时间:2019-03-06 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

   如果一个人连母语都学不好,他就不可能学好外语。


  记得报纸上曾有这样一条新闻,其中有一句话:巴基斯坦对印度的核攻击是早有准备的。您琢磨一下,就会发现,这句话有严重的语病,因为它有两个截然相反的意思,一个是巴基斯坦核攻击印度,一个是印度核攻击巴基斯坦,因此不同的人,对这句话会有不同的理解,翻译成英语,就会有两种不同的说法(请看下面)。
  ①Pakistan's nuclear attack upon India is deliberate.(巴基斯坦核攻击印度这件事,是蓄谋已久的。)
  ②Pakistan is ready to India's nuclear attack.(面对印度的核攻击,巴基斯坦已经做好了准备。)
  还有一条新闻,其中有这样一句话:他是这次飞机坠毁事故的132位死难者中唯一幸存的。这句话也有严重的语病,人死难了,就不可能再幸存,幸存了,就不可能再死难,因此,如果我们把这句话按照字面翻译成英语(请看下面第一句),就会造成外国读者的困惑。正确的说法应当是:这次飞机坠毁事故有132位死难者,他是唯一的幸存者(总共133人,请看下面第二句)。
  ①He is the only survivor 1 among 132 victims of the plane crash.
  ②He is the only survivor of the plane crash killing 2 132.
  据我了解,经常有外国朋友批评我国英语译文的质量不高,比如生硬、死板、含糊、晦涩等等,究其原因,除了翻译者自身的英语水平限制之外,我一直认为,还与汉语原文的质量不高有直接关系。我写这个小帖子的目的,就是想说:汉语写不好,英语恐怕也写不好,汉语水平低的人,英语水平恐怕也不会高。

n.生存者,残存者,幸存者
  • The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
  • There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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Acer fabri
acgih
ametrometer
amyntas
anatomical location
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basal area of a stand
beam attenuator
biochemistry of drought resistance in plants
Borrelia buccale
brass water valve
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centrifugal spinning pot
ceramic shell
coded Fourier-transform hologram
cohune(palm)
colourest
constant-boiling mixture
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dimensional scaling
electric load curves
exclusive sales
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functional recovery
genus macroclemyss
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hausner
heliosin
ice cream with chocotate flavour
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key tape load
labour for subsistence
lactation hormone
leading edge peak mesial point
linnen
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Lysimachia millietii
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native beech
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number of threads per unit length
online discussion
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partialimage
phosphatidylinositol phosphate
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potassium lithium tartrate
prenzlaus
private ledger
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pyrodex
rapy
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rotating nozzles
rub up
salary cap
San Antonian
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single sideband radio set
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stick of solder
sun-loungers
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to scope
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tuning eye
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UV-SPECTRUM
viscoelastic fiber
wedding-bell
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