十种翻译技巧之二——省略法与词类转换法

之前给大家总结的常见的十种翻译技巧中的重复法和增词法,不知道大家有没有get✓ 到呢?今天,小编就带着大家来学习另外两种技巧——省略法(omission)和词类转换法(conversion) 吧!

省略法

(omission)

省略法(omission)是为了行文的简洁和更符合目的与习惯,将一些重复的词语或一些已被涵盖的意义省去的翻译方法,而原文的意义并未因此受到任何损失。

1. When she could no longer decide, she became depressed. Whenever Dwight picked up the baby to take him to his place or to the doctor‟s for a checkup, she felt relief.

她无法抉择,心情压抑,而前夫马赛一把孩子接走或是送到诊所接受检查,她就会有一种轻松感。

2. Rupert with his flexible young knees sat in a hunch-and-crouch pose in imitation of the natives. 鲁珀特年龄小,双膝柔韧,学着当地人的样子,弓背缩身地跪坐着。

3. Stainless steel possess

不锈钢硬度大,强度高。

4. Penicillin works by not allowing a bacterium to build its cell wall.

青霉素的作用是不让细菌制造细胞壁。

5. This is the solid rocky bottom under the ooze and mud of the ocean floor.

海底软泥和泥层下面是坚硬的岩石层。

6. There is a 30% increase of our installed capacity with this year.

今年,我们的装机容量增加了30%。

7. 在工作中,我们必须避免犯不必要的的错误。

We must avoid making mistakes in our work.

8, 质子带阳电,电子带阴电,而中子既不带阳电也不带阴电。

A proton has a positive charge and an electron a negative charge, but a neutron has neither.

9. He put his hand into his pockets and then shrugged his shoulders.

他双手插进口袋,耸了耸肩。

10. Smoking is not allowed in the store-house.

仓库重地,严禁吸烟。

11. 匪军所至,杀戮人民,奸淫妇女,焚毁村庄,掠夺财物,无所不用其极。

Wherever they went, they massacred and raped, burned and looted, and stopped at nothing.

12. 前怕龙后怕虎的态度不能造就干部。

“Fearing dragons ahead and tigers behind” will not produce cadres.

13. 我们党结束了那个时期的社会动荡和纷扰不安的局面。

Our Party has put an end to the social unrest and up heaval of that time.

14. 这种人闹什么东西呢?闹名誉,闹地位,闹出风头。(《毛泽东选集》三卷,779页)

What are these people after? They are after fame and position and want to be in the limelight.

学永无止境

终功成名 就

词类转换法

(conversion)

词类转换法(conversion)是基于两种语言习惯的不同,在翻译中保留词语意义而改变此类的做法。

1. Maya Angelou returned to America in 1964, with the intention of helping Malcolm build his new Organization of African American Unity.

玛雅 安琪露于1964年返回美国,打算帮助马尔科尔木新建立一个非裔美籍人联合会。

2. Shortly after her arrival in the United States, Malcolm was assassinated, and his plans for a new organization died with him.

马尔科尔木来美不久即遭暗杀,他筹建新组织的计划也随即夭亡。

3. His (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) assassination, falling on her birthday in 1968, left her devastated(蹂躏,破坏;使荒废).

1968年她生日那天,小马丁路德金被人暗杀,她痛不欲生。

4. There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling.

学生家长普遍认为学校不再对教单词拼写感兴趣。

5. He was popular among young people.

他在年轻人中很受欢迎。

6. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of the illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.

给我们留下极深印象的是:即便那些没有被告知其病情的病人对其疾病的潜在后果也非常清楚。

7. 学生们都应该德、智、体全面发展。

All the students should develop morally, intellectually and physically. (名词转副词)

8. 由于我们实行了改革开放政策,我国的综合国力有了明显的增强。

Thanks to the introduction of our reform and opening policy, our comprehensive national strength has greatly improved. (动词转名词)

9. The imitation of living systems, be it direct or indirect, is very useful for devising machines, hence the rapid development of bionics.

对生物系统的模仿,不管是直接的还是间接的,对机械设计都很有用,因此仿生学得以快速发展。

10. Abraham Lincoln wanted to build a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

林肯想建立一个民有民治民享的政府。

11. Some of my class-mates are good singers.

我的同班同学中有些人唱歌唱的很好。

12. Party officials worked long hours on meager food, in cold caves, by dim lamps.

党的干部吃简陋的饮食,住寒冷的窑洞,靠微弱的灯光,长时间的工作。

党的干部长时间地工作,而他们吃的是粗陋的饭菜,住的是寒冷的窑洞,点的是昏暗的油灯。

13. Stevenson was eloquent and elegant——but soft.

史蒂文森有口才,有风度,但很软弱。

14. The Wilde family were religious.

王尔德全家都是虔诚的教徒。

15. He is no smoker, but his father is a chain-smoker.

他不抽烟,可他爸爸却是个老烟枪。

16. 他的讲演给听众的印象深刻。

His speech impressed the audience deeply.

17. 该厂的产品的主要特点是工艺精湛,经久耐用。

The products of this factory are chiefly characterized by their fine workmanship and durability.

18. 她在最后一幕里占了突出的地位。

She figures prominently in the last act.

19.会议没能取得一致意见就结束了。

The meeting ended in disagreement.

你和高翻之间∣只差一个策马

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