专八之英译汉第六讲

1、专八之英译汉第六讲In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 1The investigations were temporarily tabled due to more pressing business. be tabled: 英 be listed in the agenda 提交讨论; 把.列入议事日程 美搁置(议案),推迟对某事的考虑 to postpone the consideration of sth. pressing business 紧急的任务 由于有更紧急的任务，调查暂不进展。In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 2A

2、fter all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else, whether it be plant or animal, dead or alive. After all 毕竟。译成“总之不太妥当;“总之一般是all in all. whether it be 是虚拟语气。只要理解正确，翻译时的用词可根据具体情况。 毕竟所有的生物都靠吃其他东西生存，不管这种东西是植物还是动物，是死的还是活的。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 3One of the great charms of Lawr

3、ence as a companion was that he could never be bored and so could never be boring. as a companion 如何翻译？ he could never be bored and so could never be boring 如何翻译？ 与跟劳伦斯相处，可以感到他有一点得意之处，那就是他从不讨厌人，因而也从不讨人厌。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 4A grass eating animal cannot exist without grass, a predator w

4、ithout prey, a plant without certain basic chemicals or certain kinds of soil. A grass eating animal 食草动物a predator without prey 翻译时要补出省略局部。下面一句一样。 certain basic chemicals 一定的或：某些根本化学物质 certain kinds of soil 一定的土壤 食草动物没有草不能生存，食肉动物没有猎物无法活命，植物没有一定的根本化学物质或一定的土壤就生长不了。 “一定的也可改为“某种In-class Exercises of Un

5、it 6 No. 5If we could consider placing ourselves in other peoples shoes, we could teach ourselves how damaging it is to assume anything about anyone. Place ourselves in others shoes: 设身处地为别人着想 we could teach ourselves: we would understand 我们就会懂得 to assume anything about anyone 对别人作主观臆断 如果我们能够设身处地为别人

6、着想，就会懂得对别人臆断有多大害处。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 6A creative person will almost never follow a set pattern in developing an idea. To do so would tend to structure his thinking and might limit the creation of possible solutions. follow a set pattern 照搬固定不变的模式 in developing an idea 在形成一种想法时 to stru

7、cture his thinking 构造他的思想束缚思想 Tend to 往往会，常常有创造性的人在形成一种想法时决不会照搬固定不变的模式。那种做法往往会束缚思想，有碍于想出多种可能的解决方案。In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 7Next door, a larger-than-expected audience of 300 attended the International Conference on Laser Atmospheric Studies, which will be covered separately next month. the I

8、nternational Conference on Laser Atmospheric Studies 国际激光大气研究会议 which will be covered separately next month 有关会议情况将于下月另文报道 隔壁大厅里，出乎意料地有300人出席了国际激光大气研究会议，有关会议情况本刊将于下月另文报道。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 8The quality of attendance, enhanced by an exhibit-admission fee of $50 per day, was widely exto

9、lled. The quantity was in doubt, however. All of the 14 exhibitors interviewed questioned the figure of 5,200 given by Fair director G.B. Hovel; the consensus was 2,500 attendees. was widely extolled 受到了普遍称颂。Extol(l): praise highly consensus 多数人的意见, 舆论 questioned the figure of 5,200 given by sb. 对某人提供的5200这个数字表示疑心 由于每天的入场券票价高达50美元，所以前往参观的人都有些身份，受到了普遍称颂。但是参观人数值得疑心。有14家参展厂商承受了采访，都对交易会主任霍佛尔提供的5,20