易错句子翻译

•T he local press challenged the license of the TV station.当地报纸要求吊销那家电视台的许可证。

•H e made a mistake again. It’s because he is not dry behind the ears.•由于缺乏经验，他又错了。

•（not dry behind the ears:乳臭未干的，没见过世面的）•D on’t burn the candle at both ends if you wish to remain healthy.•想保持身体健康，就不要过度消耗你的精力。

•H ow the old man was able to keep body and soul together is beyond me.•那位老人怎么能维持生计呢，我真不能理解。

•（keep body and soul together ：勉强活下去）•T he pretty girl married with the left hand last year.•这个漂亮的女孩去年与一个门第比自己低的人结婚了。

•（marry with the left hand: 是习语，意思是：与比自己门第低的人结婚）•B illy is rumored to belong to the third sex.•谣传比利是个同性恋者。

（the third sex：是俚语说法，指“homo sexual individual”, 但与“人妖”transvestite又有区别。

）•I n China men usually wear the trousers at home. •在中国，男人通常是一家之主。

•（wear the trousers 被用来泛指拥有决定权或最后的发言权。

）•T he talk about raising taxes was a red flag to many voters.•关于增税的谈论激怒了许多选民。

•（red flag: 令人生气的东西，white flag 是求和投降的象征；black flag是海盗的标志）•A man in Tom’s position was always in danger of being taken for a ride.•处在汤姆这种地位的人，经常都有被人绑架去枪杀的危险。

•T he dishonest salesman took the customers for a ride. •这个商人骗取顾客的钱财。

•（take sb. for a ride: 架出去枪杀；诈骗）Do you have yellowback for me?有没有法国廉价小说借给我看看。

You can say that again. Some people are born lucky.说得对，说得好。

---he drugged David’s tea.--- You don’t say!美国口头禅。

表轻微疑问、惊奇，“是吗，真的吗？”Linda asked Ham to help her with her lesson. Ham said, “you scratch my back and I will scratch yours”Very good, uncle. You’re the doctor.定语从句的汉译英语中定语从句扮演着非常重要的作用，对主句的语义起着修饰、限制、补充、发展等作用。

定语从句和先行词之间除了修饰限制的关系外，还可能有其它内在逻辑关系，如补充说明、原因、结果、目的、让步、条件、时间等。

故翻译成汉语时可视具体情况处理成“的”字结构、并列句、各种状语从句等，否则会被原语牵着鼻子走，译出欧式汉语。

I.处理成“的”字结构1.The people whoworked for him lived in mortal fear of him.在他手下干活的人都非常怕他。

2.He is a poet who reads extensively.他是位博览群书的诗人。

3.Miggle’s laugh,which was very infectious, broke the silence.米格尔那富有感染力的笑声打破了沉寂。

II 处理成并列句4. It is he who received the letter that announced the deathof your uncle.是他接到的那封信，说你叔叔去世了。

5. I told the story to John, who told it to his sister.我把这事告诉了约翰，他又告诉了他弟弟。

6. This was the periodwhen Einstein began the research which resulted in the creation of his famous Theory of Relativity.就在这期间，爱因斯坦开始了一项研究。

这项研究使他成就了著名的相对论。

III译成各类状语从句7. My assistant, who had carefully read through the instruction before doing his experiment, could not obtain satisfactory results, because he followed them mechanically.我的助手虽然在做实验之前已从头至尾仔细阅读了说明书，但由于生搬硬套，就没有能够得出满意的结果。

8. Men become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep alive their families.人们及其迫切地要求工作，不管什么工作，只要能维持一家人的生活就行。

英汉语主语选择上的差别1）英语常常使用非人称主语，让事物以客观的口气呈现出来，这种表达法使叙述客观，结构严密紧凑，语气较为委婉间接。

汉语中主语大多数是人或有生命的东西，要么干脆没有主语。

汉语注重主体的思维模式，倾向于描述人及其行为或状态，因而常用人称做主语。

当人称不言而喻时则常常隐含人称或省略人称。

2）英语用非人称做主语的句子主要表现在用抽象名词或无生命的事物名称做主语，同时又使用本来表示人的动作或行为的动词做其谓语，因而拟人色彩较强。

英汉表达习惯的对比8.1 using pronounsThe frequency of using pronouns in Chinese is far less than using them in English.1) As we discuss our differences，neither of us will compromise our principles．But while we cannot close the gulf between us，we can try to bridge it so that we may be able to talk across it.A：在我们讨论我们的分歧的时候，我们哪一方都不会在我们的原则上妥协。

但是，虽然我们不能弥合我们之间的鸿沟，我们却能够设法搭一座桥，以便越过它进行会谈。

B：在讨论我们的分歧时，哪一方都不会在原则上妥协。

但是，虽然不能弥合我们之间的鸿沟，我们却能搭一座桥，以便越过它进行会谈。

印欧语民族的思维汉语民族的思维由内向外由外向内由小到大由大到小由近到远由远到近由微观到宏观由宏观到微观由个别到整体由整体到个别由具体到抽象由抽象到具体T ranslation consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language message, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.by Eugene A. Nida（奈达）所谓翻译，是指在译语中用最切近而又自然的对等语再现原语的信息，首先在语义上，其次是文体上。

L u Xun says: I have always thought that translation is easier than writing, for at least you needn’t work out a plot. But as soon as you put pen to paper, you meet with obstacles. For instance, you can avoid a noun or a verb you cannot make good use of in writing, but you can’t do so in translation.Guo Moruo: Translation is creative work. Good translation is equal to creation…Sometimes translation is more different thanwriting. A writer must have experience in life, but a translator has to experience what the author has experienced. And a translator must not only be proficient in his mother tongue but also have a very good foundation in a foreign language. Therefore, translation is not easier than writing at all英语中有关定语和中心词的关系的另一条规则是短的修饰语在前，长的修饰语在后，从句则肯定放在中心词之后。

比如a new, expansive model of TV set which receives TV programs from all over the world.一种可以接受全世界电视节目的昂贵的、新型的电视机等等。

（2）状语一般情况下，英语中几种状语的位置的顺序是：方式、地点、时间；而在汉语中的顺序则是：时间、地点、方式。

例如：We are to our heart’s content ather home last Sunday.我们上星期天在她家里饱餐一顿。