自考英语 初级翻译技巧 Lesson 1课件.ppt

Lesson 1 The Quest By: Cathy Miao Language Study Translation Skills 1. Taking the train, the two friends arrived in Berlin in late October 1922, and went directly to the address of Chou En-lai. directly at once 他们两个人坐火车于一九二二年十月到达柏林，立即去周恩来的住处。 ★Skill: 在英语书面语中，主语前面先用一个分词短语是一种常见的结构。译成汉语就不一定保持这样的结构，还是先出主语较顺。 Language Study Translation Skills 2. Would this man receive them as fellow countrymen or would he treat them with cold suspicion … receive allow sb to enter, eg as a guest, member, etc. 接待（如客人、成员等） fellow countryman 同胞手足 这个人会像同胞手足一样接待他们呢？会不会疑虑重重，…… Language Study Translation Skills 3. He was thirty six, his youth had passed like a screaming eagle, leaving him old and disillusioned. a screaming eagle 一路鸣叫的鹰 disillusioned disappointed in sb/sth that one had admired or believed in 对……大失所望，幻想破灭 他已三十六岁，青春像一路鸣叫的鹰，早已一闪而逝，留给他的是衰老和幻灭。 Language Study Translation Skills 4. When Chou En-lai’s door opened they saw a slender man of more than average height with gleaming eyes and a face so striking that it bordered on the beautiful. border on 1） be next to sth; adjoin sth 接近某物；毗邻某物 2）(fig) be almost the same as sth; verge on sth 比喻）几乎与某事物相同；在某事物的边缘 周恩来的房门打开时，他们看到的是一个身材瘦长，比普通人略高一点的人，两眼闪着光辉，面貌很引人注意，称得上清秀。 Language Study Translation Skills 5. in one’s middle twenties 二十五六岁 in the twenties 二十年代 in one’s early twenties 二十出头 in one’s late twenties 快二十 Language Study Translation Skills 6. … urged them to be seated and to tell how he could help them. seat [尤用于被动] make (sb/oneself) sit 使（某人/自己）就坐，坐下 ……招呼他们坐下，询问有何见教。 Skill: 在英语里，如果有人来找，被找的人往往说What can I do for you?或者说Can I help you?意思相当于汉语里的“你有什么事？” Language Study Translation Skills 7. ignoring the chair offered him 顾不得拉过来的椅子 8. stood squarely 端端正正地站着 Language Study Translation Skills 9. more than ten years his junior 比他年轻十岁 junior (used with his, her, your, etc.) person who is a spec