Unit-2-IV市公开课获奖课件省名师优质课赛课一等奖课件

ComparationsinEnglishandChineseContexts

英汉句意表示对比

1/6试将下面段落译成英语：现在有多少国人会讲英语丫！君不见多少人考中级、高级轻轻松松就能够过关，可真正得了英语皮毛者，十能有几？更不要提精通二字。所以还是规劝那些准翻译们，下笔之前要慎之又慎：通告牌译者虽不用署名，可有碍国体啊！突然想起，前一段时间，某市市长要出国洽谈生意，临走时要相关部门赶制一本程式介绍。我拿到这本画册大样，见其中错误，真如王胡棉衣里虱子，捉也捉不洁净。其中最大有两处，一处是说该市国民生产总值（GNP）是五十元，查对了原稿，才知漏了一个Million(百万)，系五千万之误；另一处，我读到英文，吓了一跳，该市盛产老鼠（Mice）!忙去查对应汉字，才知系云母（Mica）之误。一边更正，一边想，幸好我多事儿，仔细读了这即将付梓大样英文，不然这位市长要想欣欣然乘着飞机，拿着这本画册去招商引资，那真是应了老百姓一句粗话，叫光着腚推磨，转着圈儿丢人了。2/6中级、高级intermediateorpost-intermediatelevels准翻译们pseudo-translators王胡棉衣里虱子，捉也捉不洁净Thenumerouserrorsinitturnedouttobemorethanonecouldshakeastickat.招商引资invitebusinessandprocureinvestment光着腚推磨，转着圈儿丢人Onecouldgetnothingfromabroad，otherthanridiculesanddisgrace.3/6

Whatanincreasenowadaysinthenumberofourcountrymenwho,astheyclaim,canspeaktheEnglishlanguage!SmallwonderifyouseesomanypeoplehavepassedtheirEnglishtestwithsomucheaseateitherintermediateorpost-intermediatelevels.Still,IhavemydoubtaboutthepercentageofthemwhohavereallygotevenasmatteringofessentialEnglish,nottosayhavingathoroughcommandofthelanguage,andsoIfeelobligedtoadvisethosepseudo-translatorsthattheycanneverbetoocarefulwithcheckingandrevisingwhattheyhaverenderedfromChinesetoEnglishbeforeputtingitintoprint.Evenwiththetranslationofannouncementsandnotices,wherethetranslatordoesnothavetosignhisname,abadjobwouldbringasmuchdishonortothecountryasitwouldtothetranslatorhimself.4/6I’mremindedofanEnglishbrochureIreadtheotherdayaboutacity,whoseMayorhadarrangedittobeneatlyprintedbeforehisflight,sothathecouldtakeitabroadwithhimforatradeoccasion.WhenIopenedthefinalproofofthebrochure,thenumerouserrorsinitturnedouttobemorethanonecouldshakeastickat.Ofthosegrosserrors,onesaidthatthegrossnationalproduct(GNP)ofthecitywas50yuan(RMB).Uponcheckingagainsttheoriginal,Ifoundittobeamistakefor“50millionyuan”,wheretheword“million”hadslippedout.InanotherplaceIwastakenabackwhenIreadthatthecitywasabundantin“mice”!Ilostnotimeincheckingtheoriginal,andfounditwasamistakeforthemineral“mica”.5/6

Whilecorrectingtheseerrors,IthoughttomyselfthatitwasindeedfortunatethatIhappenedtohavecarefullyreadthefinalproofofthebrochure.Otherwise,iftheMayorflewaroundtheworldtoinvitebusinessandprocu