ec增减词.ppt

Unit 5 Amplification Amplification, also called addition, means supplying necessary words in our translation on the basis of accurate comprehension of the original. Requirements in rhetoric, logic or meaning 1) Amplification of Chinese verbs. In the evening, after the banquets, the concerts and the table tennis exhibitions, he would work in the drafting of the final communiqué. 晚上在参加宴会、出席音乐会、观看乒乓球表演以后，他还得起草最后公报。 There were no speeches, no foreign diplomats, no ordinary Chinese with paper flags and bouquets of flowers. 没有发表讲话，没有各国外交官到场，也没有普通中国人挥舞纸旗、花束的场面。 He dismissed the meeting without a closing speech. 他没有致闭幕词就宣布结束会议。 2） Amplification of Chinese adverbs The crowds melted away. 人群渐渐散开了。 As he sat down and began talking, words pouted out. 他一坐下来就讲开了，滔滔不绝地讲个没完。 I had imagined it to be merely a gesture of affection, but it seems it is to smell the lamb and make sure that it is her own. 原来我以为这不过是一种亲热地表示，但是现在看来，这是为了闻一闻羊羔的味道，来断定是不是自己生的。 2） Amplification of Chinese nouns Mary washed for a living after her husband died of acute pneumonia. 玛丽在丈夫患急性肺炎去世后，就靠洗衣服维持生活。 First you borrow, then you beg. 头一遭借钱，下一遭讨饭。 At 8:30 every morning, she came to her work---sweeping, and scrubbing and cleaning. 每天上午8点30分，她都来干活——扫地、拖地板、收拾房子。 3）Amplification by Supplying Words to Make an Abstract Concept Clear Oxidation will make iron and steel rusty. 氧化作用会使钢铁生锈。 The arrogance of the aristocracy helped to lead to the French Revolution. 贵族的傲慢态度促发了法国革命. After all preparations were made, the plane took off. 一切准备工作就绪以后，飞机就起飞了 Backwardness, preparation, persuasion, tension, arrogance, madness 4） Amplification to clearly express English plurals Note that the words “velocity” and “speed” require explanation. 请注意，“速度”和“速率”这两个词需要解释。 There were rows of houses which he had never seen before. 那一排排的房子都是他从来没有见过的。 3. The mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valley. 群山开始向山谷投下一道道蔚蓝色长影。 5) Add Chinese classifier measure words Have a