正文反译更自然
在英汉互译中,有时将正文反译会使译文显得更加自然流畅,本文旨在通过几个具体的实例来说明这一翻译技巧,以供英语学习者参考。
例如:Students are still arriving.
译文:学生们还正在来。
辨误:汉语的动词没有形态变化,所以没有时态、语态、语气等。所有这些汉语都用词汇手段表达,如:正在、 已经、着等,这就造成另一个问题,即译文死板,比如,凡是进行时就用正在表示,有时译文就会生硬别扭,这句原译就是如此,如果加几个字,译成 学生们还在陆陆续续地来就稍微好一些,但仍不够自然。有经验的翻译工作者都知道,如果从正面翻译觉得别扭的话,从反面着眼,即反过来译(如肯定译为否定,或否定译为肯定),有时候会别开生面。例如这一句就可以译为:学生还没有到齐。
再比如,有一支球队自成立以来还未赢过一场比赛,英语一般会说The team is yet to win a game.
这显然要比说The team hasn't yet won a single game或The team has lost all the games it has played婉转得多,含义是下次可能赢,这就给该球队留了一点面子。
下面是一些从反面着眼,将肯定句译成否定句的例子,这些译文显然要比从正面译自然得多:
1.The old man lay awake almost the whole night.老人几乎一夜没有合眼。
2.The teacher really has an open mind.老师真的没有偏见。
3.He is strange to compliment.他不爱听恭维话。
4.I'll see you dead before I accept your term.见你的鬼去,我才不会接受你的条件呢。
5.Only that I know you might be wanted,I should detain you a little longer.要不是知道有人会找你,我会留你多呆一会儿。
中国日报网站
Gay documentary makes inroads in Turkey
Google 'Doodles' reflect company's culture of innovation
Indian activists say new rape law falls short
Computers will see, taste, smell, touch and hear things better in the future
A new cancer study from the World Health Organization
Scientists Creating New Devices to Battle Diabetes
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 9
The life and resignation of Pope Benedict the 16th
Obama to speak about his faith at prayer breakfast
Operation walk gives needy patients new life
Fighting fire with fire
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 26
New Delhi's Street Children Publish Newspaper
Words and idioms: put one's best foot forward
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 2
Drone Technology Opens Up New Options for Photographers
Mitch Woods takes his 'Blues Beyond Borders'
Battle for US immigration reform gathers steam
Doctors say most heart disease is preventable
Smart Cars for the Smartphone Generation
When collecting things becomes a problem
Words and their Stories: The Grapevine
Famous New York train station turns 100
US tragedies make gun control likely target in State of the Union Address
'Jack and the Beanstalk,' told with food-related slang
Report: Superfood for babies
Sub-Saharan Africa's Dependence on Child Labor Affects Development
Brain researchers uncover secrets of memory
Kerry begins work as Secretary of State
What is the relationship between age and happiness?
| 不限 |
| 英语教案 |
| 英语课件 |
| 英语试题 |
| 不限 |
| 不限 |
| 上册 |
| 下册 |
| 不限 |