《Translation11.ppt

Translation Part 11 Omission of Nouns 加快经济改革的步伐 ? to accelerate the pace of economic reform to accelerate economic reform [“to accelerate” = “to increase the pace of”] 农业持续丰收 ？there have been good harvests in agriculture there have been good harvests [“Harvests” implies agriculture: there are no harvests in industry.] 城乡人民的生活水平不断提高。 ？living standards for the people in both urban and rural areas continued to rise. living standards in both urban and rural areas continued to rise. [The notion of living standards applies only to people.] 我们应该采取一系列措施确保…… ? We should adopt a series of measures to ensure that … We should adopt measures to ensure that … [The plural form of “measure” covers the sense of a “series.”] “to accelerate” = “to increase the pace of” “Harvests” implies agriculture: there are no harvests in industry. The notion of living standards applies only to people. The plural form of “measure” covers the sense of a “series.” Rule 1: Omit the redundant nouns whose sense is already included or implied in some other element of the sentence. Omission of Verbs 我们尤其需要努力吸收其他文化的长处。 ？It is especially necessary to make great efforts to assimilate the achievements of other cultures. It is especially necessary to assimilate the achievements of other cultures. [What is especially necessary is to assimilate. It is obvious that this process is going to take effort, so we don’t have to say so.] 所有企业都必须注意提拔优秀员工。 ？All enterprises must pay attention to promoting excellent workers. All enterprises must see to it that excellent workers are promoted. [The point is not that the enterprises must “pay attention” to doing something but that they must do it. If they promote workers, they are clearly paying attention to promoting them.] Rule 2: Omit the overworked introductory verbs or verb phrases. Don’t let them delay the advent of the main action. Omission of Modifiers 新加坡将禁止美国著名女流行歌星麦当娜入境演出。 ? Singapore will bar America’s popular female pop star Madonna from staging a show in its ter