第三节倍数的译法

1、Gloria, Serena, Maggie, Athena & Bella第三节 倍数的译法01020304倍数译法的介绍倍数的表示法倍数增加的译法倍数减少的译法C倍数译法的介绍 Gloria Translation of MultipleThis room is three times as large as that one.This room is three times larger than that one.This room is three the times the size of that one.汉语与英语表达倍数的差异汉语只用倍数说明数量的增加，而说明数量的减少要用分

2、数。英语的倍数可表示增加也可表示减少。汉语表倍数有的包括基数，有的不包括基数。英语中其倍数都包括基数。汉语表达倍数比英语简单简单！注意：注意：“增加了多少倍增加了多少倍”，不包括不包括基数，即基数，即纯增加；纯增加；“增加到多少倍增加到多少倍”，“是原来的几是原来的几倍倍”，指，指包括包括基数在内。基数在内。例：The new machine raised efficiency three times.新机器使用功效提高了三倍。新机器使用功效提高到原来的四倍。倍数的表示法 Serena不同级比较不同级比较同级比较同级比较表示倍数的两种句型译为增加/减少了n-1倍译为n倍设n为句中出现表倍数的数

3、字1.同级比较表倍数(1) numeral+倍数+ as + adj.+as表示表示“是是倍倍” 例1：The new road is four times as wide as the old one. 译文：这条公路是旧路的四倍宽。 例2：The warehouse under construction is five folds as large as the old one. 译文：正在建造的仓库大小是旧仓库的五倍。lOur factory is twice as big as theirs. 我们的工厂是他们的两倍。l I have three times as many as yo

4、u. 我有你三倍那么多。 (2) numeral+倍数+ the + n.+ of表示“A正好是B的多少倍” 例3：The newly broadened airfield is four times the size of the previous one. 译文：新扩建的机场是未扩建时的四倍大。 The earth is forth-nine times the size of the moon. 地球是月亮的49倍大。 2. 不同级比较表倍数 例4：It contains almost three times more iron than aluminum. 译文：其中含铁量比铝高三倍。

5、 例5：The prime cost will be two times larger. 译文：主要成本将超出两倍。 例6：The plastic container is five times lighter than that glass one. 译文：这个塑料容器比那个玻璃容器轻五倍。倍数增加的译法 Maggieincrease1 1Go up 7 7expand6 6gain4 4rise2 2exceed3 3表示增加表示增加意义的词意义的词raise5 51.表示增加意义的词+倍数例7:The RMB has gained around one third against the

6、 Korean won since early July.译文：自7月初以来，人民币兑韩元汇率上涨了约三分之一。例8;Export growth continued to moderate, rising 10 percent over levels of a year ago.译文译文：出口增长继续缓慢，同比仅：出口增长继续缓慢，同比仅增长增长1010%。 例10：The annual handling capacity and throughput of Ningbo Port have both exceeded 100 million ton.译文：目前港口的年通过能力和货物吞吐量均已

7、超过一亿吨。例11:An average electric bill might go up $2 or $3 per month.译文：每月电费可能会平均增加两三美元。2.表示增加意义的词+by a factor of +数词应译为：增加到n倍，或增加了n-1倍 例12：The output of color television receives increased by a factor of 3 last year. 译文：去年彩色电视接收机的产量增加了二倍。 The drain voltage has been increased by factor of four. 译文：漏电压增

8、加了3倍。（即增加到原来的4倍。）倍数增加的译法 Athena两倍两倍三倍三倍四倍四倍五倍五倍六倍六倍doublequadruplesextuple treblequintuple3.表示倍数意义的词+宾语（或表语） 这些词也能当形容词使用。作不及物动词时，后面没有宾语或表语。l例13：That way, they double their money-although only one fare registers on the meter.l 译文：那样，他们就可以挣取两倍的收入，尽管计价 器上只记录着一单生意。lThe population has nearly trebled in f

9、orty years.人口在40年中增长至近3倍。lThe new airport will quadruple the capacity of the existing one.新机场是现有机场容量的4倍。4. 较大倍数的翻译 例17：The size of the sun is a million times that of the earth. 译文：太阳的体积是地球的一百万倍。 The mother elephant is five hundred times heavier than the baby elephant. 这只母象比小象重五百倍.倍数减少的译法 Bella1. 表示减

10、少意义的词+倍数表示减少意义的词表示减少意义的词shrinkshrinkreducereducedropdropdecreasedecreasedeclinedeclinel例18：As a result, costs will be reduced by as much as 90%.l译文：因此，成本将会降低90%之多。l例19：Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.l译文：第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了1.3%。 要注意的是，汉语中在谈到减少到多少的时候，往往不说倍数，而习惯用分数。例20：And orders have fallen by almost another third since the summer.译文：订单自夏季以来又减少了约三分之一。例21：The principal advantage is a fourfold reduction in volume.译文：主要优点是体积缩小了四分之三。 有有小数小数的情况下，也要将其换算成的情况下，也要将其换算成分数分数。l例22：The error probability of the equipment was reduced by 2.5 times through technical in