英语长句的翻译方法

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长句的翻译方法

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顺序翻译法

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1

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The

problem

is

that

the

last

generation

or

so

we

’

re

come

to

assume that women should be able,

and

should

want,

to

do

everything

that

by

tradition

men

have

done

at

the

same

time

as

prettywell

everything that by tradition women

have

done .

问题是，在过去二十年

时间里，

我们 已经认定，

妇女们应

该能够且应该想做男人们想做男

而同时也

能够做得跟妇女 们传统上所做的

一切同样好。

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2

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Exercise

*Prior

to

the

twentieth

century,

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women

in

novels

were

stereotypes

of

lacking

any

features

that

made

them

unique

individual

and

were

also

subject

to

numerous

restrictions

imposed

by

the

mali- dominated culture.

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逆序翻译法

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1

）

It

therefore

becomes

more

and

more important

that

, if students

are

not

to

waste

their

opportuniti

es,

there

will

have to

be

much

detailed

information

about courses and advice.

因此，

如果要使学生充分利用

（上

大学）的机会，

就得为他们提供

关于课程的更为详尽的信息，

作

更多的指导。

这个问题显得越来越

重要了。

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2

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Exerci ses

*

It

is

probably

easier

for

teachers

than

for

students

to

appreciate

the

reason why learning English seems

to

become

increasingly

difficult

once

the

basic

structures

and

patterns

of

the

language

have

been

understood.

*

A

great

number

of

graduate

students

were

driven

into

the

intellectual

slum

when

in

the

United

States

the

intellectual

poor

because

the

classic

poor,

the

poor

under

the

rather

romantic

guise

of

the

beat

generation,

a

real

phenomenon in the later fifties.

*

Such

a

human

nature

in

the

west

that

a

great

many

people

are

often

willingto

sacrifice

higher

pay

for

the

privilege

of

becoming

white

collar workers.

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*

Clear-cut

guidelines

and

politics

have

been

worked

out

and

expressed

in

accurate

language

concerning

the

economy,

politics,

science

and

technology,

education,

culture

and

military

and

foreign

affairs.

3.

分译法

翻译英语句子时，有时我们可 以

把原文的句子结构整个保存下来或

只作稍改变即可，但在不少 情况下则

必须将原来的句子结构作较大的改

变

< br>。把原文的一个简单句译成两个或

两个以上的句子，这叫分译法

< br>。使用

分译法，可以把原句中的一个词，一

个短语或一个 句子分译成两个或两

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个以上的句子。

一、把原文中单词译成句子

（一）副词

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They

tried

vainly

to

blame

us

for the breakdown in the truce talk.

他们试图把和谈的罪名 加在

我们头上，

但没得逞

。

2

．

The

Chinese

seemed

justifiably

proud

of

their

economic

achievements.

中国人似乎为他们在经济上

取得的成就而自豪，

这是合乎情理

的

。

（副词分译）

3

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Not surprisingly, he was constantly

receiving

complaints

from

all

of

'.

.

them

about

his

not

giving

value

for money.

毫不奇怪

，

他经常受到 来自他

们之中的种种埋怨，说他光拿钱不干

活。

4

．

Characteri stically,

Mr.

Smith

concealed

his feelings

and watched and

learned.

怀特先生没有表露自己的感

情，只是察言观色，心领神会，

特点就是这样。

（二）形容词

1

．

That

region

was

the

most

identifiable trouble spot.

那地区是个麻烦的地方，

这

是大家最容易看得出来的

。

（形容词

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.

分译）

2

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She is grateful for his defense.

他为她挺身而出，

她很感 激

。

3

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The

guest

was

pleased

by

the

distinction but not overwhelmed.

来宾对这种破格礼遇感到高

兴，但没有

受宠若惊

。

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Suddenly

the

door

bursts

and

Gorge

appears,

dirty,

disheveled,

and

bad

ragged,

with a

nasty

cut

on his chin.

突然，门开了，乔治出现了。

他十分肮脏 ，衣冠不整，浑身是泥，

下巴严重划伤。

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The elements are less reserved

and distinct.

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宇宙各种元素并不像以前那

么含蓄，

也不像以前那么截然不同

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三

)

名词

1

．

He

shook

his

head

and

his

eyes

were

wide

,

then

narrowed

in

indignation .

他摇了摇头，

< br>两目睁得圆圆的，

接

着又眯成一条线，

< br>脸上露出了愤怒

的神色。

（名词分译）

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2

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It

was

our

mistake to

have kept

nagging

you.

我们老是 唠叨着催你，

是我

们不对

。

3

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The truth is I have someone in my

mind

some

time

but

I

’

ve

been

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postponing telling my parents.

< br>实际情况是

，一段时间以来

我已经有了心上人，不过我一 直拖

着，没有告诉父母。

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I

wanted

to

laugh

at

their

harmlessness.

它们无法作恶了

，

我真想放

声大笑。

二、把原文中的

短语

译成句子

1

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I wrote four books

in the first three

years

,

a

record

never

touched

before .

我头三年写了四本书，

打破

了以往的记录。

（名词短语分译）

2

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She had such a kindly , smiling ,

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tender , gentle , generous heart of her

own.

她心地厚道，性格温柔可疼，

器量又大，为人又乐观。

（单词搭配

分译）

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3

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And

in

their

further

disputes

she

always returned to his point ,

“

Get

me

a

situation

——

we

hate

each

other , and I am ready to go .

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