英汉翻译技巧week 3.pptVIP

E-C Translation Basic skills of E-C translation I C. Expression: try to express the meaning in idiomatic Chinese; D. Revision: (proofread) check again and again to polish the language. He is employed in watering the garden. 他被雇来浇花。 他忙于浇花。 He is not a majestic personal figure like Roosevelt, and he doesn’t inspire fear like Jonson. 和罗斯福一样，他不是一个代表威严的人物，和约翰逊一样他也不会让人望而生畏。 他并不像罗斯福是一个代表威严的人物，也不像约翰逊那样让人望而生畏。 He completed translating that novel in such short time, which made me jump out of my skin. 大吃一惊 The police searched him to no purpose. 警察对他仔细搜身，一无所获（毫无结果）。 When she and he met again, each had been married to another. 当他们重逢时，各自与另一个人结婚了。 改译：他们重逢时，一个已经娶妻，一个已经嫁人了。 The choices of meaning Words are basic units of translation. In English-Chinese translation, to determine the meaning of a word is the key to the quality of translation. When translating ,the meaning of a word can be determined on the basis of its syntactical feature ,context ,and commendatory or derogatory feature. To determine the meaning of words while the meaning is available To extend the meaning of words while the proper meaning cannot be found I The skills of choosing the proper meaning of a word To determine the meaning of words according to parts of speech To determine the meaning of words according to the fields of the study To determine the meaning of words according to collocation and grammar To determine the meaning of words according to co-text ★To determine the meaning of words according to parts of speech 例1．Bullets fell round him. 子弹落在他的周围。 The planets move round the sun in the same direction and nearly in the same plane. 诸行星以同一方向而且约在同一平面上绕着太阳运行。 例2．Show I show you round? 我领你四处看看好吗？ Come round and see me this evening. 今晚请过来看我。 例3. It is as round as a ball. 它像球一样圆。 He has got a mellow, round voice. 他的声音圆润洪亮。 例4. The night watchman makes his rounds. 守夜者巡查。巡视(路线); 巡回(路线) There burst out a round of applause. （人们）发出了齐声喝彩。一系列的 例5．The bear rounde