英语翻译技巧培训:翻译意识和技巧培养方法

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英语翻译技巧培训：翻译意识和技巧培养方法

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英语翻译技巧培训：翻译意识和技巧培育方法

第一：要对翻译的重要性有深刻的、充分的熟悉，翻译的对与错、好与坏有时会产生绝然不同的效果。例如，天际海角：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.)

其次：要擅长认真地、深化地、精确地理解中文原文的意思。这是由于精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 )正确的做法应当是根据下面的步骤去做：

1.“摸着石头过河”的字面意思如何理解?

2.它有什么暗含或延长的意思?

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

4.假如直译为 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?

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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.假如意译为 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)。素养教育：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蔽起来了。例如，特区是个窗口，是技术的窗口，管理的窗口，学问的窗口，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，而应当是restore

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“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。

第五：有些中文词语没有什么特别涵义，而与之相对应的英文词语却有着特别的涵义。例如，与“廉价”、“价廉”相对应的“cheap,”它有时候会带有贬义，成为“质次价低”的意，如cheap jewelries, cheap

dresses, cheap furniture 等。我们可以说I bought a cheap watch for my

child，对小孩无所谓;但不能说I bought a cheap dress for my girlfriend.

由于这样说会冒犯对方。在后一种状况下必需用inexpensive一词。

第六：避开用中式英语进行表达，而要尽量用地道的英语进行表达。假如我们要把“我过去学过一些法语，但现在都忘了，都还给老师了”这句话翻译成英语，最好不要说 I learned some French in the

past. Now I have forgotten it. I’ve returned it to the teacher. 比较好的说法是 I used to know some French, but I’ve forgotten it. It has found its

way back to my teacher.

再比如我们要用英语说“我攒了一大堆赃衣服，等着周末来洗，”最好不要说I have accumulated a large amount of dirty clothes. I’m

going to wash them at the weekend. 比较好的说法是 I have a lot of

laundry to catch up at the weekend.

第七：依据不同场合，英语的表达有庄重(formal) 与随便(informal)

之分。比如“禁止吸烟”(No Smoking)、“请勿吸烟”(Thank you for not

smoking) 和“为了您和他人的健康，请勿在此吸烟”(For hygiene’s sake,

please refrain yourself from smoking in this room.)下面两组例子中都各包含有formal- normal - informal 三种文体风格(style):

Please await instructions before dispatching items.

Please wait for instructions before sending items off.

Don’t send anything off until you’re told to do so.

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Essential measures should be undertaken at the earliest opportunity.

One should undertake any necessary measures at the earliest

opportunity.

You should do whatever you have to as soon as you can.

第八：要留意各行各业的不同术语的选择。比如我们要把“专业签证人员”翻译成英语，那么我们就要根据外交用语的习惯把它翻译为visa officers，而不应当照字面上翻译成specialized visa personnel。“安居工程” 的英译不是housing project for low-income urban residents，而应当根据社会经济用语的习惯翻译为the Affordable Housing

Program; “信息化”的英译不是informatization 或informationization，而应当根据高科技行业习惯翻译为the spreading / sweeping

information explosion / the information explosion process / trend; “外资企业”的英译不是overseas-funded enterprises,而应当根据外贸行业习惯翻译为enterprises with foreign investment / enterprises with foreign

elements;再比如，高速大路上的警示语“请勿疲惫驾驶，”翻译成英语不是Don’t drive tiredly，根据交通法规术语应当翻译为Drowsy driving

is dangerous 或Drive alert, arrive alive。

第九：留意汉语和英语之间的文化差异。把“相声”翻译成英语不能只是翻译其形式，还要翻译其内涵。翻译成cross talk 外国人不明白;不如翻译为comic dialogue 更好懂。再如，假设我们要把“以外贸为龙头”翻译成英语，能不能直接翻译为with foreign trade as the

dragon head呢?这样翻译是很难让外国人明白的，由于“以……为龙头”这个说法是源自耍龙灯的习俗，而多数外国人不肯定熟识中国人的这一习俗。为了取得好的翻译效果，最好是用能够跨越文化障碍的表达方法，如“火车头”或“旗舰”：with foreign trade as the locomotive /

flagship。

但是不能机械地对待一切类似的翻译问题，我们的头脑里应当有一点辩证法。比如汉语的“鱼米之乡”(land of fish and rice)，在英语里第 4 页/共 8

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有一个类似的说法land of milk and honey，但由于land of fish and rice

外国人也能理解，不会造成跨化沟通的障碍，所以我们可以采纳land

of fish and rice的说法，以保留一点中国的特色。

第十：对于暗含的意思，必需把它明白地翻译出来，这样便于外国读者理解。例如，”东边日出西边雨，道是无晴却有晴”中的“晴”字，它是个双关语，有“天晴”和“爱情”的双重意思。我们在翻译的时候，必需做到二者兼顾：

It’s sunny in the east but in the west it’s raining hard.

Whether rain or sunshine, he’s the sunshine in my heart.

再如，“这种鞋油为您足下增光”中的“足下”也是个双关语，翻译的时候也必需把两层意思都表达出来：This shoe shine shines your

shoes and you look great.

第十一：有时候，比如翻译诗句，光翻译字面上的意思是不够的，还必需把字里行间的深度、力气和美感表达出来。例如，朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨：不是 Wines and meats become rotten in the mansions;

Dead bones become rotten at the doors of them， 而是：In the mansions,

rolling luxury allows wine and meat to go rotten away;On the streets,

grinding poverty causes dead bodies to freeze and decay.

第十二：汉语和英语在语法语序和句子结构上都有很大的差别。因此，在进行中译英的时候必需要考虑到这些方面的变化。例如，改革开放开放取得了巨大的成就：不是The economic reform and the

opening-up have made great achievements. 而是把“巨大的成就”当作主语，把主动语态变成被动语态：Great achievements have been made in

the economic reform and in our efforts to open-up China to the outside

world.

2022年翻译资格考试二级笔译强化题

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汉译英：

乐观的财政政策要加力增效。今年拟支配财政赤字1. 62 万亿元，比去年增加2700亿元，赤字率从去年的 2.1%提高到2.3%。

Our proactive fiscal policy must sustain the momentum of economic

growth and increase economic returns. The government budget deficit for

2022 is projected to be 1.62 trillion yuan, an increase of 270 billion yuan

over last year, which means that the deficit to GDP ratio will rise from

last years 2.1% to 2.3%.

处理好债务管理与稳增长的关系，创新和完善地方政府举债融资机制。

We need to find the right balance between managing debt and

maintaining steady growth. We will develop and improve mechanisms for

local governments to secure financing through bond issuance.

稳健的货币政策要松紧适度。广义货币M2预期增长12%左右，在实际执行中，依据经济进展需要，也可以略高些。

We will pursue prudent and balanced monetary policy. The M2

money supply is forecasted to grow by around 12% in 2022, but the

actual supply may be slightly higher than this projection depending on the

needs of economic development.

加强和改善宏观审慎管理，敏捷运用公开市场操作、利率、存款预备金率、再贷款等货币政策工具，保持货币信贷和社会融资规模平稳增长。

We will work to strengthen and improve macro-prudential regulation,

adopt a flexible approach in our use of monetary policy tools including

open market operations, interest rates, required reserve ratios, and

re-lending, and maintain steady growth in the supply of money and credit

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as well as aggregate financing in the economy.

加快资金周转，优化信贷结构，提高直接融资比重，降低社会融资成本，让更多的金融活水流向实体经济。

We will speed up the turnover of funds, improve the credit structure,

increase the proportion of direct financing to total financing, and reduce

the cost of financing, thereby allowing more financial resources to be

channeled into the real economy.

2022年上半年catti二级笔译测试题

汉译英：

中国能源进展面临着诸多挑战。能源资源禀赋不高，煤炭、石油、自然 气人均拥有量较低。能源消费总量近年来增长过快，保障能源供应压力增大。化石能源大规模开发利用，对生态环境造成肯定程度的影响。

However, Chinas energy development still faces many challenges.

The countrys energy resource endowment is not high and its per-capita

share of coal, petroleum and natural gas is low. Its energy consumption

has grown too quickly in recent years, increasing the strain on energy

supply. Fossil energy resources have been exploited on a large scale,

causing a certain amount of damage to the eco-environment.

为削减对能源资源的过度消耗，实现经济、社会、生态全面协调可持续进展，中国不断加大节能减排力度，努力提高能源利用效率，单位国内生产总值能源消耗逐年下降。

To curb excessive consumption of energy resources and achieve the

comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development of the economy,

society and ecology, China keeps strengthening its efforts in energy

conservation and emission reduction, and strives to raise the efficiency of

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energy utilization. As a result, energy consumption per unit of GDP has

been decreasing year by year.

中国将以科学进展观为指导，切实转变进展方式，着力建设资源节省型、环境友好型社会，依靠能源科技创新和体制创新，全面提升能源效率，大力进展新能源和可再生能源，推动化石能源的清洁高效开发利用，努力构建平安、稳定、经济、清洁的现代能源产业体系，为中国全面建设小康社会供应更加坚实的能源保障，为世界经济进展作出更大贡献。

China will continue to take the Scientific Outlook on Development

as its guiding principle, and work hard to transform its development

pattern, giving prominence to building a resource-conserving and

environment-friendly society. It relies on scientific, technological and

system innovation to raise efficiency in all aspects of energy utilization,

further develops new and renewable energy resources, and promotes the

clean and efficient development and utilization of fossil energy resources.

The country endeavors to build a modern energy industry which is secure,

stable, economical and clean, in order to provide a solid guarantee for

building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and make greater

contributions to the worlds economic development.

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