语中还有一种用again而不用倍数词来比较倍数的方法，如：,A is as much （large，long，）again as B. =A is twice as much （large，long，）as B.,译成：A比B多（大，长，）1倍。,Apply the knowledge:,1. My desktop computer is three times as heavy as my laptop computer.,2. The students in this university are three times more than

4、 those in that university.,3. The intensity of the impact is 11 times the momentum changes.,我那台台式电脑的重量是手提电脑重量的3倍. /我的桌式电脑要比手提电脑重两倍.,这所大学的学生人数是那所大学的3倍. /这所大学的学生人数比那所大学的人数多2倍.,撞击强度是动量变化的11倍. /撞击强度比动量变化强10倍.,Apply the knowledge:,1.这个公司生产数码相机的产量比2001年提高了4倍。,2.水银重量是相同体积水的13.5倍。,The output of digital came

5、ras of this company is fivefold over that of 2001.,Mercury weighs 13.5 times as much as an equal volume of water.,二、倍数减少：,倍数减少的翻译原则是不用“减少多少倍”这样的说法，而译成汉语一般说“减少几分之几”。,句型： 1. A is N times as small （light, slow, ）as B. A is N times smaller （lighter, slower, ）than B.,译成：A的大小（重量，速度，）是B的1/N。 或：A比B小（轻，慢，)(N

6、-1)/N。,2. decrease N timesN-fold decrease by N times decrease by a factor of N,注：decrease常被reduce， shorten， goslow down等词替代。,译为：减少到1N 或：减少（N-1）N,3. There is a N-fold decreasereduction,译为：减至1N 或：减少(N-1)N,Apply the knowledge:,1. The power output of the machine is two times less than its input.,2. The hydrogen atom is nearly 16 times as light as the oxygen atom.,3. The Chinese movie is only half as long as the American movie.,该机器的输出功率比输入功率小1/2.,氢原子的重量约为氧原子的1/16.(即比氧原子约轻15/16),这部中国电影只有那部美国电影的一半那么长.,Apply the knowledge:,1. 它要比铜线轻2/3。,2.光的亮度增加一倍，燃烧的时间就