英译汉教程6-省略的翻译技巧

Chapter6OmissionOmissionhelpstoachieveconcisenessinthetargettextBrevityisthesoulofwit.----ShakespeareThemaximumofthoughtintheminimumofwords----HuxleyOmissionofwordspeculiartoEnglishOmissionoftheexpletivesitandthere

（省略语助词it,there）OmissionofimpersonalitOmissionofanticipatoryitOmissionofidiomaticitOmissionofthereinexistentialsentencesOmissionofthereinidiomaticexpressionsExamples1.Itis80milesfromthenextstation.(impersonalit

)离下一站还有80英里。2.

Itwasthemoremannerlywaytolethimhavehisway.(anticipatoryit

)顺从他的意思还礼貌一些。3.Shallwewalkitorbusit?(idiomaticit)

我们是走路还是坐公汽？4.Helordsitoverhisinferiors.(idiomaticit)他对下属摆架子，逞威风。5.Wherethereissmoke,thereisfire.(thereinexistentialsentences)

有烟必有火。/无风不起浪。6.There

isnotellingwhenhewillcome.(Thereinidiomaticexpressions)他什么时候来说不准。7.There

isnoroyalroadtoanything.(Thereinidiomaticexpressions)任何事情都无坦途。OmissionofEnglisharticles1.Myfatherisavigorous86.我父亲今年86岁，仍然健旺。2.Aparrotcantalklikeaman.鹦鹉会像人一样说话。3.TheprimeministerspoketoanastonishedCommons.首相向惊愕不已的下议院致辞。OmissionofwordssuperfluousinChinese

Omissionofpronouns（省略代词）Omissionofconnectives（省略连接词）Omissionofprepositionsandprepositionalphrases（省略介词和介词短语）Omissionofverbsorparticles（省略动词或分词）Omissionofpronouns

Omissionofpronounsusedassubjectsinsentencesexpressinguniversallaws（表达客观真理的句子中，省略主语代词）Omissionofpronounsusedasobjects（省略宾语代词）Omissionofpossessivepronouns（省略物主代词）Omissionofpronounsusedas

subjectsinsentencesexpressinguniversallaws

1.Subtract4fromten,andyouwillget6.10减去4等于6.2.Wecannotseesoundwaveswhen

they

travelintheair.声波在空气中传播是看不见的。3.Whenwewanttomoveabodyofgreatmass,we

mustapplyagreatforce.要移动质量大的物体，就要用大力气。Omissionofpronounsusedasobjects1.Readthestoryandtellitinyourownwords.读这则故事，用自己的话复述出来。2.Gatheringfacts,confirmingthem,suggestingtheories,testingthem,andorganizingfindings,thatisalltheworkofscience.收集事实加以论证，提出理论加以检验，整理所得结果，这就是科学工作的全部内容。Omissionofpossessivepronouns1.Washyourhandsbeforeyouhaveyour

meals.饭前要洗手。2.Sheputherhandsuptoher

cheeks,buthereyesseemedtolookrightintohim.她双手捂住脸颊，但眼睛却好像直直地瞧着他。OmissionofconnectivesEnglish:hypotactic;plentyofconnectivesChinese:paratactic;veryfewconnectives1.Wisemenlovetruth,butfoolsshunit.智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理。2.Whateveryouliketoeat,justtellme.想吃什么只管告诉我。3.Ifyoufailtoenterthetiger’sden,howcanyougetthetigercub?不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Omissionofprepositionsandprepositionalphrases1.Whenasubstancechangesonlyinstateorinform,itisaphysicalchange.当一种物质只是改变状态或形式时，就是物理变化。2.Changeofinformation,ifany,concerningthecontentofthissection,willbefoundintheappendixattheendofthebook.本节内容如有更改，均见本书附录。Omissionofverbsorparticles1.Theskyishighandthecloudsarepale.天高云淡。2.Thepieceofmeatweighs5jin.这块肉5斤。3.Thelastfewyearshaveseenpositivedevelopmentsintheinternationalpoliticalscene,characterizedbyaspiritofaccommodation.过去几年，国际政治在和解的精神下有了积极的发展。Conclusion

Brevityintranslationissecuredbyomittingexcess