專八之英譯漢第六講

1、專八之英譯漢第六講In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 1The investigations were temporarily tabled due to more pressing business. be tabled: 英 be listed in the agenda 提交討論; 把.列入議事日程 美擱置(議案),推遲對某事的考慮 to postpone the consideration of sth. pressing business 緊急的任務 由于有更緊急的任務，調(diào)查暫不進展。In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 2A

2、fter all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else, whether it be plant or animal, dead or alive. After all 畢竟。譯成“總之不太妥當;“總之一般是all in all. whether it be 是虛擬語氣。只要理解正確，翻譯時的用詞可根據(jù)具體情況。 畢竟所有的生物都靠吃其他東西生存，不管這種東西是植物還是動物，是死的還是活的。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 3One of the great charms of Lawr

3、ence as a companion was that he could never be bored and so could never be boring. as a companion 如何翻譯？ he could never be bored and so could never be boring 如何翻譯？ 與跟勞倫斯相處，可以感到他有一點得意之處，那就是他從不討厭人，因而也從不討人厭。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 4A grass eating animal cannot exist without grass, a predator w

4、ithout prey, a plant without certain basic chemicals or certain kinds of soil. A grass eating animal 食草動物a predator without prey 翻譯時要補出省略局部。下面一句一樣。 certain basic chemicals 一定的或：某些根本化學物質(zhì) certain kinds of soil 一定的土壤 食草動物沒有草不能生存，食肉動物沒有獵物無法活命，植物沒有一定的根本化學物質(zhì)或一定的土壤就生長不了。 “一定的也可改為“某種In-class Exercises of Un

5、it 6 No. 5If we could consider placing ourselves in other peoples shoes, we could teach ourselves how damaging it is to assume anything about anyone. Place ourselves in others shoes: 設(shè)身處地為別人著想 we could teach ourselves: we would understand 我們就會懂得 to assume anything about anyone 對別人作主觀臆斷 如果我們能夠設(shè)身處地為別人

6、著想，就會懂得對別人臆斷有多大害處。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 6A creative person will almost never follow a set pattern in developing an idea. To do so would tend to structure his thinking and might limit the creation of possible solutions. follow a set pattern 照搬固定不變的模式 in developing an idea 在形成一種想法時 to stru

7、cture his thinking 構(gòu)造他的思想束縛思想 Tend to 往往會，常常有創(chuàng)造性的人在形成一種想法時決不會照搬固定不變的模式。那種做法往往會束縛思想，有礙于想出多種可能的解決方案。In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 7Next door, a larger-than-expected audience of 300 attended the International Conference on Laser Atmospheric Studies, which will be covered separately next month. the I

8、nternational Conference on Laser Atmospheric Studies 國際激光大氣研究會議 which will be covered separately next month 有關(guān)會議情況將于下月另文報道 隔壁大廳里，出乎意料地有300人出席了國際激光大氣研究會議，有關(guān)會議情況本刊將于下月另文報道。 In-class Exercises of Unit 6 No. 8The quality of attendance, enhanced by an exhibit-admission fee of $50 per day, was widely exto

9、lled. The quantity was in doubt, however. All of the 14 exhibitors interviewed questioned the figure of 5,200 given by Fair director G.B. Hovel; the consensus was 2,500 attendees. was widely extolled 受到了普遍稱頌。Extol(l): praise highly consensus 多數(shù)人的意見, 輿論 questioned the figure of 5,200 given by sb. 對某人提供的5200這個數(shù)字表示疑心 由于每天的入場券票價高達50美元，所以前往參觀的人都有些身份，受到了普遍稱頌。但是參觀人數(shù)值得疑心。有14家參展廠商承受了采訪，都對交易會主任霍佛爾提供的5,20