經(jīng)典例題: Interest in historical methods has arisen,less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves.
經(jīng)典例題: With the click of a mouse,information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your computer screen at the dizzying speed of seven_and_a_half times around the earth per second.
經(jīng)典例題: Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion problems arising from mass migration movements-themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.
經(jīng)典例題: Numerous abstentions marked the French elections.
參考譯文: 這次法國選舉的特點是棄權(quán)的人多。
2.形容詞轉(zhuǎn)換成名詞
經(jīng)典例題: They did their best to help the sick and the wounded.
參考譯文: 他們盡了最大努力幫助病號和傷號。
經(jīng)典例題: The different production cost is closely associated with the sources of power.
參考譯文: 生產(chǎn)成本的差異與能源密切相關(guān)。
3.代詞轉(zhuǎn)換成名詞
經(jīng)典例題: According to a growing body of evidence,the chemicals that make up many plastics may migrate out of the material and into foods and fluids,ending up in your body.
分析: your body直譯是"你的身體",而細(xì)讀原文,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)其實your body是泛指人體。作者為了引起與讀者的共鳴,用了與讀者更息息相關(guān)的your。在翻譯時,應(yīng)將此代詞轉(zhuǎn)換成名詞,體現(xiàn)其真實含義。
經(jīng)典例題: Though we can't see it,there is air all around us.參考譯文雖然我們看不見空氣,可我們周圍到處都有空氣。
4.副詞轉(zhuǎn)換成名詞
經(jīng)典例題: The new type of machine is shown schematically in Figure1.
參考譯文 圖一所示是這種新型機器的簡圖。
經(jīng)典例題: Internally the earth consists of two parts,a core and a mantle.參考譯文地球的內(nèi)部由兩部分組成:地核和地幔。
▶轉(zhuǎn)換成形容詞
1.副詞轉(zhuǎn)換成形容詞
經(jīng)典例題: The engineer had prepared meticulously for his design.
參考譯文: 工程師為這次設(shè)計做了十分周密的準(zhǔn)備。
經(jīng)典例題: When tables and other materials are included,they should be conveniently placed,so that a student can consult them without turning over too many pages.
經(jīng)典例題: Most teenagers feel no difficulty in learning and operating computers.
參考譯文: 絕大部分青少年在學(xué)習(xí)和操作電腦方面并不覺得困難。
經(jīng)典例題: The instrument has been welcomed by users because of its stability in serviceability,reliability in operation and simplicity in maintenance.
參考譯文: 該儀器性能穩(wěn)定,操作可靠,維護方便,因而受到用戶的歡迎。
▶轉(zhuǎn)換成副詞
形容詞轉(zhuǎn)換成副詞
經(jīng)典例題: The wide application of electronic machines in scientific work,in designing and in economic calculations will free man from the labor of complicated computations.
經(jīng)典例題: By dialing the right number,you may be able to select a play,golf lesson or lecture in physics,from a pre-taped library in a remote city,for showing on your home screen.
經(jīng)典例題: Since the invention of the transistor at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in1984,it has found its way into varied applications in the commercial,industrial and military fields.