英语长难句的翻译.ppt

1、1,英语重形合，句子结构可以借助各种连接手段加以扩展和组合构成复杂的长句。这类长句可由若干分句、子句、多种短语及词组构成。而汉语多意合，连词运用得较少，结构较为自由，以短句居多。因此正确处理长句的翻译是确保译文忠实、通顺的重要环节。,一、英译汉的长句翻译,11长句翻译,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译,2,1.2 语言表达 可将长句中各个部分分别译出，并运用一定的方式，根据汉 语的特点，不拘泥于原文形式，对译出部分进行整合，确保 译文的通顺和流畅。,1. 英译汉长句翻译的步骤 英语句子虽然较长，但还是遵循一定的基本结构。在翻译时， 可以按照如下步骤进行：,1.1 句法分析 在英译汉中，首先需要理清原文的

2、基本句法结构，并且判 断出句子的类型，是简单句、并列句还是复合句，并找出主 语和谓语，然后判断出各种修饰成分的关系 以及句中代词所 指代的对象。,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译步骤,3,该句的主句是“Blitzen would tease Grandma”。第一部分“Even when young”是主句的时间状语，第三部分“by very selectively carrying one of her bedroom slippers into the living room”是方式状语，第四部分“where Grandma sat in her favorite”，“comfortable cha

3、ir”是定语从句修饰“living room”。,例如：,1) Even when young (1), Blitzen would tease Grandma (2)by very selectively carrying one of her bedroom slippers into the living room (3) where Grandma sat in her favorite, comfortable chair (4).,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译步骤,4,通过对四个部分的整合，按照中文的时间顺序和逻辑顺序，该句译文应该为：,四部分分别译成中文是：,布利茨恩在很小的时候就常常

4、戏弄外祖母，当外祖母坐在起居室里她最喜欢的那张舒适的椅子上时，布利茨恩就故意把她卧室里的一只拖鞋叼到起居室。,（1）在小时候 （2）布利茨恩戏弄外祖母 （3）它叼一只她卧室的拖鞋来到起居室 （4）外祖母坐在她最喜欢的那张舒适的椅子上,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译步骤,5,该句的主句是“they appeal to people everywhere as funny stories”。第一部分“Whether these stories are cartoons or jokes, told by a slapstick comedian or a cross-talking team”为让步状语从

5、句，第三部分是由两个并列句组成的原因状语从句。,2) Whether these stories are cartoons or jokes, told by a slapstick comedian or a cross-talking team (1), they appeal to people everywhere as funny stories (2) because they have a note of reality to them, and the unexpected punch line is quite funny (3).,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译步骤,6,无论这些故

6、事是漫画还是笑话，是由演滑稽剧的喜剧演员说还是由搭档的相声演员讲，都为各地人们所喜爱。人们喜爱这些有趣的故事，因为它们贴近现实生活，而且里面那些出人意料的妙语十分有趣。,（1）这些故事无论是漫画还是笑话，是由演滑稽剧的喜 剧演员说还是由搭档的相声演员讲 （2）它们都受人们喜爱 （3）因为它们贴近现实生活，而且里面那些出人意料的 妙语十分有趣,三部分分别译成中文是：,按照中文表达习惯，通过对三个部分的整合，并适当增添词语，该句译文为：,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译步骤,7,随着我技术的进步，我开始加上花样：抛球时让一个球经过其他球的上方，或者其他球的下方；或者我让一个球弹在我的头上或者臂肘上，并继续按

7、原来的方式抛球。,2. 英译汉长句翻译的方法,英译汉长句翻译所采取的主要方法如下：,2.1原序和换序译法 某些英语长句所表达的事情或动作是按照时间或逻辑关系排 列的，其语序和汉语基本相同，在翻译时可以按照原序翻 译，这称为原序译法。例如：,1) As I got better, I began to add tricks, tossing the balls so that one went over the top of the others, or under the others, or I bounced one off my head or elbow and still kept

8、the pattern going.,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,8,五年之后，当我21岁时，母亲在圣诞节期间的一天，把我叫到一边说：“丹，你愿不愿给救世军的聚餐会表演杂耍？”,2) Then five years later, when I was 21, my mother called me aside one day during the Christmas season and said, “Dan, how would you like to juggle for the Salvation Army dinner this year?”,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,9,或者举办“

9、谋杀案侦破晚宴”：一群朋友聚在一起，在餐桌上利用预先准备好的关于人物性格行踪的线索破解一桩案件。,而某些英语长句在叙述两个或两个以上的动作或事情时，其先后顺序可能与汉语表达习惯不一致，在翻译时需要调整顺序，这称为换序译法。例如：,3) Or there are murder dinner parties, at which groups of friends get together to solve a crime over the dinner table, using specially prepared information about their character and the

10、ir whereabouts.,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,10,45分钟以后，我给了孩子们一句忠告，作为节目的结束语：“不论是杂耍还是别的，如果你们想成功，就必须不断地努力。你们能做到，只是永远不能放弃。,4) Forty-five minutes later I ended the performance with my final word of advice to the children: “If you want to succeed, at juggling or anything else, you have to keep trying. You can do it. Jus

11、t never give up.”,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,11,我喜欢那个关于一位中学教师和校长因看见学生在学校操场上接吻而感到担心的故事。故事并不过火。,2.2拆分译法,把某些较长的英语句子进行分解，译成两个或两个以上的汉语句子，称为拆分译法。例如:,I like the somewhat mild story of a school teacher and a principal of a high school who are concerned because some boys and girls have been seen kissing on the school pla

12、yground.,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,12,2) As one who has enjoyed humor since I first recognized it, Ive made an attempt to explain and discuss humor with students in such diverse cultures as Latin America and China.,我是第一次辨识出幽默便喜欢上了它的人，因此我曾试图跟学生议论和探讨幽默。这些学生文化差异很大，有来自拉丁美洲的，也有来自中国的。,What is humor?,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,13,

13、第一部分是铺垫（即背景），接下来是主干部分（即故事情节），随后便是妙语（即一个出人意料或令人惊讶的结尾）。如果这个妙语含有一定的幽默成分，这个笑话便会很有趣。,3) First is the SETUP (or setting), next is the BODY (or story line), and these are followed by the PUNCH LINE (an unexpected or surprise ending) which will make the joke funny if it contains some humor.,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,14

14、,所有小说里最有名的侦探也许是舍洛克福尔摩斯，他的住所是，“伦敦贝克街221b号”。现在仍有信件寄到那里，要求他帮忙解决各种各样的迷案。,2.3重组法,指打破原文的层次和结构安排，按照汉语行文习惯将原文内容进行一定的重新组合的翻译方法。这种方法是对上述各种长句翻译方法的综合利用。例如：,Letters still get sent to “221b Baker Street, London”, home of Sherlock Holmes, perhaps the most famous fictional detective of all, asking for his help in s

15、olving a variety of mysteries.,翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,15,我当体育编辑，最早是为蒙彼利埃（俄亥俄州）的企业导报工作，当时我很少收到体育迷的来信。因此，一天早晨放在我桌上的一封来信把我吸引住了。,2) On my first job as sports editor for the Montpelier (Ohio) Leader Enterprise, I didnt get a lot of fan mail, so I was intrigued by a letter that was dropped on my desk one morning.,

16、翻译技巧英译汉长句翻译方法,16,英语的长句的语法结构、逻辑关系与语义往往比较复杂，且各种词类、非谓语动词以及充当形式主语和宾语的it等交错运用，要把长句翻译得准确、流畅、实质上需要充分运用各种翻译技巧，并结合上下文语境，或顺译，或倒译，或拆分，或结构转换，或增减词汇，对全句进行综合处理，以便通顺、忠实地传递原文意思。,总结,翻译技巧4. 重组法,17,翻译练习,This elderly, unmarried English lady was between 65 and 70 years of age when she made her first appearance in The Mur

17、der at the Vicarage in 1930. She appeared in twelve novels and twenty short stories over a period of forty-one yearsmaking her quite elderly by her last case!,Translate the following passage into Chinese using the techniques mentioned above.,翻译技巧翻译练习,Section A,18,In appearance, Miss Marple is a tall

18、, thin woman with a pink, wrinkled face, pale blue eyes and snowy white hair which she wears piled upon her head in an old-fashioned manner. Her harmless appearance, meandering conversation and ever-present knitting needles often mislead people into underestimating her as simply a “dithering old mai

19、d”. Those who really know her recognize that she is a sharp observer of human nature with “an uncanny talent of being always right”.,翻译技巧翻译练习,19,Despite a lifetime spent in the seemingly dull St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple is quite worldly in her recognition and acceptance that evil is all around us. As

20、 she often points out, her village and its environs provide examples of every character trait and evil in human nature that can be found in big cities. Thus, her method of detection consists in finding parallels between life and people in St. Mary Mead and happenings in the outside world.,翻译技巧翻译练习,2

21、0,这位上了年纪而从未结过婚的英国女士，在1930年第一次出现在小说牧师住宅的谋杀案中时，年纪大约在65到70岁之间。在长达41年多的时间里，她出现在12部长篇小说、20篇短篇小说中最后一次破案时她已经很老了。 从外表上看，马普尔小姐高高瘦瘦，面色红润而布满皱纹，有着一双淡蓝色的眼睛，雪白的头发在头上盘成老式的发髻。她的外表看上去不会给任何人造成伤害。再加上她那漫无边际的闲谈以及永远都在身边的毛线针，她常常会引起人们的误解，把她仅仅看成是一位“犹犹豫豫的老女人”。那可真是小看了她。那些真正了解她的人都明白，她是敏锐的人类本性观察者，而且“不可思议地总是正确的”。,Sample,翻译技巧翻译练习

22、,21,虽然马普尔小姐一生都生活在看上去枯燥乏味的圣玛丽牧场，她却相当老到地明白并接受“我们周围尽是邪恶”这个事实。就像她经常指出的那样，大城市能找到的人性特征和邪恶，在她住的村子及周边也都能找到。于是，她的破案方式就是找出圣玛丽牧场和外面世界在生活和人物方面的相似之处。,翻译技巧翻译练习,22,Section B,Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese, using the techniques you learned above. The sentences might be useful when you wr

23、ite the composition.,1) On the other hand, making telephone calls is much faster, so they are more appropriate when you need a quick reply.,另一方面，打电话更快捷，所以当你需要很快得到一个答复时，电话更合适些。,翻译技巧翻译练习,23,2) Some of the best letters are written in a burst of inspiration, so keep your writing stuff in one place where

24、 you can sit down for a few minutes and write a quick note to a friend.,一些最精彩的信是灵感突现时写的，所以要把文具放在你能坐几分钟，很快给朋友写短信的地方。,3) Such a sweet gifta piece of handmade writing, in an envelope that is not a bill, sitting in our friends path when she trudges home from a long day at work, a day our words will help

25、 repair.,一封手写的信，装在一个不是帐单的信封中，在我们的朋友劳累了一天疲惫地回家的时候等候在她的路上，信中的话将帮助她消除一天的辛劳。这是一份多么美好的礼物啊。,翻译技巧翻译练习,24,4) Sometimes you cannot remember all the comments that are made because calls are transient, and cannot be kept for reading later like treasured letters.,有时你无法记住说过的全部议论，因为电话里说的话是转瞬即逝的，而且不能像珍藏的信件那样，可以保存起

26、来以备以后阅读。,5) What would make so many adults hold on to pieces of paper they had received years before as kids, some of them carrying those pages with them everywhere they went? The answer is appreciation.,很多成年人一直保留着多年前他们还是孩子时收到的几页纸，他们中的一些人不管走到哪里还都随身带着。是什么促使他们这么做的呢？答案就是欣赏。,翻译技巧翻译练习,25,6) Give others r

27、ecognition at every opportunity because it will build them up and motivate them. And it will make you a person of significant influence in their lives.,利用一切机会表扬别人，因为这会使他们更自信，激发他们的积极性。这还会使你成为一个在他们的人生中有重要影响的人。,翻译技巧翻译练习,26,Section C,Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese using the t

28、echniques mentioned above.,The classroom is a mans world, where boys get two-thirds of the teachers attention even when they are in a minority. They,are allowed to tease the girls and they receive praise for sloppy work that would not be tolerated from girls. Boys are accustomed to being teachers pe

29、ts, and, if girls get anything like equal treatment, boys will protest and even disrupt lessons.,翻译技巧翻译练习,27,Reference: 教室是男生的天下；即使在他们人数并不占多数时，他们仍占据老师三分之二的注意力。他们被允许取笑女生，他们作业做得马虎却受表扬，要是女生做这样的作业就得不到宽容。男生们已经习惯于做老师的宠儿。如果女生也受到相同的待遇，男生就会抗议，甚至扰乱课堂。,翻译技巧翻译练习,28,Section B,Promising new technologies can power

30、 our homes, factories and cars with cleaner, more efficient energycutting emissions while strengthening our economy.,Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. They may be useful in your writing.,1) 前景广阔的新技术可以为我们的家庭、工业和汽车提供更干净、更有效率的能源既能减少废气排放，又能促进经济发展。,翻译技巧翻译练习（汉译英）,29,Indeed, unless we reach across borders and face threats to the environment together, the earth may be confronted with an ecological crisis, with half of all species gone, and our grand children enduring deadly f