数词的英译处理教程文件.pptVIP

本节内容： 数词的英译处理 一去二三里，烟村四五家，亭台六七座，八九十枝花。 一片一片又一片，两片三片四五片，六片七片八九片，香山红叶红满天。 一国两制 三好学生，五好家庭 北部湾，经济发展新一极 子曰：三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。（表象征意义） Confucius said, ”you may be able to carry off the commander from a whole army, but you cannot take away the will of a common folk. 她冷若冰霜，拒人于千里之外。(表形容） She is frosty in manner, repelling people from a distance 五光十色，一五一十，飞流直下三千尺，三人行必有我师焉等等 （一）英语中的数词有时只具有象征作用，即不表示确切的量，指标是大小，轻重，程度等概念。因此英译时不必照实一处，也不可拘泥于汉语的形式，而应按照英语的习惯来译。 比较译文： 三回五次，留得宋江，就在山里吃了一日酒。（施耐庵《水浒传》） 译文一：three times and five times ,the did try to stay Song Jiang and so he feasted for a day in the lair. 译文二：being repeatedly urged to stay, Song Jiang spent a day in the lair feasting with them. 千山鸟飞绝，万径人终灭。（柳宗元） 译文一： A hundred mountains and no bird, A thousand paths without a footprint. 译文二： myriad mountains - not a bird flying endless roads -not a trace of men. 译文三：the birds have flown from every hill along each empty path no footprint seen. 练习： 孔子曰：三人行，必有我师焉。 Confucius said: “when travelling in company of two other people, I could find my teacher. Confucius said:” out of my two fellow travelers, one must be qualified to be my teacher. 万一打碎了眼镜， 我这1200度的近视眼如何走路呢。 If my glasses got broken, I shan’t be able to walk very far with these nearsighted eyes of mine. （二）汉语中一些政治词汇长于数字连用，英译时一般可以直译，对英美读者不太熟悉的概念或事件，应加注。比较简短的词汇也可以省略数字，补出其实际内容 直译： 1 三个代表 2一个中心，两个基本点 3 四项基本原则 4和平共处五项原则 5坚持一个中国立场 Three represents One central task and two basic points The four cardinal principles The five principles of peaceful coexistence Stick to one-China position 直译加注： 例：除四害 eliminate the four pests( rats, bedbugs, flies, and mosquitoes) 1 四有青年 Four haves youths( have ideals, morality, culture and disciplines 2 三热爱 Triple love（love for the party the country and socialism） 3三个面向 Three direction to face (the direction of the world, the future, and the modernization.)