英汉翻译杂议(二)

1、英汉翻译杂议（二）充当状语的分词短语的翻译：1，表示时间的分词状语：Taking off from an Atlantic coast airport, the plane is soon flying over the gentle slopes of the Appalachian Mountains.Hearing the news, they immediately set off for the railway station.When completed, the building will be the tallest in this city.The work done, we

2、 went to the bathroom to take a shower.2,表示原因的分词状语：Not knowing the language, she failed to understand what they were talking about.Attracted by reports of great economic opportunities and religious and political freedom, immigrants from many other counties flocked to the United States in increasing

3、number, reaching a peak in the years1880-1914.Deeply moved by the play, she could hardly keep back her tears.The children, exhausted, fell asleep at once.3，表示结果的分词状语：The mixture among consumers, producers and government change constantly, making a dynamic rather than a static economy.In another deve

4、lopment, the population and the labor force have moved dramatically from farms to cities, from the fields to the factories, and above all to service industry, thus providing more personal and public services.Countries that are more open to foreign competition and investment receive growth-promotion

5、benefits in two ways; their firms become more competitive and efficient, raising productivity and incomes; and they also are in a better position to absorb technology from abroad.4，表示条件的分词状语：Working hard, you will succeed.United, we stand, divided, we fall.Used economically, one tin will last for at

6、 least two months.5，表示让步的分词状语：Weighing almost one hundred pound, the box was lifted by him with one hand.Granting the achievements to be great, we have no reason to be conceited.Defeated, he remains a popular athlete.6,表示方式和伴随情况的分词状语Three days later, I queued in the snow outside the conference cente

7、r in Davos, standing behind mink coats and cashmere overcoats, watched over by Swiss policemen with machinegun.I stood in line again, this time behind Puffa jackets and Newsweek journalist, waiting to collect my orange badge.Western thinking is linear, moving from goals to strategy to tactics, or fr

8、om overview to details (or the reverse)Americans tend to answer questions directly and literally, often ignoring important underlying concerns.Westerns think in “prose, each sentence or paragraph following from the preceding.In fact, it has almost ceased to exist because people who, in earlier days

9、might have been servants, now get higher wages working in factories.He came back, utterly exhausted.词类转换：Every British citizen who is employed(or self-employed) is obliged to pay a weekly contribution to the national insurance and health schemes.Its aim is to ensure that a person who is out of work

10、shall receive a weekly sum of money to subsist on.Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of our greatest writer.Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English.A miser is characterized by greed.In this country, population has grown both as a result of natural increase and of continued immigration.Innovation is a matter of primary important to our research work.His adviser recommended lower taxes