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1、英汉翻译技巧练习IPart I An Overall Introduction of Translation SkillsI英汉两种语言对比.所属语系与发展历史英语-印欧语系汉语-汉藏语系.语音. 语言的本质英语-综合性语言汉语-分析性语言.句法现象II英汉两种文化差异.同一民族中亦存在文化差异：蛤蟆 naughty 叩手点心.英汉文化间的差异a.思想观念、心理特征龙一dragon 鹤一craneb.表达方式、审美情趣“愤怒出诗人”一“止怒莫若诗”“十里蛙声不断，九溪曲流潺潺一You can hear frog continuouscrying in ten miles and can enj

2、oy the babbling of the winding streams.” 3.对文化词语和表达的处理文化词语，指的是充满汉语文化个性和特殊内涵的语言。a.直译法丢脸 to lose face/ to be disgraced纸老虎一paper tiger/ scarecrow骑虎难下 to ride a tiger/ in chancery猫哭老鼠 cats crying for the death of rats/ to shed crocodile tearsb.直译加补充信息法下海铁饭碗跳槽父母官待业青年酒囊饭袋清明节c.释义法望子成龙和番金三角两手抓，两手都要硬d.同（近）义表

3、达借用法得寸进尺Give him an inch, and he ll take an ell.好聚好散 Merry meet, merry part.贪多口爵不烂 to bite off more than one can chew皇天不负有心人 一Heaven helps those who help themselves.水中捞月一to fish in the air 象只落汤鸡 一like a drowned rate.回译法忍者神龟一Ninja Turtles画王电视 big screen Panasonic 米字旗一Union Jack flag 中 国菜馆 chopsuey ho

4、useIII常见错误及解决方法.不要生搬硬套汉语构词模式车、毛、鱼、核、皮、桌. False friends （假朋友） 休息室一restroom 药店一drugstore 白手white-handed 食言eat one s words 茶叶店tea-shop 蛇皮袋snake skin bagstatesman, politicianThey took good care of disabled guests. My friend is very talkative.隐含意义的分析 倔强： intractable, mulish 他们热情照顾残疾客人。 我这位朋友很健谈。VI解释性翻译镶补

5、，减肥，重组Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays 天演论Honeymoon 蜜月者，西人娶妇时，即挟其游历，经月而返。黑奴吁天录Uncle Tom s CabinCashmere一御长裙，仙仙然描画不能肖。茶花女V参考字典上海译文出版社上海交通大学出版社.英汉大词典陆谷孙主编.汉英大辞典 吴光华主编Part II Translation Practice一、准确理解词义：I根据上下文辩明词义：Work:He is working in the factory.He is working a machine.He is working at English.

6、The ship is working eastward.The gears work smoothly.My watch doesn work .The screw worked loose.Will these methods work ?The yeast has begun to work .Electric computers work quickly and accurately. Hand:Soams shook her hand and went downstairs.He never read a book in his life and still writes a sch

7、oolboy hand .It would be like trying to make the hands of clock move backwards to its ticking.M r. Hunter suddenly failed, and all hands in the mill were turned off. Like:He likes maths more than physics.In the sunbeam passing through the window there are fine grains of dust shining like gold.Like k

8、nows like .Like charges repel; unlike charges attract.Last:He is the last man to come.He is the last man to do it.He is the last person for such a job.He should be the last (man) to blame.He is the last man to consult.This is the last place where I expected to meet you.Operate:The hearing aids are o

9、perated from batteries.The doctor operated on the patient for a tumor.The frontier forces had to operate against the invaders.With old plaster-casting, the bone takes longer to knit and crippling effects from muscle inactivity result.The custom had its spring in another country.His mother died of di

10、fficult labour .The Americans had viewed foreign policy as if it were a western movie in which the cavalry appeared at the climacteric moment to use superior firepower on opponents who were usually of anther race.The elevator girl reads books between passengers .Don tdo your own thing , or you will

11、meet with failure.II.词义的褒贬：。词义有轻重的不同：打破： break, crack, crush, demolish, destroy, shatter, smash闪光： shine, glitter, glare, sparkle。词义有范围大小与侧重点不同：agriculture, farming, cultivation, agronomycountry, nation, land, state, powerempty (house, room, cup, box, stomach, head, words, etc.)vacant (position, roo

12、m, house, seat, etc.)hollow (tree, voice, sound, cheeks, etc.)O词义有感情色彩与语体色彩“死”to expire, to pass away, to close (end) one s day, to breathe one s lastto go west, to pay the debt of nature to depart to the world of shadowsto give up the ghost, to kick the bucket, to kick up one s heelsto lay down one

13、 s knife and fork“怀孕”She is having a baby.She is in a family way.She is knitting little booties.She is in a delicate condition.She is in an interesting condition.O词义的两面性：The enemy sscheme went bankrupt.We ve worked out a perfect scheme.He is an aggressive and promising young man.Japan is an aggressi

14、ve country.Hans was too obviously flattering the gentlemen by saying he was the most courageous man he had ever seen.Mr. Brown felt greatly flattered when he received the invitation to deliver a lecture.III词语搭配：Kill:He killed the man.He killed the dog.He killed time everyday down at the park.He kill

15、ed his chances of success.He killed the motion when it came from the committee.He killed himself by overwork.He killed the spirit of the group.He killed three bottles of whisky in a week.Kill the peace (promise, friendship, a marriage)Heavy:Rain clouds crops frost wine news road sea heart fire smoke

16、r bread wire load storm traffic readerBroken:A broken man (soldier, promise, spirit) broken money (English)IV.词义的引申：O词义作抽象引申：There is a mixture of the tiger and ape in his nature.Every life has its roses and thorns .She sailed into the room,We must keep our powder dry .John can be relied on. He eats

17、 no fish and plays the game . O词义作具体引申：Do you see any green in my eye?The battlefield became something holy. It was not touched .The Great Wall is amust for most foreign visitors to Beijing.We Zanziber would like to build a coloured society where all men can have equal opportunity.What aids there we

18、re to enlighten labor were immemorial.二、词类转译：I转译成动词：Rockets have found application for the exploration of the universe.forgive r of the young manTalking with his son, the old man was thepast wrong doings.Some of my classmates are good singers .They worked long hours on meager food, in cold caves, by

19、 dim lamps.“Coming!Away she skimmed over the lawn, up the path, up the steps, across the veranda, and into the porch.What is he at?John voted with the Tories.He is a man above vulgar interests.Peter drew his knife on the robber.It looks as if we are in for a storm.If a man couldn walk into a room an

20、d tell who was for him and who was against him, then he wasn t much of a politician.Doctors have said that they are not sure they can save his life.He proved himself worthy of confidence.He is not very familiar with biological terms.Are you doubtful of his success?Some infectious diseases are respon

21、sible for diseases of the heart valves.II转译成名词：Formality has always characterized their relationship.To them, he personified the absolute power.Those who huddled pitifully together on the left were t he old, the infirm, the ill and the very young .Stevenson was eloquent and elegant but soft.The Wild

22、e family were religious .They were considered insincere .III转译成形容词：It s 枷eth.Such news was no jokes.We are deeply convinced of the correctness of this policy.Gases differ from solid in that the former has greater compressibility than the latter.As he is a perfect stranger in the city, I hope you wil

23、l give him the necessary help.Independent thinking is an absolute necessity in study.The sun rose thinly from the sea.IV其他转译：He then acted as a reluctant interpreter.He had the kindness to show me the way.This is a sheer nonsense.Buckley was in a clear minority.The new mayor earned some appreciation

24、 by the courtesy of coming to visit the city poor.He is physically weak but mentally sound.三、增词：persuasion preparation backwardness tension arrogance madness antagonismThe crowds melted away.As he sat down and began talking, words poured out .He sank down with his face in his hands.Mary washed for a

25、 living after her husband died of acute pneumonia.To wash before meal. To wash after getting up. To wash before going to bed.First you borrow , then you beg .This typewriter is indeed cheap and fine .He is a complicated man moody, mercurial, with a melancholy streak.He allowed the father to be overr

26、uled by the judge, and declared his own son guilty.Newsmen went flying off to Mexico.The lion is the king of animals .All the rules of the military discipline must be strictly observed.Once they had a quarrel.Herb gave her a sly look.四、重复:prosperitygrotesquegreat contributionsgratitudeingratitudeete

27、rnal glory to vivid hesitate arrogance careless in chaos street gossip rumours 1. China is the cradle of ancient and modern cultures .Wood can not conduct electricity, nor can glass.You can do translation work very well, if you care to.Grammar deals with the structure of language, English grammar wi

28、th the structure of English.We shall need to apply our scientific and technological resources to literally every aspect of our society, to our commerce, our industry, our medicine, our transportation.五、正反译法：He knew he was mortally ill.The first bombs missed the target.Such a chance was denied me.We

29、can safely say so.His refusal is not final .This failure is the making of him.We believe that the younger generation will prove worthy of our trust.He was 75, but he carried his years lightly.My guess is as good as yours.The decision is to come .Don tose time in posting this letter.The significance

30、of these incidents wasn lost on us.He saw at once that Phil was not all right .The conclusion we reached in Britain is that change simply cannot sensibly be put off .Let bygones be bygones .Haste makes waste .Be careful! Mind my right arm!She told me, as I departed, that she hate to be in my positio

31、n.Cease-fires in the Mideast have an unhappy habit of becoming unstuck.He told us of his success with undisguised delight.Dancing in public with a lot of country girls! Isurprised m that youcould even think of it.Washington must do something about the situation, and soon.六、被动态的译法：Today this treasury

32、 of silt is trapped behind the dam, and there is no effective drainage system.Yet the Nile has been changed by modern man in ways not yet fully understood.In case of non-delivery, letters must be returned to the senders.The collection of poems has been translated into many foreign languages.Visitors

33、 are requested to leave their coats in the cloak-room.Liars are not believed even when they tell the truth.He was policed by bosses cops.It is generally accepted that matter is in constant motion and in constant change.As rain fell in the Ethiopian highlands and the snow melted in the Mountains of t

34、he Moon, the river was everlastingly renewed .North Adelaide, which is chiefly residential, is bordered by more parklands, and contains two open squares.N and S Adelaide are divided by the Torrens River, spanned by four bridges and lined with ornamental gardens.The town hall s foundation stonewas la

35、id in 1863.七、定语从句的译法：I译成定语词组：The incubation period is the time that elapses between the entrance of the microorganism and the manifestation of the disease.The people who worked for him live in mortal scare of him.Each day we make decisions that affect our lives and sometimes, the lives of others.Bri

36、ndley had begun on his account, out of interest, to survey the waterways that he traveled as he went about his engineering projects for mills and mines.II译成并列句The nervous system consists of a great number of nerves, which like the blood vessels extend to all parts of the body.He managed to raise a c

37、rop of 200 miracle tomatoes that weighed up to 200 pounds each.Isabel was a tall girl with the oval face, a straight nose, fine eyes and full mouth that appeared to be characteristics of the family.The grammar schools legally could only teach the classical subjects for which they had been founded.9a

38、nd the old ways of earning a living rivaled by new agricultural techniques, by commerce with hitherto unknown parts of the globe, and by new crafts with strange machines that saved labor and that ran without the traditional human or animal power.And it helps to explain why so many inventions that we

39、re of Chineseorigin or that had been known to the Greco-Romans, were fully developed and exploited only by the Western Europeans.This hope was nurtured by the great victories won by Genghis Khans grandson, Hulagu, who was a Buddhist, and whose wife was a Christian.III溶合法There are many people who wan

40、t to see the film.There is a sense in which morality and expedience need not conflict.There are events taking place at this time which dim their hopes and lessen the prospects.IV译成状语从句He would have to be very careful not to offend the foreman, who could give him the sack at any time.The task, which

41、seemed to be difficult, was already accomplished in time.He insisted on building another house, which he had no use for.Men become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep alive their families.There was something original, independent,and heroic about theplan that pleased all of th

42、em.Zhou Enlai arranged for experts from Beijing University to give Bill Morrow some up-to-date information he wanted.八、长句的翻译：可调整语序、调整长度Here at home in England, under the fire of the Boche, we do not forget the ties and links that unite us to France, and we are persevering steadfastly and in good hea

43、rt in the cause of European freedom and fair dealing for the common people of all countries, for which, with you, we drew the sword.原序The global economy that boomed in the 1960s, growing at an10 average of 5.5 percent a year, and pushed ahead at a 4.5 percent-a-year rate in the mid-1970s, simply sto

44、pped growing in 1981-1982.If you reach Chicago by train and spend only an hour or two there you will feel the light wind off the lake which gives it the name “Windy City ” .变序The Westerner who developed a farm, opened a shop, or set up in business as a trader, could hope to prosper only as his own c

45、ommunity prospered and his community ran from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada down to Mexico.His famous will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstandingwork in Physics,Chemistry, Physiology,Medicine,Literature and Peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideals.Although ex

46、perienced diplomats do not often share the popular skepticism about international law, there is a danger that the popular attitude may affect inexperienced officials and pressure groups within a state, and that the state may, as a result, be pushed into breaking international law.拆句A man may usually

47、 be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.In the spirit of frankness which I hope will characterize our talks this week, let us recogniz

48、e at the outset these points: we have at times in the past been enemies. We have great differences today. What brings us together is that we have common interests which transcend these differences.It all began in the mid- 1850s, when Lowe s experiments with balloons led him to believe in the existen

49、ce of an upper stream of air that moved in an easterly direction, no matter what direction the lower currents flowed.并句We have rains there, too. Thunderstorms in spring and summer often come with intensity great enough to cause flash-flooding. Every child raised in the West know about these dangers.

50、 At least that s what I11used to think. Id otnso sure anymore.九、习语的译法：I英汉成语比较：比喻不同Just like the mushroom.Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.Look for a needle in a haystack.Like a rat in a hole.No smoke without fire.A good conscience is a soft pillow.Neither fish nor fowl.You cannot make a crab

51、 walk straight.。风俗习惯不同Dog tiredTo dog one s stepsTop dogLucky dogAs faithful as a dogLove me, love my dogEvery dog has its dayA surly dogThat/this dirty dagHe is in the doghouse.He was a bit of a dog in his younger days。历史背景不同To know the ropesTo tide overTo sink or swimTo go with the streamTo clear the decksAll at seaPlain sailingTo rest one s oarsTo keep one s head above waterBlow hot and coldLove is blind.12Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.II英汉习语对译直译Golden ageTo pack like sardinesSour grapesA gentlemen s agreementAn olive branchThe Trojan horseThe heel of ArchillesThe swo