1、英译汉技巧之一否定句式、句式的翻译,翻译技巧论,She is not a dancer./She is no dancer. It is not an easy task./It is no easy task. It is not a joke. /It is no joke. 一、完全否定 There is no denying the facts. None of the answers are right. Matter can neither be created nor be destroyed. He has nothing to do with the matter. This
2、 material is no more elastic than that one.,二、部分否定 All that glitters is not gold. Each side of the street is not clean. Both of the buildings are not big. Every word is not known. I do not want everything. He is not always at home on Sundays. I do not wholly agree with you. This kind of trees cannot
3、 be seen everywhere.,We do not often do morning exercises now. The water is not hot enough. You have not entirely forgotten me. I could hardly recognize you. He scarcely knew the accident. He rarely speaks to others these days. Meetings are seldom held recently. Few of the films are interesting. The
4、re is little ink in my pen.,He is not the manager and chief engineer. She couldnt take off the time to see the doctor and to do the experiment. 不能/并非既-又 His chief trouble was that he did not know any editors or writers. He did not care about time or money. 既不也不 三、形式否定 Cannottoo无论怎样都不过分,We cannot est
5、imate the value of modern science too much. We cannot be too careful in doing experiments. The importance of scientific researchers cannot be overvalued. 科研的重要性无论怎样估计都不过分。 It is a(an)+adj. +N. +negative clause再也会 Is is a wise man that never makes mistakes. 再聪明的人也会犯错误。,It is a good horse that never s
6、tumbles and a good wife that never grumbles. Nota little; no little, not.slightly 很，很多 He took no little pains over it. 在这件事上他花费了很多工夫。 They didnt praise him slightly. She was not a little surprised. She spent not a little on her clothing.,As likely as not 大概，很可能none the less,依旧 and what not诸如此类 He w
7、ill forget all about it as likely as not.他很可能忘得干干净净。 He is old, none the less he works like a young man. Tooto, not other than除了就不 We do not like him other than he is now. 我们就喜欢他现在的样子。 I cannot read the long letter other than curiosity.,四、含蓄否定 1、too +adj. +infinite clause. 太以至于不 The patient is too w
8、eak to be operated on. He was too tired to go any further. 2、it is that/who 无论怎样，都 不免 It is foolish bird that fouls its own nest. 再笨的鸟也不会弄脏自己的窝。 It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.能说者未必能行。,It is a silly fish that is caught twice. But that = if not She could carry out her intention
9、 but that we adhered to principles. But that he was prevented, he would have accomplished his design. But that sometimes can be replaced by except for I ask nothing from you but that you should study hard.,She knew nothing about his journey but that he was likely to be away for three weeks. More tha
10、n.+含有can 的从句 That is more than I can do. The beauty of Hangzhou is more than I can describe. The last, the least, the limit最不可能的，最不合适的 He is the last man to accept the a bribe. This is the last place where I expected to have met you.,He is the last person for the job. Young people are the least cons
11、ervative. I am willing to take work home with me when I have time. But when he asked me to work late at the office every night of last week, that really was the limit. 五、否定转移 I have not come to you for money. I told you I didnt say that for amusement. He never traveled by air.,One does not live to e
12、at, but eats to live. We are not here to interfere, nor are we here to be anyones whipping boy. I have not come to China to forth on what divides us but to build on what binds us. I dont think you have paid for it yet. We dont believe he will agree with you. It doesnt seem that we can get our money
13、back. It isnt likely that oil prices will fall this year.,I didnt assume that he knew me. At no time can we give up learning. Scientists do not find out what things are so much as where they can be found. 与其说科学家们想弄清事物的实质是什么，不如说想弄清能找到这些事物的场所。 The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it. He
14、 is not more fond of playing chess than you are.,None gave him more hints, in answering questions or asked him simple ones than the economics professor, a thin, kind-hearted man named Bassum. She did not marry you because you were a big shot. 六、双重否定 There is no student but wishes to learn English. 没
15、有学生不想学好英语。 It never rains but it pours.,I wonder if he is not an honest man. I promised that never a day should pass that I did not visit him. He spoke nothing to no purpose. Fight no battle unprepared. He is too wicked not to meet a bad end some day. This was too great an honor not to excite the en
16、vy of his rivals.,The Road to Success Andrew Carneige,It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introd
17、uced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and jamtresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately,miss that salutary branch of a business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, t
18、he boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. The other day a fond fashionable mother in Michigan asked a young man whether he had ever seen a young lady sweep in a room so grandly as her Priscilla. He said no, he never had, and the mother was
19、 gratified beyond measures, but then said he, after a pause, “What I should like to see her do is sweep out a room.” it does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.,Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my a
20、dvice to you is “aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who has not already seen himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manger in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself,
21、 “My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams.,And here is the prime conditions of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt
22、 every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.,年轻人应该从头学起，担当最基层的职务，这是件好事。匹兹堡有许多大企业家在创业之初都肩负过重任。他们与扫帚结伴，以扫清办公室度过了企业生涯的最初时光。我注意到现在的办公室都配备了工友，这使我们的年轻人不幸丢掉了这个有益的企业教育的一个内容。不过，如果哪一天早晨清扫工碰巧没来，某位具有未来合伙人气质的青年就会毫不犹豫地试着拿起扫帚。有一天，一位溺爱孩子的、时髦的密歇根母亲问一位男青年，是否见过像她女儿普里西拉那样的年轻女郎如此潇洒地在房间进行打扫。男青年
23、说从未见过；那位母亲高兴得乐不可支。但男青年顿了顿说：“我想看到的是她能在室外进行打扫。”如果有必要，新来者在办公室外进行打扫并没有什么损失。我本人就曾经是打扫者之一。,假设你们都已经就业了，并且干得相当出色，我对你们的忠告是要“胸怀大志”。对那些尚未把自己看成是某公司的合伙人或领导人的年轻人。我会不屑一顾。你们在思想上一刻也不要满足于充当任何企业的首席职员、领班或总经理。不管这家企业的规模有多大。你们要对自己说：“我的位置在最高处。”你们要梦寐以求等峰造极。 获得成功的首要条件和最大秘诀是：把精力和耐力安全集中于所干的事业上。一旦开始干哪行，就要决心干出个名堂，要出类拔萃，要点点滴滴地改进，要采用最好的机器，要尽力通晓这一行。,
