翻译理论与实践Week3

1、Lecture 3 Dictionetter late than the late.(原文为美国高速公路上矗立的安全警示牌)Tension is building up.(I This war is becoming the most important story of this generatio n.(2 It is quite another story now.(3 Some reporters who were not included in the session broke the story.(4 He ' II be very happy if that story

2、 holds up.(5 The Rita Haywoth ' s story is one of the saddest.(6 A young man came to Scotti ' s office with a story.(7 Last Dec. the Post first reported that probes were being made in each of those cities, but officials refused to confirm the story.(8 The story about him became smaller and b

3、y and by faded out from the American TV.3.1 Methods to Discriminate the Original Meaning of an English Word3.1.1 Judging from the Word Formationpneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconio sis 3.1.2Judging from the Part of SpeechRight, open your mouth, let me have a look.He hoped to be absolutely righ

4、t about thisissue.I must answer that phone, but I ' ll be back right awa y.The ship righted itself after the big wave had passedIn England , we drive on the left side of the road, not the right side.He exercised his legal right as Preside nt to haltthe investigation .3.1.3 Judging from the Refer

5、ences1. I hate blue shirt; white shirt suits me but gray is the most preferable.3.1.4 Judging from the Context andCollocation1. Symptoms of SARS developed .2. We had hopes of developing light industry on quite a large scale.3. Land animals are thought to have developed from sea an imals.4. The local

6、 government is planning to develop the wester n areas5. The photographer develops all his films .6. I ' d like to develop this idea a little more fully before I go on to my next point .7. Scientists have succeeded in developing many new pla nts.Ano ther example“ as luck would have it1. As luck w

7、ould have it , no one was in the hotel when the explosion took place .2. As luck would have it , there was rain on the day of the camp.Try to tran slate the followi ng senten ces1. observe the behavior of birds.2. Do they observe Christmas Day in that coun try?3. He observed that we should probably

8、have rai n.4. The law obliges pare nts to send their childre n to school.5. They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts.6. I ' m much obliged to you.如:please me by closing the door.Oblig ing n eighbor delicate skindelicate porcela indelicate upbri ngingdelicate liv ingdelic

9、ate healthdelicate stomachdelicate vasedelicate diplomatic questi ondelicate differe needelicate surgical operati ondelicate ear for music delicate sense of smell delicate touch delicate foodraise fearsraise vegetablesraise a familyraise the deadraise a fleetraise a monumentraise an embargo3.1.5 Jud

10、ging from Different Branches ofLearning and Specialties1. The lathe should be set on a firm base.2. As we all know , a base reacts with an acid to form a salt.3. A tran sistor has three electrodes, the emitter, the base and the collector.4. Line AB is the base of the trian gle ABC.5. He is on the se

11、c ond base.3.2 Some Techniques Employed inTranslating a Given English Word3.2.1 DeductionStopoutcommunitychallenge32.2 TransplantMicrowave Supermarket Splashdown data phone3.2.8 TransliterationWall StreetThe TimesPentium 奔腾Citroen雪铁龙cloneInternethacker黑客 32.3 Extensionbottleneckbrain trustbrain drai

12、nIt is more than transient everydayness.3.2.4 Substitutionto kill sb. as an examplePlease withhold the handout.He was indeed a good riddance.The same is not true with a mortal illness.325 Explanation mindlessness togetherness swan song a throwaway society3.2.6 Combinationso subtle and careful an obs

13、erverhis mendacity and dishonestya grim and tragic Christmasthe body and mind cramped by noxiouswork身心困顿327 Pictographic TranslationH-beam工字梁O-ring环形圈U-steel 槽钢V-belt三角带X-brace交叉支撑Y-curve叉形曲线3.3 Extension of Word Meaning3.3.1 Conversion of Meaning1. The factors which are likely to influence investme

14、nt spending do not stop here.2. Whether you like it or not, globalization is here to sta y. We are not going to reverse the trend.3. Our products, if maintained properly and regularly, can at least see twenty years service.3.3.2 Abstract Extension of Meaning1. Everybody has his smiles and tears.2. T

15、he technological process was then a newcomer in the U.S., so application was not numerous.3. He was a man to let his heart rule his head.4. The matter was finally settled under the table.5. He Hamleted at a chance and regretted forit.6. The canoe Titanicked on the rock in the river.3.3.2 Concrete Ex

16、tension of Meaning1. The interest rates have see-sawed between10 and 15 percent.2. Brain drain has been Kangding' s No.1concern; as a matter of fact, it has been an epidemic in this area.3. There is a mixture of the tiger and the ape in the character of the imperialists.4. He was a tough proposi

17、tio n.3.3.3 Extension According to Idiomatic Way in Chinese1. So the swallow flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples.亚伯拉罕林肯亚伯拉罕 林肯是美国第16任总统，1809年出生于肯塔基州，1865年遭一名南方邦联拥护者 枪击，第二天逝世于华盛顿。论功绩，他和华盛顿总统在伯仲之间；但是他出身普通老百姓，是从出生时居住的圆木小屋来到白宫的，所以美国人民的心跟他更亲近。当时西部刚刚有人定居，他家是来此的拓荒者，所以他几乎没有受过正规教育，但他立志千方百计求学，锲而不舍。他当过办事员，当过乡村邮递员，当过测量员；经过这一系列艰苦奋斗之后，他成功地通过 了律师资格考试，在伊利诺斯州普林菲尔得市当上了律师。1846