英译汉中的句型调整

1、英译汉中的句型调整一 个词微调: Change the order of a few words that do not correspond with Chinese sentence structure. Divorce is less culturally acceptable in a society that is family-oriented. 在一个注重家庭观念的社会，离婚并不普遍为人们在文化上接受。在一个文化上注重家庭观念的社会里，离婚并不普遍为人们接受。Many consumer goods in the USA become obsolete in a few years

2、 as styles change, such as with automobiles and clothes. 由于样式的变化，美国的许多消费品过不了几年就会陈旧过时，例如小汽车和服装。由于样式的变化，美国的许多消费品, 诸如小汽车和服装, 过不了几年就会陈旧过时。The mild capitalism emerging in Eastern Europe, though unthinkable in these Communist nations just a few years ago, is a far cry from the free-market economics practi

3、ced in the West and will probably remain so for a long time. 东欧正在出现温和的资本主义，这在这些共产党国家几年前还是不能想象的，尽管如此/虽然如此，这种温和的资本主义与西方实行的自由市场经济不可同日而语，而且这种体制还会持续很长一段时间。Somehow a balance must be struck. The government runs the risk of drawing fire from conservative Malay political quarters if plans to boost English fl

4、uency appear to threaten the status of the Malay language. But judging from the pragmatism now coloring government development programs, some of the nationalistic obsessions of the past appear to be receding. 无论如何必须找出一个折衷的方案。但是目前政府制定发展计划时起作用的主要是务实主义，据此判断，过去某些民族主义的势头正在逐渐消失。二 主句先（后）行: 判断句子的主要成分和插入成分，先

5、翻主句1. Vice-President George Bush is looking to President Ronald Reagan, a star attraction at todays opening of Republican national convention, to give some sparkle to his presidential campaign.布什副总统盼望里根总统 一位今天开幕的共和党全国代表大会堂上最引人注目的人物 为其总统竞选活动注入一些活力。 里根总统是一位今天开幕的共和党全国代表大会堂上最引人注目的人物, 布什副总统盼望他为自己的总统竞选活动注

6、入一些活力。2. The timing of Scowcrofts visit - while Congress was out of session, while Bush still enjoyed the after-glow of the Malta summit and while the US medias attention was focused on events in Eastern Europe - helped reduce the political cost of the move for the US administration, observers said.

7、 观察家说，Scowcroft来访的时机有助于减少美国政府为一行动付出的政治代价，此时美国国会正在休会，布什总统仍然沉浸于马耳他峰会的余辉中，而美国媒体注意力都集中于东欧的事件。3. The hope is that antipathy between Mahathir and Suharto, bred by the clash of styles and EAEG affair, will not color the summit.4. Airlines around the world, spurred by growing passenger volume and the need t

8、o replace hundreds of aging 1960s-era jets, have embarked on an unprecedented shopping spree.5. For those who still harboured hopes that the British would somehow safeguard Hongkongs autonomy after 1997 as they have promised, the airport agreement, which was announced in July, was the last straw.三 前

9、后换位: 句子的两个主要成份交换位置，尤其是表语从句、同位语从句更为常见。One sign of how badly the seas have been overfished is that population of buefin tuna have declined 94% since 1970. Concern is mounting that the estimated 1.5 million people left homeless will fall victim to epidemics of cholera, typhoid and other illnesses.预计将有1

10、50万无家可归的人将受到的威胁，人们对此日益担心。3. For far too long Asia has suffered from a deluge of specialists devoted to the idea that development is only a billion dollars or a billion birth-control devices away.4. The United Nations is attempting to settle conflicts around the world that have taken a terrible toll

11、and misused the earths resources.5. The ethnic unrest is a far cry from the images of peace and harmony Bhutan has exuded for centuries.四 变词为句: 将非动词成分，尤其是非谓语或者含有动宾关系或主谓关系的名词词组翻译成动词。The toll from heavy rain and strong winds lashing the south coast and Wales yesterday include a school girl swept to he

12、r death, two men missing in heavy seas. 昨天狂风暴雨席卷/袭击了英格兰南部沿岸和威尔士，造成人员伤亡，其中包括一个女学生在狂风中丧生，两名男子在汹涌的大海中失踪。2. With electricity erratic or even nonexistent, much of the city at night sinks intermittently into a darkness broken by cooking fires. 由于电力供应不正常，甚至断电，这个城市的绝大部分地区经常陷入一片黑暗，只有做饭的火光若隐若现/偶尔闪现。3. In a ch

13、apter written for the newly released paperback of his book on Diana, Andrew Morton states that the couple made a friendly agreement between themselves to separate. That pact did not survive stormy sessions with Charles parents.4. Eight years ago they (a black woman and a white man) were married. The

14、y have survived their families shock and disapproval and the stares and unwelcome comments of strangers.5. On Friday Kazakhstan and four Central Asian republics swallowed their annoyance at not being present at the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States,. and decided to join, provided th

15、ey are given the status of co-foudners.四 顺势断句: 根据意群或主要分句来断句，尤其是定语从句，将先行词重复一遍或者使用“这，那.”Kaifu pledged to reform a political system/ that sometimes looks as if it were geared more to raising money than solving problems. 2. From a wider angle, though, the Peking summit is merely the capstone of a dramat

16、ic bridge-building process that has sprung up to embrace all of Asia and transform the geo-political landscape.3. Despite this backwardness in the communications - or perhaps because of it - China hopes to leapfrog into the digital era by bypassing many of the costly transitional technologies that i

17、ndustrial nations are now seeking to replace with more advanced digital systems.4. Todays teachers know they have to make lessons fast-moving and entertaining for children raised on television and computer games.5. Working for President Ronald Reagan, Mr. Bush was a silent and subservient vice presi

18、dent, a former rival who gave himself the task of proving his loyalty by staying in the background and never speaking out when his beliefs differed from those of his boss. IN his own White House, Mr. Bush is encouraging a different chemistry with the man who has taken his place.6. When the first Boeing 747 rolled off production line on September 30, 1968, it was immediately nicknamed the Jumbo and raised fears that its enormous size would overwhelm airports, overload pas