英文散文的逆向翻译(4)
2023-05-14 来源:文库网
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四、当逆向翻译使译文表达更连贯顺畅，更符合汉语规范时：
7. You may find it difficult to understand the thought of Hume，and if you have no philosophical training its implications will doubtless escape you.
句中的its implications will doubtless escape you如按原来顺序正面表述，既不连贯，又不通顺，因为第三个分句换了主语。按逆向翻译则可以做到意思连贯，行文顺畅。你会发现很难理解休姆的思想，而且如果你没有受到过哲学训练，毫无疑问，你将无法理解它的含义。
8. In full face he does not inspire confidence.His profile，however，is simply ridiculous，and the back view of him is really horrible.
这是“At the Tailors”一文的作者对自己形象的夸张的滑稽描写。为了使前一句与后一句保存连贯一致，可以进行逆向翻译，把否定译成肯定。他的正面形象使人失望，侧面简直滑稽可笑，背面更是真的令人害怕了。
五、当逆向翻译更简洁清晰时：
9. Nature seldom provides me with the word，the turn of phrase，that is appropriate without being far-fetched or commonplace.
四、当逆向翻译使译文表达更连贯顺畅，更符合汉语规范时：
7. You may find it difficult to understand the thought of Hume，and if you have no philosophical training its implications will doubtless escape you.
句中的its implications will doubtless escape you如按原来顺序正面表述，既不连贯，又不通顺，因为第三个分句换了主语。按逆向翻译则可以做到意思连贯，行文顺畅。你会发现很难理解休姆的思想，而且如果你没有受到过哲学训练，毫无疑问，你将无法理解它的含义。
8. In full face he does not inspire confidence.His profile，however，is simply ridiculous，and the back view of him is really horrible.
这是“At the Tailors”一文的作者对自己形象的夸张的滑稽描写。为了使前一句与后一句保存连贯一致，可以进行逆向翻译，把否定译成肯定。他的正面形象使人失望，侧面简直滑稽可笑，背面更是真的令人害怕了。
五、当逆向翻译更简洁清晰时：
9. Nature seldom provides me with the word，the turn of phrase，that is appropriate without being far-fetched or commonplace.
