英语翻译应具备的几大意识(一)

发布时间:2016-12-12

为了提高参加AEAS考试的同学的英语水平,澳大利亚中学入学考试网特别为同学们带来一些考试技巧。这次介绍的是英语翻译应具备的几大意识(一)。

翻译意识和技巧的培养需要涉及以下几个方面:

第一:要对翻译的重要性有深刻的、充分的认识,翻译的对与错、好与坏有时会产生绝然不同的效果。

例如,天涯海角:不是the End of the World (应为Land’s End / End of the Earth) 。再如,一小时内免费送机票上门:不是We give you tickets free of charge within one hour.(应为We offer free delivery of your air tickets within one hour after your booking confirmation.)

第二:要善于仔细地、深入地、准确地理解中文原文的意思。

这是因为准确的理解是做好翻译的前提。例如,摸着石头过河:不是crossing the river by feeling the stones。(而是wade across the stream by feeling the way )正确的做法应该是按照下面的步骤去做:

1.“摸着石头过河”的字面意思如何理解?

2.它有什么暗含或延伸的意思?

3.英语里有没有相同或类似的说法?.如果有,就可以直接借用;如果没有,是进行直译还是意译?

4.如果直译为 crossing the river by feeling the stones是否能被外国人理解?

5.过河是乘船过(crossing by boat)还是淌水过(wading across),动词用什么形式?

6.这里的河是大河、中河还是小河 (river, stream, brook, etc.)?

7.摸的方式是用手摸还是用脚触?

8.石头是大石头还是小石头(rock, stone, pebble, etc.)?

9.如果意译为 learning by experiment / by trial and error是否可取?

10.直译和意译相结合wading across the stream by feeling the way如何?

第三:中文和英文的对应词有时意思并不相同或者不完全相同,不能照字面翻译。

例如,他的英语说得真好,就像外国人一样。不是He speaks English so well, he sounds like a foreigner.而是He speaks English so well, he sounds like a native speaker.

拉动经济增长:不是pull economic growth,而是push/lift/increase/boost/stimulate/spur/drive/fuel/speed up/accelerate/generate/ fire up/ propel/ facilitate/reinforce/aid/assist/support/promote/encourage/foster/(sustain/maintain)。素质教育:不是quality education,而是caliber-focused education 或trait-centered education。

第四:有时候中文字面的意思表达不充分,部分信息被省略了或被隐藏起来了。

例如,特区是个窗口,是技术的窗口,管理的窗口,知识的窗口,也是对外政策的窗口。不是:The special zone is a window. It is a widow for introducing technology, management and knowledge. It is also a window for foreign policy. 而是The special economic zones are a window opening onto the outside world. They are a window through which to bring in from abroad sophisticated technology, advanced managerial expertise and up-to-date know-how. It is also a window through which to disseminate China’s external policies.

再如,退耕还林:不是return farmland to forest,而应该是restore “woodland-converted farm-plots” back for afforesting 。春运:不是spring transportation,而是the rush / peak season of passenger transportation during the Spring Festival。

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