7_繁复和简短.pptVIP

繁复与简短; plain English The most prevalent disease in present-day writing is a tendency to say what one has to say in as complicated a way as possible. Instead of being simple, terse and direct, it is stilted, long-winded and circumlocutory; instead of choosing the simple word it prefers the unusual; instead of the plain phrase the cliché.;繁复与简短; 英语句式长且繁复的原因 （1）英语呈形合，具有丰富的形合机制与形合手段。 （2） 句尾呈开放性。;繁复与简短;繁复与简短;繁复与简短;繁复与简短;Complex vs. Simplex(繁复与简短）;繁复与简短;繁复与简短;反复与简短;English sentence-building is characterized by an “architecture style” with extensive use of longer or subordinate structures, while Chinese,a “chronicle style” （流水记事法）with frequent use of shorter or composite structures. In a word, English sentences are often complex while Chinese sentences are often simplex.;反复与简??; 王力指出，“中国人作文虽讲究炼句，然其所谓炼句只是着重在造成一个典雅的句子，并非要扩充句子的组织。恰恰相反，中国人喜欢用四个字的短句子，以为这样可以使文章遒劲。由此看来，西洋人做文章把语言化零为整，中国人做文章几乎可以说是化整为零。”; 翻译启示 英译汉是常常要破句重组，化繁为简。 汉语的分句或流水句，译成英语时，常常要化简为繁，组合成复合句或长句。;繁复与简短;繁复与简短;繁复与简短