商务英语翻译.ppt

否定句式 比较句式 被动句式 各种从句 第一页 句法翻译之二：比较句式 几个值得注意的比较级句式及其翻译 第二页 The price of company A is not more competitive than that of company B. （1）not +比较级+ than / no +比较级+ than 比较级前加not，表示前者不如后者，与not as…as相当； 比较级前加no是对两者的否定，意为“和……一样不……”，与neither…nor…或“as+相反意义的形容词或副词+as”相当。如： The price of company A is no more competitive than that of company B. 第三页 The bag costs no more than 1000 Yuan. （2）no more than与not more than 两者均可表示数量，前者表示“仅仅”、“只不过”,强调少；而后者表示“不多于”、“至多”。如： He has placed not more than three orders with the supplier. 这个包只需1000元人民币. 他向该供应商最多订过三次货。 第四页 Wei Xiaobao has no less than 7 wives and concubines. （3）no less than 与not less than 均可表示数量，前者意为“多达”、“有…之多”，强调多；后者表示“不下于”、“至少”。有时两者都可译为“至少”，但no less than语气比not less than要夸张，表示所涉及的数量比预料的要多,如： Yu Minhong, the founder of New Oriental, had been rejected for not less than three times in applying for a visa to the U.S. 韦小宝有7个老婆之多. 新东方的创始人俞敏洪申请美国签证至少被拒签三次。 第五页 Statistics show that by 2017 there will be 30 million more men than women in China. （4）more…than…的用法 a. 本身用作比较级：把more看成many或much的比较级，后接名词，表示“比…更多”。如：： I was more annoyed than worried. b. 对同一对象的两个方面进行比较：若是对同一个人或物在不同方面进行取舍时，意为“与其说……倒不如……”，此时，不论形容词或副词是单音节、双音节还是多音节，一律用more…than…。如: 我与其说是着急，不如说是生气。 He is more a businessman than a professor. 第六页 练习 Never has China made better economic developments than now. Even though the United States produces more automobiles than any other country, it still imports large numbers of autos from Germany, Japan and Sweden, primarily because there is a market for them in the United States. We have kept business relationship with Goodyear for years as it is as creditable as ever. 第七页 练习 We have kept business relationship with Goodyear for years as it is as creditable as ever. The environment for investment in China is as suitable as any in the world. Bill Gates is as rich as any billionaire in the world. Each political party in the United States is more interested in winning elections than in putting across a particular policy or law. Containeriz