笔译08460.ppt

翻译技巧——
缩句译法
组员:毛红艳
王徐
甘华凤
柏瑾
杨路云
缩句译法, 就是根据原文的逻辑关系和译文的语言习惯, 把原文中的一个句子紧缩成译文中另一个句子的组成部分. 一般情况下, 我们把原文上下文中相对次要的句子紧缩成相对主要的句子的组成部分, 大多紧缩成状语, 也有一部分紧缩成定语和同位语乃至主语.
黛玉又忙命倒茶,一面又使眼色与宝玉。宝玉会意,便走了出来。(曹雪芹:《红楼梦》,第五十二回)
Daiyu ordered tea, glancing at Baoyu as she did so. Taking the hint, he went out of the room.
1)缩为状语
It was on the early morning of April 2, 1971. The pilots were briefed in the ready room.
1971 年 4 月 2 日清晨, 飞机驾驶员都在待命室接受飞行任务。
( 缩成时间状语)
王夫人打发人来唤宝钗。宝钗连忙过来, 请了安。
Summoned by Lady Wang, Baochai hurried overt o pay her respects to her. (缩成原因状语)
如此处理
2)缩为定语
She went back home to take care of her husband. He was seriously ill.
她回家去照料病重的丈夫。
His father had a small l business in t he cit y of Pisa. The city is in the north h of Italy near the sea.
他父亲在意大利北部近海的比萨市开小铺。
3)缩为同位语
Her father became the mayor of the city. He was a murderer in the Second World War.
她的父亲,二次大战中的一个杀人凶手,竟当上了这个城市的市长。
露西年轻时是位非常有才华的音乐家。现在她也时
不时的举行几场音乐会。
Lucy, in her youth a talented musician, still gives concert s every now and t hen.
It was April 1945. The Second World War ing to an end.
一九四五年四月,第二次世界大战已接近尾声。
红色部分在原文中是一个单独的句子,在译文中则变成了时间状语从句,使得译文的整个句子变成简单句,表达得更加简洁。
Exercises
七月里的一个清晨,太阳刚出来。地里,苞米和高粱叶子上,抹上了金子的颜色。(周立波:《暴风骤雨》)
Early one summer day, the golden rays of sunrise daubed the maize and sorghum fields in a bright yellow.(缩为定语)
这里如此处理考虑到了英汉句子结构的差异且使得表达更富逻辑,比较符合英语的表达习惯。
孔乙己着了慌,伸开五指将碟子罩住,弯腰下去说道,“不多了,我已经不多了。”(鲁迅:《孔乙己》)
Growing flustered, he would cover the dish with his hand and bending forward from the waist would say, “There aren’t many left, not many at all.”(缩为状语)
思考:红色部分应该怎么处理,以及句子的结构
8月底,中国影片《英雄》登上了美国票房的榜首,对中国影片来说这是第一次,而且这部影片的DVD在上映前已经上市了。
At the end of August, a Chinese film, Hero, topped the US box office chart for the first time, despite already being available on DVD. (缩为定语)