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Translation TechniquesPlease put the following sentences into Chinese.I. Diction 选词用字run1. The idea runs in his mind.2. The machine runs well.3. The street runs north.4. The news runs rapidly in the town.poor5. Cuba is indeed a poor country, but it intends to catch up.6. The water is poor in oxygen.7. The Department of Justice was reluctant to bring poor cases into court.8. The outlook for detente is poor over the short time.9. In my poor opinion, youve made a great mistake.10. Other media closer to the scene dismissed Carter as a poor loser.11. “Poor Mexico”, an old saying goes, “so distant from God, so close to the United States.”12. She told me that she was a poor sailor and always went to bed immediately on getting on the boat.develop13. This fear is that these minor clashes may develop into all-out confrontation.14. When started out as a short story it eventually developed into a full-scale novel. novella/novelette15. Their casual acquaintance developed over time into a lasting friendship.16. The whole project developed out of an idea that I had while I was in the States.17. The government is going to develop a new strategy to deal with the problem.18. Theyve just developed a new drug that will cure the illness if its caught in the earliest stages.19. Shes developed some very strange habits since she started living on her own.20. The company is spending $ 650 million to develop new products.21. Large cracks have begun to develop in the wall of the house.22. This exercise is designed to develop the shoulder and back muscles.23. For some reason, the last film I took didnt develop properly.24. The study showed that one in twelve women is likely to develop breast cancer.25. A good diet is essential for a childs healthy growth and development.26. Theres been a lot of housing development in the area.27. The world is scraping bottom in the deepest economic slump in a half-century.28. In this book he presents his hero with an Arabs voice, and not with the usual Western voice.29. Bright red costumes, with hats, shoes, and stockings to match, are to be all the craze in the Spring. Smart women will have to be careful not to yawn in the streets in case some short sighted person is on his way to post a letter. 30. The elevator boys ooze the spit and polish of West Point cadets and in polite English remind you that you must not smoke inside their lifts.II. Correction1. His parents are dead against the trip.他的双亲为了反对这次旅行死了。2. This special flavor as a rule disappears in a honey, which is a much less watery fluid than the nectar.这种特殊的香味在蜂蜜中通常会消失，蜂蜜是一种比花蜜少的多的含水流体。3. In China I had social life at all levels but privacy when I chose.在中国，我除了没有自己选择的私人生活以外，有各方面的社交生活。4. Just think of daytime on the moon lasting nearly fourteen of our days.想想长达地球上近十四天的月球上的白天。5. I wrote four books in the first three years, a record never touched before.我在头三年里写了四本书和一篇从未写过的报道。6. He sat in the corner and wrote it down in long-hand.他坐在角落里用普通手法一字一字写下来。7. Roseta long boasted the lowest heart attack rate in the U.S.A.罗赛塔长期以来自吹是美国心脏病发病率最低的地方。8. It would have been only courteous to kneel at the proper time as all did, since I had voluntarily come to the Catholic church, but for all the disapproving glances, I, the stiff-necked Jew, would not kneel.既然我来这里（天主教堂）出于自愿，仅仅为了礼貌起见，我本来也应该在需要下跪的时候和大家一起下跪，但是我这个倔强的犹太人却由于非难目光而不愿下跪。9. Thatcher never suggested that the transition would be easybut the economic shocks of her first eighteen months at 10 Downing Street have been so seismic that even the stiffest upper lips are aquiver.撒切尔从未表示过（经济）转体会一帆风顺但她上任后十八个月在唐宁街10号的经济冲击引起地震，甚至使最僵直的上唇也在发抖。10. The operation only just succeeded and it was fortunate that we had provided additional forces.（丘吉尔血战后说的话）这次战役刚刚才取得胜利，也多亏了我们增加了兵力。11. There are already hopes that actual tactical surprise has been attained, and we hope to furnish the enemy with a succession of surprise during the course of the fighting.现在已经有理由认为，我们确实达到了战术的突然，而且我门还想在今后作战的过程中继续给敌人以接二连三的突然性。12. The heavily laden infantry, though enjoying a superiority of six-to-one, simply could not keep to schedule and lost 60,000 men in one day.这支负载很重的步兵，尽管享有六比一的优势，完全不能遵守时间表，并且在一天内损失六万人。13. Now that factories can be moved from one country to another almost at will, a set of new economic actors has emerged who were once regarded as unimportant.现在工厂几乎可以随意从一个国家搬到另一个国家，一批曾经被看作无足轻重的新经济演员崭露头角。14. It draws attention to the risks of a farther recession following a short recovery, or a prolonged stagnation.这就引起了人们的注意，随着短期的恢复或是长时间的呆滞，工商业还会有进一步衰落的危险。15. No wonder the sight of it should send the memories of quite a number of the old generations back 36 years ago.难怪这情景会使老一辈的许多人回想起36年前的往事。16. The reactionary strength thus developed, however, carried within it the seeds of its own disintegration.反对力量这样发展了，然而在其内部就具有四分五裂的因素。17. “So you hear civilians say well blow the little yellow bastards off the map in two weeks, and all that poppy cock.” Some of the young officers were smiling; their smiles faded.“所以我们听见老百姓说，两个星期我们就会把这些黄脸小个儿鬼于在地图上消灭掉之类的胡话。”有些年轻军官笑了笑，就不笑了18. They would have had to live the rest of their lives under the stigma that they had recklessly precipitated an action which wrecked the Summit Conference and conceivably could have launched a nuclear war.他们恐怕以后终生蒙受不洁之名说他们贸然采取行动，使最高级会议受到破坏，而且可以设想，还可能挑起一场核战争。19. After all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else, whether it be plant or animal, dead or alive.因为，毕竟所有活着的生物，不论是植物还是动物，死的还是活的都是靠吃某种别的东西生存。20. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or businessman, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.对于政治家或职业人士，或商人，他们六天来一直工作或为严肃的事情而操心，是他们在周末还为零碎琐事而工作或操劳，这样也是不行的。21. We realized that they must have become unduly frightened by the rising flood, for their house, which had sound foundations, would have stood stoutly even if it had been almost submerged.我想他们一定给上涨的洪水吓坏了，因为他们的房子基础坚实，即使快给水淹没了，也会屹立不倒的。22. The dramatic influx of Vietnamese boat people has created a serious problem for the host country which will lead to disastrous consequences unless it is dealt with speedily.来自越南的船上难民戏剧性的涌入，给东道主带来严重问题，除非迅速处理，势必导致灾难性后果。III. 词义褒贬1. Hitlers ambition to conquer the whole of Europe was doomed to fail.2. Although he is very young, he is very ambitious in his research work.3. He is fidgety and restless.4. A11 the inventors have a restless mind.5. She was vexed by the persistent ringing of the phone.6. The old couple made a persistent effort to search for their daughter lost in the war.7. He is respected by his people for his farsightedness.8. I always consider him calculating and mercenary and did my best to avoid him.9. To be something and somebody was Harrimans fondest wish for his son.10. When he hosted a grand party to celebrate the nations 2500th anniversary, he invited actually everybody who was anybody, but mostly nobodies showed up.11. When everybody is somebody, then nobody is anybody.12. He was a man of integrity, but unfortunately he had a certain reputation. I believe the reputation was not deserved.13. Then, just as Chinese friends arrived who might secure my journey, the Russians arrested me as a “spy” and sent me out through Poland. (Anna Louise Strong)14. His splendid new car was the envy of all his friends.15. They say such scandalous things about you out of envy.16. The adoption of the new policies will surely lead to some striking results.17. There would have been more painful result but for the drastic measures.18. John was an aggressive salesman who did his job quite well.IV. 词义引申具体抽象 （具体含义的引申）1. It is regrettable that our appeal remains a dead letter.2. Such conduct is known in all languages as piracy.3. During the war, he was an embryo surgeon, and joined the mobile medical team.4. I was not one to let my heart rule my head.5. Application of laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiatio n in medicine is still in its infancy.6. The wedding, which Heyward still remembered with pride, was attended by a Whos Who of Boston society.7. The invention of machinery had brought into the world a new erathe Industrial Age. Money had become King.8. I was practically on my knees but he still refused.9. Since I only got the news at second hand, I took it with a grain of salt.10. I must bare my heart to someone, or I shall go mad!11. The two sisters were usually in agreement on most issues, but they were at swords point on the matter of abortion.12. He thinks by all this fast talking and flattery he can pull the wool over her eyes, but she isnt deceived.13. The matter was finally settled under the table.14. I have no head for music.15. Pleases dont wake a sleeping dog.16.If you dare to play the fox with me, Ill shoot you at once.17. Military strategy may bear some similarity to the chessboard but it is dangerous to carry the analogy too far.18. Words once reserved for rest-room walls are now common stuff in films, plays, books and even on television.19. If he is unhappy with her. why doesnt he leave her? She can be happy without him. It is so sillythis cat-and-dog existence.20. Alice was a girl who always seemed to be in the clouds. When she got wind that a third exam was in the wind, a cloud immediately passed over her face. For she had failed the last two and was under a cloud. She knew for sure that she could not pass this one in a breeze either. “Oh, dear me!” she said to herself. “It never rains but it pours.” But one second thought, she cried, “Maybe every cloud has a silver lining. So I must have another try, rain or shine.”抽象具体（抽象概念的引申）21. The car in front of me stalled and I missed the green.22. She is a valuable acquisition to the firm.23. We are eager to benefit from your curiosity.24. The hotel is a massive effort of stone, wood and concrete.25. The Great Wall is a must for most foreign visitors to Beijing.26. And I knew that many families today were conscious of absences.27. A wide variety of tools are available commercially.28. The first step might be to bring about an efficient United Nations presence in the Territory.29. Action and foresight will be needed as well as brightness and ambition.30. Is the emigration of intelligence to become an issue as absorbing as the immigration of strong muscle?31. The chain must be replaced before it overrides.32. There are three steps that must be taken before we graduate from the integrated circuit technology.33. Advertising campaigns have, however, promoted a growing realization of the advantages of these small plastic cards.成语、比喻、典故的引申34. When Edison tried to make the first carbon filament, he did not have the cards in his hands.35. Promise me not to let the cat out of the bag and Ill tell you.36. Every day since I last wrote has been like its neighbor.37. Last night I didnt sleep well. I heard him driving his pigs to market.38. She found the key she had lost last month, which was like a bolt from the blue.39. A good dog deserves a good bone.40. I wonder whether he is a Trojan Horse.41. The enemys Achilles heel was his harbour defense.V. Amplification 增益法A. Amplification by supplying words omitted in the original or for semantic completion1 The best conductor has the least resistance and the poorest the greatest.2. Better be wise by the defeat of others than by your own.3. At the time of Kennedys assassination, Kissinger felt that a second term would have led either to greatness or to disaster.4. In the evening, after the banquets, the concerts and the table tennis exhibitions, he would work on the drafting of the final communiqu.5. There were no speeches, no foreign diplomats, no “ordinary Chinese” with paper flags and bouquets of flowers.6. He dismissed the meeting without a closing speech.7. Mary washed for a living after her husband died of acute pneumonia.8. Day after day he came to his worksweeping, scrubbing, and cleaning.9. Kissinger felt that Rogers was quibbling, but the lawyer in Nixon supported the quibble of a fellow lawyer.10. As he sat down and began talking, words poured out.11. The blond boy quickly crossed himself.12. In April, there was the “ping” heard around the world. In July, the ping “ponged.”13. As a result, a few token meetings were being set up through Foggy Bottom, the more-than-ever appropriate nickname for the Department of State. It describes Secretary Rogers influence . foggy and at the bottom.14. Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man and writing an exact man. (Francis Bacon)15. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.16. They had been through it all at his sidethe bruising battles, the humiliations of the defeat through empty mid-1960suntil at last, in 1968, they were able to savor the sweet taste of triumph.17. We reflected on the labors and pains, the cares, disquiet, and dangers which attended their road to greatness.18. We have also admired your exceptional intellectual qualities, your experience and your kindness.19. This great scientist was born in New England.20. Churchill arrived in Washington to talk Roosevelt out of an early invasion of Europe.21. She went home in a sedan chair and a flood of tears.22. They talked for almost eight hours, through dinner and well into the night.23. Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.24. Geologists, scientists who study rocks, indicate the likely places to the oil drillers.25. Then lieutenant Crub launched into the old recruiting routine, “See, save and serve! Hannigan, free tour to all the ports in the world. A fine ship for a home. Three meals a day without charge. you mustnt let such a golden opportunity slip by.B. Amplification by supplying category words26. The thesis summed up the new achievements made in electronic computers, artificial satellites and rockets.27. The Americans and the Japanese conducted a completely secret exchange of message.28. After all preparations were made, the plane took off.29. Thus he grew in body and soul.30. However, even today, poor, uneducated blacks do not always receive the same degree of justice that the more affluent and better educated can expect.31. This place in the flows of global capital is equally central.32. In the summer of 1969, the Administration publicly urged an easing of tensions with China.33. He was a patriotic, adventurous and romantic writer.34. The remedies you propose are neat and easy but impossible.35. Both sides are willing to hold face-to-face talks in order to ease tension in the Middle East.36. He allowed the father to be overruled by the judge, and declared his own son guilty.37. The advantages of the hall are bright, spacious, fashionable and without echo.38. His diligence, earnestness, carefulness and brilliance make him praised by all.39. From the evaporation of water people know that liquids can turn into gases under certain condition.C. Amplification by supplying necessary words or connectives40. For mistakes had been made, bad ones.41. Two, we heard later, were sent to college, at the government expense, while one, it was rumored, had attempted to blackmail the Agency (CIA). Unsuccessfully.42. Her family of 13 was so poor mat a brother once tried to mold a Thanks-giving turkey out of a couple of pounds hamburger.D. Amplification by supplying necessary words to convey the concept of tenses or the tone of voice43. I was, and remain, grateful for the part he played in my release.44. Whereas Kissinger had once needed Nixon as a channel to power, Nixon now needed Kissinger to help him remain in power.45. He wished that he had asked her to dance, and that he knew her name.46. Oh, Tom, Canty, born in rags and diet and misery, what sight is this!47. Dont take it seriously; I am just making fun of you.48. Their host carved, poured, served, cut bread, talked, laughed, proposed healths.49.1t was mostly small talk, but Id had very little of that Family news. Messages from sisters, nephews, nieces.50. Few follow the advice of Isabella Beeton, the guru of British cooks in the 19th century, who decreed in an early edition of her book that “a good meal, if enjoyed and digested, gives the support necessary for the mornings work.”51. Large as the room was, there was not floor space for all the puppies, so they were jumping onto tables and chairs and piling up on to of each other.52. Alice noticed, with some surprise, that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor.53. (Among the students who gamble.) 12 percent say gambling has harmed relationships with family and 13 percent have committed illegal acts to get gambling money.54. The curtain has parted; me mystery is being dispelled.VI. OmissionA. Omission for grammatical purposes (omit pronouns, connectives, articles, prepositions, etc.)1. He was thin and haggard and he looked miserable.2. But its the way I am, and try as I might, I havent been able to change it.3. We live and learn.4. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, ca