考博英語(yǔ)翻譯結(jié)構(gòu)譯法之分割結(jié)構(gòu)

考博英語(yǔ)翻譯結(jié)構(gòu)譯法之分割結(jié)構(gòu)

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分割結(jié)構(gòu)

語(yǔ)法關(guān)系密切的兩個(gè)句子成分被其他句子成分分隔的現(xiàn)象稱為分割結(jié)構(gòu)。英語(yǔ)中，分割結(jié)構(gòu)的類型是多種多樣的。例如，英語(yǔ)句子的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)一般都緊密相聯(lián)，它們之間很少插入介詞等比較長(zhǎng)的結(jié)構(gòu)。

但是，在有些情況下，或是為了保持句子的平衡，避免頭重腳輕，或是為了語(yǔ)義嚴(yán)密，結(jié)構(gòu)緊湊，在主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)之間有時(shí)也會(huì)插入其他成分。

此外，還有定語(yǔ)(或定語(yǔ)從句)與其中心詞被分隔;某些詞語(yǔ)與其所要求的介詞被分隔;動(dòng)詞與其賓語(yǔ)被分隔;介詞與其賓語(yǔ)被分隔等等。

總之，英語(yǔ)的分割應(yīng)遵循尾重原則(應(yīng)把長(zhǎng)而復(fù)雜的成分放在句末，使結(jié)構(gòu)勻稱)和句尾信息焦點(diǎn)原則(把新信息，即語(yǔ)意重點(diǎn)放在句末)。同時(shí)，在閱讀時(shí)要注意找出原來(lái)屬于一個(gè)整體部分的意義。

1. Most novelists and historians writing in the early to mid-twentieth century who considered women in the West， when they considered women at all， fell under Turner's spell.

分析：本句的主干結(jié)構(gòu)是：Most novelists and historians…fell under Turner’s spell. Turner 是美國(guó)歷史學(xué)家。under a spell：被迷住，著迷。

writing in the early to mid-twentieth century who considered women in the West， when they considered women at all 修飾主語(yǔ)，起分割主謂的作用。而其中的狀語(yǔ)從句when they considered women at all 是定語(yǔ)從句who considered women in the West中的狀語(yǔ)成分。

譯文：從本世紀(jì)初到本世紀(jì)中葉從事寫作的小說(shuō)家和歷史學(xué)家只要描寫婦女，就會(huì)描述西部婦女，而且都被特納迷住。

2. In the last eight years there were difficult， almost non-stop negotiations and reported threats of failure， ultimately overcome by a combination of creative compromise and stubborn determination—indeed， some call it unprecedented determination—to succeed.

分析：本句的主干結(jié)構(gòu)是：…there were negotiations and…threats of failure。“overcome by…”是過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)，修飾 threats of failure。stubborn determination 和其定語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞不定式“to succeed”被“indeed， some call it unprecedented determination”分割。

譯文：在最后的八年里，進(jìn)行了艱苦卓絕的、幾乎是不間斷的談判，其間屢經(jīng)失敗之虞，但最終通過(guò)創(chuàng)造性的協(xié)調(diào)和要取得成功的頑強(qiáng)決心——確實(shí)有人稱之為前所未有的決心——而渡過(guò)難關(guān)，取得了勝利。

3. Abraham Lincoln is the most famous instance of the claim that Americans often made that in their country a man may rise from the lowest to the highest position.

分析：the claim 和其同位語(yǔ) that in their country a man may rise from the lowest to the highest position 被 the claim 的定語(yǔ)從句that Americans often made 分割。同位語(yǔ)從句在翻譯時(shí)可按照順序翻譯，將其翻譯為分句。

4. The discovery of surplus value suddenly threw light on the problem， in trying to solve which all previous investigations， of both bourgeois economists and social critics， had been groping in the dark.

分析：in trying to solve插在 the problem 和定語(yǔ)從句which…之間，起到承上啟下的作用。of both bourgeois economists and social critics為investigations 的后置定語(yǔ)，起到分割作用。

譯文：由于剩余價(jià)值的發(fā)現(xiàn)，使問(wèn)題明朗化了。而先前，無(wú)論資產(chǎn)階級(jí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家還是社會(huì)批評(píng)家所從事的一切研究都只是在黑暗中摸索。

5. A better knowledge of China’s civilization would lay open to us an empire of learning， hitherto fabulously described.

分析：lay open 和 an empire of learning 被介詞短語(yǔ) to us 分割。本句選自英國(guó)前首相撒切爾夫人1982年在中國(guó)歡迎宴會(huì)上的講話。翻譯時(shí)要注意轉(zhuǎn)譯的應(yīng)用。如把“better”譯為副詞“更好地”。

譯文：更好地了解中國(guó)的文明，將為我們打開(kāi)一個(gè)知識(shí)的王國(guó)，對(duì)這個(gè)王國(guó)迄今只有神話般的描述。

6. It is the insistence， as a first consideration， upon the interdependence of the various elements in， and parts of， the United States—a recognition of the old and permanently important manifestation of the American spirit of the pioneer.

分析：insistence 后接upon the interdependence of the various elements in， and parts of， the United States， 中間被插入語(yǔ)as a first consideration 分割，做進(jìn)一步說(shuō)明。該句選自美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)羅斯福在1933年的就職演說(shuō)。漢語(yǔ)中動(dòng)詞用得較多，翻譯時(shí)可把名詞轉(zhuǎn)譯為動(dòng)詞。

7. As they grow old， people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons： lack of physical and mental energy—both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away—and sentiment.

分析：該句包含了并列結(jié)構(gòu)被分割的情況。lack of physical and mental energy和sentiment 是并列結(jié)構(gòu)，作two other reasons的同位語(yǔ)。但是被非限定性定語(yǔ)從句both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away分割。

譯文：人們隨著日趨年邁，積存物品還有其他兩個(gè)原因：一是缺乏體力和精神，兩者在清理和扔掉無(wú)用之物時(shí)不可或缺，二是感情上的原因。

8. Those who believe in capital punishment may have arguments for its retention， but surely no reasonable argument can be found for retention of the sickening mumbo-jumbo that accompanies it from the moment that the judge dons the black cap with what looks like a pen-wiper balanced on the top of his wig， to the reading of the burial service over the condemned man before he is dead.

分析：這是一個(gè)由but引導(dǎo)的并列句。前一分句較簡(jiǎn)單，who引導(dǎo)的從句作those 的定語(yǔ)，but 后的從句較復(fù)雜，從句套從句，for retention…dead是argument的定語(yǔ)。因?yàn)樗容^長(zhǎng)，所以把謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞can be found放在它和argument之間，形成分割結(jié)構(gòu)。

該句較長(zhǎng)，可以分為三層：第一層是those…retention，第二層是but…mumbo-jumbo，第三層是that accompanies…dead?；旧峡刹捎庙樞蚍ǚg。

譯文：那些相信死刑的人可能有保留死刑的理由，但是肯定找不到合理的論據(jù)來(lái)保留那令人厭惡的繁文縟節(jié)。這一套繁文縟節(jié)從法官戴上頂在假發(fā)上的擦筆布似的黑帽子宣判死刑之時(shí)開(kāi)始，一直伴隨到為被判處死刑的人在其斃命之前誦讀葬禮禱文為止。

9. The second aspect is the application by all members of society， from the government official to the ordinary citizen， of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in the work.

分析：這是一個(gè)很典型的分割結(jié)構(gòu)。主干結(jié)構(gòu)是：The second aspect is the application…of the special methods of thought and action，application和修飾它的介詞短語(yǔ)被一個(gè)長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的by短語(yǔ)分割。

譯文：第二個(gè)方面是，社會(huì)上的一切成員，從政府部門中任工職的官員到普通公民，都應(yīng)運(yùn)用科學(xué)家們?cè)谘芯抗ぷ髦兴捎玫膶ｉT的思維方法和工作方法。

10.Old Henry and his wife Phoebe were as fond of each other as it is possible for two old people to be who have nothing else in this life to be fond of.

分析：連詞as 引導(dǎo)的比較狀語(yǔ)從句中，it 代替for two old people to be。to be 后省略了fond of each other。to be 做分割成分。

11. As they grow old， people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons： lack of physical and mental energy—both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away—and sentiment.

分析：該句包含了并列結(jié)構(gòu)被分割的情況。lack of physical and mental energy和sentiment 是并列結(jié)構(gòu)，作two other reasons的同位語(yǔ)。但是被非限定性定語(yǔ)從句both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away分割。

譯文：人們隨著日趨年邁，積存物品還有其他兩個(gè)原因：一是缺乏體力和精神，兩者在清理和扔掉無(wú)用之物時(shí)不可或缺，二是感情上的原因。

12. Those who believe in capital punishment may have arguments for its retention， but surely no reasonable argument can be found for retention of the sickening mumbo-jumbo that accompanies it from the moment that the judge dons the black cap with what looks like a pen-wiper balanced on the top of his wig， to the reading of the burial service over the condemned man before he is dead.

分析：這是一個(gè)由but引導(dǎo)的并列句。前一分句較簡(jiǎn)單，who引導(dǎo)的從句作those 的定語(yǔ)，but 后的從句較復(fù)雜，從句套從句，for retention…dead是argument的定語(yǔ)。因?yàn)樗容^長(zhǎng)，所以把謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞can be found放在它和argument之間，形成分割結(jié)構(gòu)。

該句較長(zhǎng)，可以分為三層：第一層是those…retention，第二層是but…mumbo-jumbo，第三層是that accompanies…dead?；旧峡刹捎庙樞蚍ǚg。

譯文：那些相信死刑的人可能有保留死刑的理由，但是肯定找不到合理的論據(jù)來(lái)保留那令人厭惡的繁文縟節(jié)。這一套繁文縟節(jié)從法官戴上頂在假發(fā)上的擦筆布似的黑帽子宣判死刑之時(shí)開(kāi)始，一直伴隨到為被判處死刑的人在其斃命之前誦讀葬禮禱文為止。

13. The second aspect is the application by all members of society， from the government official to the ordinary citizen， of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in the work.

分析：這是一個(gè)很典型的分割結(jié)構(gòu)。主干結(jié)構(gòu)是：The second aspect is the application…of the special methods of thought and action，application和修飾它的介詞短語(yǔ)被一個(gè)長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的by短語(yǔ)分割。