[汉译英中句子结构的重组一.ppt

实用汉英翻译技巧 McDull ?? 翻译对比：《中年人的寂寞》 我已是一个中年的人。一到中年，就有许多不愉快的现象，眼睛昏花了，记忆力减退了，头发开始秃脱而且变白了，意兴，体力，什么都不如年青的时候，常不禁会感觉到难以名言的寂寞的情味。尤其觉得难堪的是知友的逐渐减少和疏远，缺乏交际上的温暖的慰藉。 I am already a middle-aged man. At middle age, I feel sad to find my eyesight and memory failing, my hair thinning and graying, and myself no longer mentally and physically as fit as when I was young. I often suffer from a nameless loneliness. The most intolerable of all is the lack of friendly warmth and comfort due to the gradual passing away and estrangement of more and more old pals. 汉译英中句子结构的重组 重组的原因： 1、原文句子很长 2、逻辑需要 3、句子的连贯 4、语言的特点 “西洋语法是硬的，没有弹性；中国语法是软的，富于弹性……惟其软的，所以中国语法以达意为主，如，初系的目的格可兼次系的主格，又如相关的两件事可以硬凑在一起，不用连接词。” “所以英国人写文章往往化零为整，而中国人则往往化整为零。” ——王力《中国语法论》 将汉语原文拆成多个英语句子 例1：有的人以为散文不可捉摸，拿起笔来先害怕。 Some people regard prose-writing as something difficult to master. Once they take up the pen, they are seized with a kind of fear. 例2：改革开放以来，成都已建设得更加雄伟壮丽了，现代化的高楼大厦林立，城内外遍地鲜花。 Since the reform and opening to the outside world，highrises have made Chengdu still more majestic and splendid. Plenty of tall towers have risen up. Flower beds overspread downtown and the suburbs. 将汉语两个或两个以上句子在译文中合为一句 例1：从那时到现在，已经整整五十年了。这是光辉的五十年，不平凡的五十年。 Fifty years have elapsed since that day – fifty glorious years, fifty extraordinary years. 例2：太阳刚刚落下地平线。柔风阵阵吹在脸上，怪痒痒的。 The sun had just sunk below the horizon and a gentle breeze caressed one’s face. 例3：王先生心里有事，急促地走着。可是，满街光怪陆离的景色，不断地闯进他的眼帘。 Mr. Wang walked hurriedly along, preoccupied with his own thoughts, but the kaleidoscopic street scenes continuously forced themselves on his attention. 试译：我们必须扫除这个最大的障碍。这个障碍的扫除要靠中美两国政府的共同努力。 We must clear away this biggest obstacle, the removal of which depends on the joint efforts of the Chinese and American governments. 重新构建句子结构 1. 汉语的分句译为英语的短语 例1：的确散文比诗容易写，但也须下番功夫，才能写好。 It is true that prose is easier to write than verse. But to write prose well, we still have to make an effort.