Unit 8 正反、反正表达法课件.ppt

正反、反正表达法 Affirmative Negative Expressions in Translation;1. What is Affirmation? What is Negation? ;2. Negative in English, but Affirmative in Chinese or Affirmative in English, but Negative in Chinese ; ;;如何翻译????;;不求今日拥有，但求天长地久。（青岛电视） Choose once and choose for good Ask for More（百事流行鞋） 渴望无限; 表达转换译法亦称“正说反译法”、“正反译法”、“反正、正反表达法”，即以“正”译“反”或以“反”译“正”来表达原语的内容。; 英语中有一些否定句，可根据词句的涵义、逻辑关系，按汉语表达习惯，把否定译肯定，才符合汉语思维和行文习惯。;例1：An opportunity is not likely to repeat itself. 【译文】机会难得。 例2：Such things are of no rare occurrence. 【译文】这些事情经常发生。;例3：No man can have too much knowledge and practice. 【译文】知识和实践越多越好。 例4：That’s not a man that lives who does not know his god-like hours. (William Wordsworth) 【译文】凡是活在世上的人都曾有过神仙般的几段绝好时光。（双重否定表示强烈肯定）;例5：The significance of these incidents wasn’t lost on us. 【译文】这些事引起了我们的重视。 例6：He has no small chance of success. 【译文】他大有成功的可能。 例7：Nothing is useless to man. 【译文】样样东西都有用。（双重否定用来表示强烈肯定） ;例8：The thought of returning to his native land never deserted him amid his tribulation. 【译文】在苦难中，重返故土的想法始终在他心头萦绕。; 课堂互动1： 翻译句子， 注意否定译肯定; ; 英语中有一些句子，句式是肯定句，意义却是否定的。可根据词句的涵义，按汉语表达习惯，肯定译否定，通顺自然，语言地道。;例1：The window refuses to open. 【译文】窗户打不开。 例2：It is a wise father that knows his own child. 【译文】聪明的父亲也未必了解自己的儿子。 “it be +adj. +n.+ that” It is good workman that never blunders. 智者千虑，必有一失。 It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯，事必有变。 ;例4： She refrained from laughing. 【译文】她忍住没有笑。 例5：The thick carpet killed the sound of my footsteps. 【译文】???走在厚厚的地毯上一点儿声音也没有。;例6：The pursuit of science withdraws interest from external things. 【译文】科学家由于致力于科学研究，对外界事物总是不感兴趣。 例7： My guess is as good as yours. 【译文】我的猜测并不比你的高明。 ;例8：In the grave the rich and the poor lie equal. 【译文】人死后即无贫富之差别。 例9：We live meagerly, but at the same time, we blessed in many ways. 【译文】我们生活并不富裕，但同时在很多方面又是很幸运的。; 课堂互动2： 翻译句子， 注意肯定译否定; 正反译法是一个很有用的翻译技巧，虽然说法变了，意思还是原来的。之所以要改变，主要是由于词语之间的关系、句式的变化、习惯表达等方面的因素。“正话反说，反话正说”是提高译文水平的有效方法之一。;Practice;例5：It was beyond his power t