第四讲商务翻译之否定句式.pptVIP

有些句子含有the last, the least,the limit等表示极限的词组具有否定的意义，通常翻译成 “最不可能的” “最不合适的” 例如： 1. 60 percent of the people polled said that snails are the last things they would like to eat. 在接受民意调查的人当中，百分之60的人说他们最不爱吃的东西是蜗牛。 2. young people are most welcomed by an enterprise as they are the least conservative. 年轻人深受企业欢迎，因为他们最不保守。 特定环境下的疑问句----暗含否定 What is the good of the US imposition of trade sanctions on China ? 美国对中国实施贸易制裁是没有用的。 When have you lost your heart? 你什么时候气馁过？ 翻译练习： 1. I’m wiser than to believe what you call the money talks. 2. He would do anything he was asked to do but returns to his old life. 3. All graduates from the Foreign Languages Institute will not be appointed to be a translator. 4. both sides thought that the trade proposal was the one they could accept with dignity. 5. a new hand can not be too careful in buying stocks. 6.nothing is so beautiful but it betrays some defect on close inspection. 7. slips are scarcely avoidable when you are new to your work. 8.the meeting was marked by such an absence of lively discussions that at times it was almost on the point of breaking up. 句法翻译之一：否定句式 完全否定 (complete negation) 部分否定 (partial negation) 形式否定 (literal negation) 含蓄否定 (connotative negation) 否定转移 (negation transfer) 双重否定 (double negation) 否定句式（1）：完全否定 词汇表示完全否定 or 引导的并列否定结构 否定句式（1）：完全否定 英语表示完全否定的词语有no, not, never, none, nobody, nothing, nowhere, neither…nor…等。含有这些词语的完全否定句一般情况下意思都是一目了然的，只要注意译文的表达，符合现代汉语习惯就行了。例如： 不能否认市场调研是企业成功的一个重要因素。 There is no denying the fact that market research is an important factor in the success of a business. 1. 词汇表示完全否定 China’s negotiation over its WTO membership was not an easy task. 中国入世谈判不是一件轻而易举的事情。 中国入世谈判决非一件轻而易举的事情。 2. or 引导的并列否定结构 or 引导的并列否定结构表示完全否定，通常译成“既不……也不……” He did not care time or money. 他不在乎时间，也不在乎金钱。 （客观评价） （主观强调） 否定句式（2）：部分否定 1. 不定代词或形容词在否定句中 2. 副词在否定句中 3. 接近完全否定的词在否定句中 4. and 引导的并列结构 The US dollar is not strong at all times. China does not accept every economic condition that the US imposes on it. 美元并不是在