汉译英如何避免句际重复 Repetition

出现在梦中的脸，

他当然还是一张猴脸。

Once

upon

a

time,

there

was

a

monkey.

Having

no

parents

or

any

other

blood

relations, he had not had upbringing of any

kind.

…

I

read

about

this

monkey

in

a

novel

entitled

The

Pilgrimage

to

the

West

.

…

I

seemed

to

see

again

the

face

which often appeared in my dream while I

myself was a kid, the face of that monkey,

of course.

II.

Ellipsis

(Either partial or complete)

他饮他的花酒，我喝我的清茶。……面

对

别

人

的

成

功

与

荣

耀

，

我

喝

我

的

清

茶……凡事不逃避， 我喝我的清茶。

While

others

may

be

wining

and

dining,

I'm content with plain tea

. … Not dazzled

by

other

people's

aura

of

success

and

glamour,

I'll

indulge

in

my

simple

pleasure. … I stick to the pureness of my

pleasure, never escaping from reality.

一个小伙 子暗恋着一个女孩。女孩是他

的同事，

他们在一个办公室里工作 。

……

至于直截了当地告诉女孩说“我爱你”

< br>，

小伙子就更没有那胆量了。

One young man was secretly in love with a

girl,

one

of

his

fellow-

office

workers.

…

As

to

face-to-face

confession

of

love,

he

absolutely had not the guts to do so.

上海自行车三厂，生产驰名中外的凤凰

牌自行车。……上海自行车三厂也是国

内自行车行业中的第一个国家一级企

The

Phoenix

bicycle

manufactured

by

Shanghai No. 3 Bicycle Factory have good

reputation both at home and abroad…. and

the factory is a first- grade state enterprise.

……大 北风刮得正猛……不一会，北风

小了……（鲁迅《一件小事》

）

A

strong

north

wind

was

blustering….

Presently the wind

dropped a little….

III. Synonyms

(Either

of

same

language

origins

or

different)

A. Of Anglo-Saxon Origins:

我家先生的朋友、同事来访少不了 喝上

几杯。……我家先生一番高论。

When my husband's friends and colleagues

come for a visit on such an occasion, they

are

bound

to

have

a

drink.

…

My

better

half acquainted the guests with the way we

dispose of liquor bottles.

刚才那个小姑娘出来开了 门……招手叫

我进去。……但这位小姑娘的镇定、勇

敢、乐观的 精神鼓舞了我，我似乎觉得

眼前有无限光明。

（冰心《小橘灯》

）

The

young

girl

I

had

met

just

now

answered.

…

However,

the

little

girl's

calmness

and

courage,

and

her

optimism,

made me feel as though the way in front of

me was boundlessly illuminated.

因为 我长的漂亮，

已经吃了不少亏。

……

除 了我，他们几个都不漂亮。

（

《漂亮的

二丫头》

）

I've

already

suffered

a

lot

for

being

pretty

….

None

of

the

others

was

particularly good-looking.

一个自我安定的人是不怕环境污染自己

的，而有力量影响他人。 ……自我安定

可不是找一个安宁的所在，而恰恰是在

紊乱的环境 中保持安定的心境。

A

person

in

full

possession

of

mental

serenity

never

stands

in

fear

of

being

mentally

contaminated

by

the

filthy

environment.

On

the

contrary,

he

can

exercise

positive

influences

all

around.

…

Enjoying

the

tranquillity

of

mind

does

not

mean

hiding

oneself

in

a

haven.

What

is

meant

is

the

maintenance

of

such

a

mental

state

in

the

midst

of

chaos….

B. Of Anglo-Saxon and Latin Origins:

失

去

希

望

，

国

王

和

乞

丐

没

有

< br>什

么

不

同……失去希望，即使才 华横溢，也会

烟消云散……

Losing all hope, a king is no different from

a

beggar….

Despondence

may

cause

all

one's talents to evaporate….

倘要我寻出这些事的影响来说，便只是

增长了我的坏脾气。……但是有一 件小

事，却于我有意义，将我从坏脾气里拖

开，使我至今忘记不 得。

（

《一件小事》

）

If asked to define their influence on me, I

can

only

say

that

they

made

my

bad

temper

worse….

One

small

incident,

however,

which

struck

me

as

significant

and

jolted

me

out

of

my

irritability,

remains fixed even now in my memory.

但是场中叫喊的人，不但是少年男女，

还有许多白发的老教授……我也 变少年

了！

（胡适）

Among

the

yelling

crowds

were

not

only

young

boys

and

girls,

but

also

many

hoary-

headed

old

professors….

I

became

rejuvenated.

III.

W

ords of Similar Meanings:

忍不住叫人想到“浪漫”一词。写情书

是一种浪漫，送

99

朵玫瑰是一种浪漫。

我不知道，擦桌子泡茶送药是否也是一

种浪漫。浪漫是没有定式的，或许那些

实实在在的呵护和关爱才是真正的浪

漫……

His

words

remind

me

of

the

word

Writing

love

letters

is

an

outpouring

of

romantic

feelings,

so

is

offering

a

big

bunch

of

red

roses.

The

expression

of

love

follows

no

definite

pattern.

I

wonder

if

wiping

the

desk

and

preparing tea and medicine for a person of

one's heart is not one of the ways. Maybe

true love lies in giving heart-felt care and

whole-hearted protection.

< /p>

我行过许多地方的桥，看过许多地方的

云，喝过多种类的酒，却只 爱过一个正

当最好年龄的人。

I’ve

crossed

the

bridges

of

many

a

place,

admired

the

beauty

of

clouds

at

different

times, and tasted wine of a big variety, but

I love only one girl in her prime.

IV.

More Generic Words or Clauses:

(Sometimes with modifiers)

一是培养通晓西方文化科学知识的< /p>

各种

人才

，……就在这时，曾国藩为了< /p>

兴办洋务，广泛招聘

人才

。向容闳发了< /p>

邀请。……除了兴办近代工业企业，容

闳还十分钟注重培养西学< /p>

人才

。

（

《容< /p>

闳》

）

First,

China

had

to

train

talents

equipped

with

a

good

knowledge

of

western

culture

and

science;….

At

that

1

1

卢敏。

《 英语笔译实务》

。北京：外文社，

2006

：

6

。

time, Zeng Guofan, busy recruiting

people

for

his

westernization

drive,

issued

an

invitation

to

Rong

Hong….Besides,

he

directed

full

attention

to

the

training

of

2

people

with western learning.

“阿义可怜——疯活，简直是发了

疯了。”花白胡子

恍然大 悟似的说

。

“发了疯了。”二十多岁的人

也恍

然大悟的说

。

（鲁迅《药》

）

for

Red- eye

—

crazy!

He

must

have been crazy!

suddenly he saw light.

must

have

been

crazy!

echoed

the man in his twenties.

2

卢敏。

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