数词的英译处理课件

1、本节内容：数词的英译处理一去二三里，烟村四五家，亭台六七座，八九十枝花。一片一片又一片，两片三片四五片，六片七片八九片，香山红叶红满天。一国两制三好学生，五好家庭北部湾，经济发展新一极子曰：三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。（表象征意义）Confucius said, ”you may be able to carry off the commander from a whole army, but you cannot take away the will of a common folk. 她冷若冰霜，拒人于千里之外。(表形容）She is frosty in manner, repellin

2、g people from a distance五光十色，一五一十，飞流直下三千尺，三人行必有我师焉等等 （一）英语中的数词有时只具有象征作用，即不表示确切的量，指标是大小，轻重，程度等概念。因此英译时不必照实一处，也不可拘泥于汉语的形式，而应按照英语的习惯来译。比较译文：三回五次，留得宋江，就在山里吃了一日酒。（施耐庵水浒传）译文一：three times and five times ,the did try to stay Song Jiang and so he feasted for a day in the lair.译文二：being repeatedly urged to st

3、ay, Song Jiang spent a day in the lair feasting with them.千山鸟飞绝，万径人终灭。（柳宗元）译文一： A hundred mountains and no bird, A thousand paths without a footprint. 译文二： myriad mountains - not a bird flying endless roads -not a trace of men.译文三：the birds have flown from every hill along each empty path no footpri

4、nt seen.（二）汉语中一些政治词汇长于数字连用，英译时一般可以直译，对英美读者不太熟悉的概念或事件，应加注。比较简短的词汇也可以省略数字，补出其实际内容直译：1 三个代表2一个中心，两个基本点3 四项基本原则4和平共处五项原则5坚持一个中国立场Three representsOne central task and two basic pointsThe four cardinal principlesThe five principles of peaceful coexistenceStick to one-China position直译加注：例：除四害eliminate the

5、four pests( rats, bedbugs, flies, and mosquitoes)1 四有青年Four haves youths( have ideals, morality, culture and disciplines2 三热爱Triple love（love for the party the country and socialism）3三个面向Three direction to face (the direction of the world, the future, and the modernization.)三八妇女节The international womens day三座大山The three big mountains (imperialism feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism)八小时工作制Eight hour work day一不怕吃苦，二不怕死Fear neither hardship nor death一言堂Papa-knows-all sty