一、一些原义并无否定意思的形容词和别的词搭配有时可译成否定句 OlMCF.W#3
1. These goods are in short supply. 4$SW~BpQ
这些货物供应不足。 *!'00fv
2. This equation is far from being complicated. :8yrt
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这个方程一定也不复杂。 f5mk\^
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二、为了使译文自然流畅,读起来顺口,在一些形容词前可根据上下文内容加上副词“很”、“最”等字 E5-8tHV
1. It was as pleasant a day as I have ever spent. ax7ub
这是我度过最愉快的一天。
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三、有时可将英语的“形容词+名词短语”译成汉语的主谓结构 r{p?aG
1. She spoke in a high voice. q\d'}:kfu
她讲话声音很尖。 *N< 22w
2. This engine develops a high torque. %C'!
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这台发动机产生的转矩很大。 ~A>3k2N/e
四、如果一个名词前有几个形容词修饰,英译时应根据汉语习惯决定其顺序 SYa!IL-B
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2. a plastic garden chair @ iao"&
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五、英语中一些表示知觉、情感、欲望等心理状态的形容词同连系动词构成复合谓语时,翻译时可将形容词译成动词 f<0-'fGJd
1. You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in marrying. k
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你完全不懂你在婚姻方面承担的责任。 @qg=lt|(F
2. Such criticisms have become familiar in his later commentaries on America. J|,| *t
类似的批评在他后来写的评论美国的文章中屡见不鲜。 7}TjOWC
3. He is truly sorry for his past, and he has undertaken to give up motorcars entirely and for ever. b`18y cVME
他诚恳地忏悔过去,并保证永远不再玩汽车。 :+!hR4Z~\;
六、由于语言习惯不同,英语里的形容词有时译成汉语副词 'DRyOJn r
1. I am going to be good and sweet and kind to every body. _2U1$0xK
我要对每一个人都亲切、温顺、和善。 }3M\&}=8
2. He asked me for a full account of myself and family. `Z/"Dd;F^3
他详尽地问起我自己和我家里的情况。 khW3z*e#
3. Another war will be the absolute end of our country. UO>p-M
再来一次战争将彻底毁灭我们这个国家。 H[!by)
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从以上几个方面可以看出,译好形容词是使译文通顺、流畅的一个环节。 %UgyGQeo