比较结构的翻译技巧
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比较结构的翻译技巧
英语中的比较句式建构庞大,复杂多变,往往差之毫厘,谬以千里。它包括比较级,强化式比较,否定式比较,选择式比较, 递增或递减式比较。 一、比较级(comparative degree) 在比较级中,有超越、相等、差逊三个级别。 1. 超越 (superiority) (1)better than: 胜过,优于 Doing is better than saying.(百说不如一做。) (2)more than + 从句。多余,超过 She has talked more than what is necessary.(她说了一些多余的话) (3)“than +关系代词”的从句。 再 …… 不过。 He is a scholar than whom no man ever will be more honest. (他是个再诚实不过的学者了。) (4)superior to :占优势,比……胜一筹。 He is superior to his elder brother.(他比他哥哥强) 2. 相等 (equality) (1) as … as. 如……一样。 As busy as a bee. ( 忙得不可开交) (2) as well as 。 既 …… 又, 和……一样。 Pompey, as well as Caesar, was a great man. (像恺撒一样,庞培也是一位伟人。) (3) the same as…. 像……一样。 The same as the past. (一如从前。) (4) such/ so…as. 像……一样。 Such a great poet as Homer was proficient not just in literature but also in history . (像荷马那样的诗人,不仅要精通文学,还要精通历史。) (5) no sooner than.. 一……就(几乎同时,夸张用法)。 No sooner said than done.(说到做到。) (6) No more than. 就像,不优于。 You’re no more capable of speaking French than I am. &n
英语中的比较句式建构庞大,复杂多变,往往差之毫厘,谬以千里。它包括比较级,强化式比较,否定式比较,选择式比较, 递增或递减式比较。 一、比较级(comparative degree) 在比较级中,有超越、相等、差逊三个级别。 1. 超越 (superiority) (1)better than: 胜过,优于 Doing is better than saying.(百说不如一做。) (2)more than + 从句。多余,超过 She has talked more than what is necessary.(她说了一些多余的话) (3)“than +关系代词”的从句。 再 …… 不过。 He is a scholar than whom no man ever will be more honest. (他是个再诚实不过的学者了。) (4)superior to :占优势,比……胜一筹。 He is superior to his elder brother.(他比他哥哥强) 2. 相等 (equality) (1) as … as. 如……一样。 As busy as a bee. ( 忙得不可开交) (2) as well as 。 既 …… 又, 和……一样。 Pompey, as well as Caesar, was a great man. (像恺撒一样,庞培也是一位伟人。) (3) the same as…. 像……一样。 The same as the past. (一如从前。) (4) such/ so…as. 像……一样。 Such a great poet as Homer was proficient not just in literature but also in history . (像荷马那样的诗人,不仅要精通文学,还要精通历史。) (5) no sooner than.. 一……就(几乎同时,夸张用法)。 No sooner said than done.(说到做到。) (6) No more than. 就像,不优于。 You’re no more capable of speaking French than I am. &n
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