上海中级口译教程第15章.ppt

15-4：左脑之忧 Left Hemispheric Dominance The cortex, which is not present to a comparable degree in any other species, represents man’s relatively recent evolutionary step in neurological development. 任何其他物种都不具有人类特有的脑皮层，脑皮层的出现时人类在其神经发展过程中近期出现的一次进化的结果。 建议：注意定语从句。 15-4：左脑之忧 Left Hemispheric Dominance The brain is divided into two roughly symmetrical hemispheres which appear to specialized in handling various tasks. Current evidence suggests that in most individuals, the left hemisphere has primary responsibility for language, while the right hemisphere controls visual and spatial skills as well as the perception of nonlinguistic sounds and musical melodies. 大脑可分为两个大致对称的、各司其职的半球。据目前所知，大多数人的左半球主要负责语音行为，而右半球则掌管着与视觉和空间相关的技能，以及对非语言声音和音乐旋律的感知。 建议：英语较为平实，而翻译成汉语要注意信、达、雅。 15-4：左脑之忧 Left Hemispheric Dominance It is believed that left brain dominance for linguistic functions appears to exit prior to birth and this linguistic asymmetry is maintained throughout life. 据说左半脑的语言功能优势似乎在婴儿出生前便已存在了，而且这种大脑的语言不对称现象伴随人的终身。 建议：按照句子顺序进行翻译。 第十五单元 科普性口译（英译汉） Unit 15 Interpreting Popular Science Speeches (English-Chinese) Unit 15 Interpreting Popular Science Speeches (E-C) 15-1：睡眠与梦 Sleep and Dream 15-2：音响今昔 The Sound Reproduction Industry 15-3：遗传信息 Genetic Information 15-4：左脑之优 Left Hemispheric Dominance 15-1：睡眠与梦 Sleep and Dream irritable:烦躁; emotional：精神上的; psychological rest ：心理休息; alternate：交替; passive/active sleep：消极/积极睡眠; heart beat：心脏的跳动; slow-wave sleep：慢波睡眠; the still body：纹丝不动的身体; Vocabulary Work rhythm：节奏; eye movement：眼球运动; dream cycle：做梦的过程; exception：例外; 15-1：睡眠与梦 Sleep and Dream It is clear that we all need to sleep, because if we sleep well, we feel rested and if not, we often feel tired and irritable. 显然我们都需要睡眠，如果睡得好，就感觉得到了充分的休息；若睡眠不充足便会感到疲倦和烦躁。 建议：按照句子的顺序进行翻译。 15-1：睡眠与梦 Sleep and Dream Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep, active sleep and passive sleep, in order to get both physical and emotional rest. 每天晚上我们以积极和消极的方式交替睡眠，以求在体力和精神两方面都得到休息。