翻译lesson 4.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A Course of English – Chinese Translation Part I Translation Skills 5. 省略翻译 5.省略翻译 在英汉翻译中把原文中需要但译文中不需要 的词语予以省略。 能够省略的词有：介词，冠词，连词，实词 注意： 不可任意删减原文词语。 5.1 冠词的省略 A horse is a useful animal. 马是有用的动物。 The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. 我生活的转折点是我决定不做发迹有望的商人而专攻音乐。 注：定冠词the 用来特指某具体事物时必须译出。 The girl is my sister. 5.2 介词的省略 Smoking is prohibited in public places. 在公共场合严禁吸烟。 On August 16, 1983, they started for the South to seek their fortune. 在1983年8月16日，他们动身去南方寻找出路。 Whenever a current flows through a resistance, a potential difference exists at the two ends of the resistance. 只要有电流通过电阻，在电阻的两端就有电位差。 5.3 连词的省略 If I had known it, I would not have invited him to the party. 早知道我就不邀请他参加我们的晚会了。 Even if you go there it won’t do any good。 你去了也没有用。 When short waves are sent out and meet an obstacle they are reflected. 短波发射出去，遇到障碍就会反射回来。 5.4 代词的省略 He put his hands into his pockets and then shrugged his shoulders. 他把手放进口袋里，然后耸耸肩。 It is the people that are really powerful. 真正伟大的是人民。 It is warm today. It is said that… 5.5 动词的省略 This chapter provides a brief review of applicable theory for computer. 本章简单的回顾计算机的应用理论。 The melting point of a substance is the temperature at which the change of state from solid to liquid occurs. 物质的熔点就是从固态变为液态的温度。 5.6 逻辑上的省略 This treatment did not produce any harmful side effect. 这种治疗方法并没有产生任何副作用。 The present process of making steel from iron is only about 100 years old. 目前的炼钢法只有100年的历史。 There was no snow, the leaves were gone from the trees, the grass was dead. 天未下雪，但叶落草枯。 Practice As for television, there are some 121 million television sets in the united states. This means that there is one television for less than every two persons. Television gives the American people a wide variety of programs from early morning until at night. Practice As fo