Lectre 7 Affirmatin an negatin 汉英翻译 教学.ppt

not…because 1.　The engine didn’t stop because the fuel was finished. 引擎并不是因为燃料耗尽而停止运转。 (Wrong: 引擎因为燃料耗尽所以没有停止。) 2. This project was not placed first because it was simple. 此方案并不是因为简易而放在了首位。 not…because 并不是因为 3. In that city, we had never suffered discrimination because we were Jews. 我们在那个城市从未因为是犹太人而遭受歧视。 cannot/ can never …too/enough/sufficiently 1. You cannot be too careful in proof-reading. 校对时，越仔细越好。 2. We can not thank them enough. 我们对他们感恩不尽。 3. I can never stress too much for your kindness. 不管我怎么强调，都难以言表您的善意。 4. We can’t praise her enough/too high. 我们怎么表扬她都不过分。 5. You can’t take enough care. 越小心越好。（怎么小心都不为过。） 6. Cannot Love You Enough (name of a song) cannot/ can never …too/enough/sufficiently 无论怎样……都不过分；越……越好 all/every …not 1. All that glitters is not gold. (proverb) 发光的不一定都是金子。 2. Every couple is not a pair. (proverb) 配对未必就成双。（未必每对夫妻都情投意合。） 3. Everything is not straightened out. 不，并非每个问题都弄清楚了/摆平了。 4. Every book is not educative.(= Not every book is educative. ) 不是每本书都有教育意义。 5. I don’t know all of them. 我并不全认识他们。 all/every …not (partial negation) 不是都 Compare: None of the books are educative. （full negation） both …not 1. We both cannot go. 我们两不能同时都走。(partial negation) (compare: Neither of us can go. ) (full negation) 2. I don’t like both of the books. 这两本书我并不都喜欢。 3. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. The prayers of both could not be answered. 双方念的是同一本圣经，拜的是同一个上帝，但各方都恳求上帝帮助去打倒对方。所以，双方的祈求不可能都得到满足。 both …not 两者并不都 It be + adj. + n + that + negative word 再……也会…… 1. It is a good workman that never blunders. 智者千虑，必有一失。 2. It is a long lane that has no end. 路必有弯。（凡事总有变化，不会永远不变。） 3. It is a good horse that never stumbles and a good wife that never grumbles. 再好的马也会失蹄，再贤惠的妻子也会抱怨。 Practice Use the techniques of affirmation and negation in translation. 1. Africa is not kicking out western imperialism in order to invite other new master