第八章长句翻译.ppt

长句的译法 翻译长句时，首先要弄清楚原文的句法结构，找出整个句子的中心内容及其各层意思，然后分析几层意思之间的相互逻辑关系（因果、时间顺序等），再按照汉语特点和表达方式，正确地翻译出原文的意思，不拘泥于原文的形式。 顺序法 ①As for the other question momentarily agitating the capitalists / ② as to what new line of activity they could substitute for their own extinguished business, / ③Vanderbilt soon showed / ④ how railroads could be made to yield a far greater fortune than commerce. 这个句子虽长，所带的状语、定语、从句也不少，但大致上可分为四个意群，而中译则可按次序逐片翻译： ①至于如何解决另一个使资本家时刻感到不安的问题，/② 也就是他们有可能搞哪一门新的生意来代替那被迫停止的买卖，/ ③范德比尔特不久就表明，/④办铁路比做买卖更容易发财。 练习参考译文 At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her; she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face. （68字） 这时，整付纸牌都跳到半空中，纷纷向她飞来；她又惊又气，轻轻尖叫一声，想用手把它们打掉，却发现自己躺在河岸上，头枕在姐姐的膝上。树上飘下的几片黄叶落在她的脸上，她的姐姐正轻轻地把它们掸掉。 （92字） 翻译练习 His affection for her soon sunk into indifference; hers lasted a little longer; and in spite of her youth and her manners, she retained all the claims to reputation which her marriage had given her. 韦翰对丽迪雅不久便情淡爱驰，丽迪雅对他比较持久一些，尽管她年轻荒唐，还是顾全了婚后应有的名誉。（王科一译）威克姆不久便情淡爱驰，莉迪亚对他少许持久一些，尽管她年纪轻轻，行为放纵，还是顾全了婚后应有的名声。（孙致礼译）他对她的感情不久就冷淡下来，她对他的感情此后也没有维持多久。尽管她年幼无知，行为不检，不过总算还达到各种要求，维持住她结了婚而挽回了的名誉。（张玲、张扬译） 长句的翻译(之二) 逆序法:有些英语长句的表达次序与汉语表达习惯不同，甚至完全相反，这时就必须从原文后面翻译起，逆着原文的顺序翻译。这种翻译方法又叫倒拆法。从形式看，按意群把句子拆散，逆着原文的句法排列，逐片往上倒译，或者说，把原句的句首部分放到译文的句末去翻译；而原句的句末却安排到译文的前部去。 长句的翻译（之四） 综合法:有些英语长句顺译或逆译都感不便，分译也有困难，这时就应仔细推敲，或按时间先后，或按逻辑顺序，有顺有逆、有主有次地对全句进行综合处理。 ①Mr. Weston was a great favorite , ②and there was not a creature in the world to whom she spoke with such unreserved, ③as to his wife; not any one, ④to whom she related with such conviction of being listened to and understood, ⑤of being always interesting and always intelligible, ⑥the little affairs, arrangements, perplexities and pleasures of her father and herself. (61 words) ①她非常喜欢韦斯顿先生，③而他的那位太太，②