逍遥学能 2018-02-02 22:22
同位语从句有以下五种翻译方法:
①可以直接翻译在所修饰词后面。
②放在所修饰的名词前面,充当定语。
③译成独立句子:先翻译主句,然后用“就是……”或者“即……”引导出同位语从句,或者把同位语从句译成独立的句子,由冒号或破折号引出。
④用代词指代:先把同位语从句中的内容翻译出来,在后面用“这”或“那”等代词复指它,参加句子主体的构成。
⑤译成宾语 :把同位语从句修饰的名词转译成动词,而把同位语从句译成宾语。
【真题例句】
What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assume they are presiding over is for real.
【解析】
句子可拆分为:What is harder to establish is //whether the productivity revolution //that businessmen assume //they are presiding over// is for real.
主句为What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution is for real。主句包含两个从句成分:从句what is harder to establish做主语;whether the productivity revolution is for real作表语;that they are presiding over为定语从句修饰the productivity revolution;此定语从句中businessmen assume为主谓结构的插入语。以what, whatever, whoever, whether, when, where, how, why等词引导的主语从句及表语从句在翻译的时候,一般可以按照英语原文顺序来翻译。
【参考译文】难以确定的是,商界人士认为他们所主导的生产力革命是否真的存在。