1、English-Chinese translation英译汉broken - a broken man （在精神等方面）潦倒的人a broken soldier 伤兵broken time 零星时间 broken money 零钱broken English 不标准的英语 a broken promise 未践之约a broken road 凹凸不平的路There were reminiscences（回忆录）, as Jerrys friends reconvened（聚集）.杰里朋友重聚时，谈起许多往事。It was all I could do not to laugh.我差点笑出来。N
2、ews came through on the wireless of a rich oil field near the sea.无线电传来在海岸附近 发现油田的消息。The ship plows the sea.plows 犁地，翻开（土地）乘风破浪前行。You cannot pay too much attention to your pronunciation. 译成：你越注意你的发音越好。You can never be too careful in your work. 在工作中你越细心越好。One can scarcely pay too high price for liber
3、ty. 人对自由付出的代价再高，也不过分。If I have not repeated the mistake!我真不该犯同样的错误。Only if you were there!你要是在那就好了。After Aunt Lena had heard about the family trouble， she agreed to look for a job丽娜姨听见了家庭的困难情况后，同意去找工作。 丽娜姨闻知家里的困境之后，同意去找工作。 The teenagers dont invite him to their parties because he is a wet blanket 青少
4、年们不邀请他参加他们的聚会，因为他是个令人扫兴的人。 那些年轻人不让他参加他们的聚会，因为他是个令人扫兴的家伙。 There will come a day when people the world over will live a happy life under the sun of socialism. 全世界人民在社会主义阳光下过幸福生活的一天是会到来的。全世界将在社会主义的阳光下过幸福的生活，这一天是一定会来到的。 The sun, which had hidden all day，now came out in all its splendor. 那个整天躲在云层里的太阳，现在又
5、光芒四射地露面了。 太阳一整天都躲在云里，现在出来了，光芒四射。 This failure was the making of him.这次不成功是他成功的基础。 这次失败促使了他的成功。 In the negative，right and left， and black and white are reversed照片底片上，左右黑白与正片恰好相反。 底片上的左右黑白，与照片上的恰好相反。 They drove in a black limousine， passed groves of birch trees and endless rows of identical new buildi
6、ngs。他们乘坐一辆黑色轿车，经过一丛丛的白桦树和看不到尽头的一排排千篇一律的新住宅。 他们乘坐一辆黑色轿车，经过一丛丛的白桦树和一排排的新楼房。这些楼房，一模一样，望不到头。 His being neglected by the host added to his uneasiness.主人对他的冷落使他更加不舒服。被动语态用中文的主动语态来表示added to “增加” 用“更加”来翻译，体现了英语中的程度的加深；同时考虑汉语中翻译为“增加不舒服”不符合中国人说话习惯。I could have laughed to hear him talk like this.听到他这样说话，我差点笑出
7、来。could have done 表示过去有可能发生的动作没有发生，用“差点”正好符合英文要表达的意思Carelessness caused his failure in this years college entrance examination.由于粗心，他今年高考落榜。Water works for weight loss.喝水有利于减肥。 I saw a woman with a baby in her arms just now.刚才我看见一位抱小孩的妇女。They walked with umbrellas up a winding mountain path. 他们撑着伞，沿
8、着蜿蜒的山间小道向上攀。He is a green hand.他初出茅庐，没什么经验。She is an ardent(强烈的热爱）lover of classic music.她酷爱古典音乐。I managed to make a cake, but little Peter threw it to the ground.小彼特把我辛辛苦苦准备的蛋糕扔在了地上。 Translation from Chinese into English is not so easy as that from English into Chinese.汉译英不如英译汉容易。Come and see me to
9、morrow.明天来看我。 （省略连词）He came in with a book in hand.他拿着本书，走了进来。 （ with a book in hand 翻译为一个分句。 ）As the weather is fine, we decide to climb the mountain. 天好了，我们去爬山。 （省略连词）They want to be listened to .他们希望有人听听他们的意见。The vase is broken.花瓶碎了。Its more a poem than a picture. 与其说那是一幅画，不如说那是一首诗。 He drank hims
10、elf out of the best lines. 他借酒写得好诗句。 He pretends to be as modest as anything. 他装得极为谦虚。 Fire goes wherever it can, but it prefers to follow a draft.火是无孔不入的，可是它更爱窜入通风的地方。The room was easily traced by the noise that was coming from it. 循声而去，便轻而易举地找到了那间屋子。Taking care to pitch my voice to politeness, I a
11、sked about the next bus to Beijing. 我陪着小心，用温和的口吻询问开往北京下一班车的情况。If you feel depressed at a social gathering, keep it a secret. 在社交场合，你就是感到情绪压抑，也不要表露出来。He wants a lawyer who understands his case, who sympathizes with him and who has been there himself. 他要找一位了解他的案情，同情他的处境，并有过亲身经历的人当他的律师。World-famous for
12、 his works he was never personally well known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity.他的著作举世闻名，而他个人却一直默默无闻，因为他一生始终避免抛头露面。A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it is bad , it can not last too long; if good you can not get rid of it too early.书可以比作邻居：如果是好的，相处愈久愈好；如果是坏的，分手愈早愈好。During the la
13、st six years, 44 of 60 scholarship winners have been the children of foreigners. The talent search, certainly in this decade, is a tribute (礼物）as much to immigration as to education. 过去六年里，每 60 名奖学金获得者中就有 44 名是外来移民的子女。人才奖的评选，当然是指这十年，不仅为美国教育，也为美国移民增添了光彩。遣词用字minibus = 微型汽车（面包车） the United Nations = 联合
14、国 the Pacific Ocean = 太平洋helicopter = 直升飞机New sci-tech wordsplumber 特工mascon 物质聚积chain-smoker 烟鬼hit 引起轰动的事物Wife爱人 老婆 夫人 老伴 媳妇 堂客 内人、贱内、拙荆MarrySisterManI am a man now.Any man can do it.The rights of man should be respected.You can stay in the same room if you are man and wife.He saw a man sawing tree
15、s with a saw他看见一个人正用锯子锯树。Needing some light to see by, the burglar crossed the room with a light step to light the light with the light green shade.那个贼轻手轻脚的穿过房间，点亮了那盏有浅绿色灯罩的灯，以便照亮。Eat what you can and can what you cannot能吃的吃掉，吃不掉的就做成罐头。I dont like it when she tells me how to do things. From what you
16、 say, she sounds like the right person for the job. Running, swimming and like sports are all her hobbies.Do you make bread like you make cakes? Will we ever see the like of Mozart again?(诸如此类）Like knows like. 英雄识英雄a fast car 速度很快的车 the fast growth 迅速发展fast music 节奏快的音乐a fast journey 行程紧凑的一次旅行fast c
17、olor 不易褪掉的颜色a fast film 快速感光胶卷a fast oven 烤箱fast asleep 熟睡的break ones fast 开斋 stick fast in the mud 牢牢地陷在泥巴里delicate skin 娇嫩的皮肤delicate porcelain 精致的瓷器delicate upbringing 精心培育delicate health 虚弱的身体delicate stomach 易吃坏的胃delicate diplomatic question 微妙的外交关系delicate difference 细微差别 delicate surgical ope
18、ration 难做的外科手术delicate ear for music 微妙的耳朵音乐delicate touch 妙笔生花delicate food 美味食物This war is becoming the most important story of his generation. 这场战争将成为这一代人的最重大的事件。It is quite another story now. 现在的情况完全不同了。Some reporters who were not included in the sessions broke the story.有些没有参加那次会议的记者把内情捅出去了The
19、Marry story is one of the saddest. 玛丽的遭遇算最惨的了。A young man came to the police station with a story.一个年轻人来到警察局报案.Last December, the Post first reported that probes were being made in each of those cities, but officials refused to confirm the story. 去年 12 月， 邮报首先报道侦察工作已在那些城市里进行，但官员们拒绝证实这条消息。The story a
20、bout him became smaller and by and by faded out from the American TV.对他的报道越来越少了，不久他就从美国电视上销声匿迹了。 Tell me the story of what happened to you.告诉我发生在你身上的一切事情。The story of the opera was printed in the program.这曲戏的故事情节印在了节目单上He is the last man to come.He is the last man to do it.他绝对不会干那件事。 He is the last
21、person for such a job.他最不配干这个工作。He should be the last to blame.This is the last place where I expected to see you.我怎么也没料到会在这个地方见到你。再如“take （off）这一动词：1) To take off her boots or to put them on was an agony to her, but it had been an agony for years.脱鞋或穿鞋对她是一种痛苦，但这已是多年来的痛苦了。 The flyers practiced takin
22、g off time after time from this restricted space. 飞行人员反复地在一块有限空地上练习起飞。 3）took the brake off ， took 20 percent off松开刹车 优惠百分之二十agreement 同意 an agreement 协定 people 人民 a people 民族hostility 敌意 hostilities 战争 use 使用 uses 用途He served me with a kind of coffee. 他给我一种咖啡He served me with coffee of a kind. 他给我的
23、一类咖啡Give me a glass for wine.给我一个酒杯Give me a glass of wine.给我一杯酒He is not a fool. 他不是傻子He is no fool.他是傻瓜I ask you nothing.我没问你什么I ask you for nothing.我没要求你什么I know him. 我知道他I know of him. 我听说过他He simply spoke.她只不过说He spoke simply. 他说的很简单May we meet again!希望能再见面We may meet again. 我们会再见面的She showered
24、 us with letters. 她的信件纷至沓来。The government left its policy open to various interpretations. 政府听任人们对其政策作各种诠释。 To see his likeness perpetuated in marble is to me today a sad but pleasing sensation. 今天，看到他的大理石雕像树立起来了，我悲喜交集。perpetuate 保存Her irritation could not withstand the silent beauty of the night. W
25、ithstand 顶住，耐得起更深夜静，美景宜人，她的烦恼 不禁烟消云散。Her irritation could not withstand the silent beauty of the night. Withstand 顶住，耐得起更深夜静，美景宜人，她的烦恼 不禁烟消云散。The longest life and the shortest amount to the same，for the present is of equal duration for all, and what we lose is not ours. 最长寿和最短暂的人生是相同的，因为眼前的时间对所有人来说都
26、一样长，时间一旦失去就不再属于我们。 As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but as he was ambitious, I slew him. There are tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honor for his valor; and death for his ambition. 因为凯撒爱我，我为他哭泣；因为他幸运，我为他高兴；因为他英勇，我对他崇拜；但
27、因为他有野心，我就刺杀了他。我用眼泪回报他的爱；用欢乐庆祝他的幸运；用崇拜纪念他的英勇；而用刺杀制止他的野心。Slay : slew; slain 残杀；谋杀I now have an alternative to complaining. When Im bored with my life, I take my pencils out in the back yard and doodle for an hour, trying to sketch trees that look like trees.我现在有了一种代替抱怨的东西。当我对生活感到厌倦时，我就拿出铅笔到后院去心不在焉地乱涂一
28、个小时，试图画出看上去像树的树木速写。我现在不再抱怨，而是去做一些别的事情。对生活感到厌倦时，我就拿起铅笔，到后院里随便涂鸦个把小时，画画树林的速写，尽量画得看上去像是树林。Doodle：乱涂；胡写乱画I love my love with an E, because shes enticing; I hate her with an E, because shes engaged; I took her to the sign of the exquisite, and treated her with an elopement; her names Emily, and she lives
29、 in the east. (Dickens, David Copperfield)我爱我的心上人，因为她那样地叫人入迷（enticing） ；我恨我的心上人，因为她已订婚将做他人妻（engaged） ；她花容月貌无可比拟（exquisite） ，我劝她私奔跟我在一起（elopement） ；她的名字叫埃米莉（Emily ） ，她的家就在东城里（east） 。我为我的心上人呀，一切都因为这个 E！（陆乃圣）增译法A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.闲置之书只是一叠废纸。Nothing happened in the night 这一夜风平浪静
30、，什么事也没发生Away flies the arrow!箭嗖的一声飞走了!Tom Canty, born in rags and dirt and misery, what sight is this! (Mark Twain) 汤姆康第原来生在可怜巴巴的人家，穿得破破烂烂，一身邋里邋遢，现在换了这身装束，啊，是何等气派！She felt the flowers were in her fingers, on her lips, growing in her breast. 她觉得她好像手里拿着花，嘴里吻着花，连胸中也生出了花。She played the piano, the violin
31、 and in her later years, the recorder.她弹钢琴，拉小提琴，晚年时还吹八孔直笛。The whole town worried about her being alone.城里的人都担心她过孤独的生活。In the evening, after the banquets, the concerts and the table tennis exhibitions, he would work on the drafting of the final communiqu.(公报）晚上在参加了宴会、出席了音乐会、观看乒乓球表演之后，他还得起草最后公报。evapor
32、ation 蒸发作用fault-finding 吹毛求疵的做法gracefulness 优雅气质necessity 必要性modernization 现代化indifference 冷漠态度transformation 转化过程segregation 隔离政策、隔离措施light-heartedness 轻松愉快的心境relativity 相对论precaution 预防措施arrogance 傲慢态度gayety 欢乐气氛correctness 正确性dependence 依赖性commercialization 商业性abstraction 抽象化development 开发工程 proc
33、essing 加工方法preparation 准备工作tension 紧张局势backwardness 落后状态complexity 复杂局面madness 疯狂行为remedy 补救方法hostility 敌对情绪jealousy 嫉妒心理Exercises: (A. 在抽象名词后面增加名词 )The arrogance of the aristocracy helped to lead to the French Revolution.From the evaporation of water people know that liquids can turn into gases und
34、er certain conditionHe felt the patriot rise with his breast.他感到一种爱国热情在胸中激荡。He ate and drank, for he was exhausted.他吃点东西，喝点酒，因为他疲惫不堪了。This new type of computer is indeed cheap and fine. 这部打字机真实价廉物美。He is a complicated man-moody, with a melancholy streak.他是一个性格复杂的人喜怒无常，反复多变，有些忧郁寡欢。He was wrinkled and
35、 black, with scant gray hair.他满脸皱纹， 皮肤很黑，头发灰白稀疏。 They, weary but game, decide to take a break.他们人已疲倦而兴致甚高，决定先休息一下。When he learned it was to borrow, not to give, that the messenger had come, his tone changed. 当他知道使者是来借钱的而不是送礼，说话的口气马上变了。The horse is in the field eating.马正在牧场里吃草。Wash before meal.Mary w
36、ashed for a living after her husband died of acute pneumonia. 急性肺炎Ladies do not drink.First you borrow, then you beg.With what enthusiasm the students are working on translation.学生正以极高的热情在学习翻译。The plane twisted, trailing flame and smoke.（敌人的）飞机在下面螺旋下降， 拖着浓烟烈焰掉了下去。To make sure that my parents underst
37、ood, I declared that I wanted nothing else.为了让父母切实了解我的心思，我特意宣布,别的我什么也不想要。The crowds melted away.人群渐渐散开了。As he sat down and began talking, words poured out.他一坐下来就讲开了，滔滔不绝地讲个没完。A red sun rose slowly from the calm sea.一轮红日从风平浪静的海面冉冉升起。A stream was winding its way through the valley into the river.一弯溪水蜿
38、蜒流过山谷，汇合到江里去了Yesterday they had a big quarrel. （大吵一番）He had a rest after walking ten miles. （休息一下）He gave her a sly look.(看了一眼）All roads lead to Rome. 条条大道通罗马。Flowers bloom all over the yard.朵朵鲜花开满了庭院。Newsmen went flying off to Iraq.记者纷纷飞到伊朗去了。The lion is the king of animals.狮是百兽之王。The mountains beg
39、an to throw their long blue shadows over the valley.群山已在山谷里开始投下蔚蓝色长影。You and I 你我两人Like most wildlife，tigers reproduce，grow，and store fat in the summer and fall when there is plenty of nutritious food available.与大多数野生动物一样，老虎在营养丰富、食物充足的夏秋两季，繁殖、生长储存脂肪。 The Americans and the Japanese conducted a comple
40、tely secret exchange of message.美日双方在完全保密的情况下互相交换了信件。I had never thought Id be happy to find myself considered unimportant. But this time I was. 以往我从未想过，当我发觉人们认为我是无足轻重时，我会感到高兴。 但这次情况确实如此。She makes a good teacher, as she was a good student.她原先是个好学生，现在是个好老师。Man, was, is and always will be trying to im
41、prove his living conditions.（过去；现在；将来）It was said that his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are.听人说， 从前他爸爸是个打鱼的。 他过去也许跟我们现在一样穷。Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. -Francis Bacon读书足以怡情，足以博采，足以长才。Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man and writing an ex
42、act man.读书使人充实， 讨论使人机智，写作使人准确。Better be wise by the defeat of others than by your own.从别人的失败中吸取教训比从自己的失败中吸取教训更好。He thought and thought, but could not come out with an answer.他想啊，想啊，却想不出一个答案来。Dont take it seriously. Its only a joke.I had been completely honest in my replies, withholding(保留）nothing 1.
43、 What about calling him right away?马上给他打个电话，你觉得如何？ （ 增译主语和谓语）2. Indeed, the reverse is true. 实际情况恰好相反（增译名词和副词）3. He said hed come to the discussion.他说他要来参加讨论。4. The sports meet is scheduled for April 16.运动会定于四月十六日举行。5.After watching for years, he discovered important phenomena.观察了数年之后他发现了许多重要现象。 （数）
44、6. Then the whole course of my life might have been different.如果真是那样的话，我的生命路程也许是另一番景象。 （虚拟语气）7. They are leading a happy life.他们现在过着幸福的生活。8. He was the late presidents alter ego (至交） and he is a close and influential friend of the president to be in office.他过去是已故总统的至交 ， 而现在是即将就职的总统亲密而有影响的朋友。江南的春天素称多
45、雨，一落就是七八天。住在上海的人们，平日就感不到雨的需要，一旦下雨，天气是那么阴沉，谁也耐不住闷在狭小的家里；可是跑到外面，没有山，没有湖，也没有浸雨的嫩绿的叶子，一切都不及晴天好；有时阔人的汽车从你身旁驶过，还得带一身污泥回来。(摘自唐弢故乡的雨 ) Spring in the south is known to be rainy. During this season, it never rains there but it remains wet for seven or eight days on end. Dwellers in Shanghai, who usually do no
46、t feel the need for rain, will be bored with having to confine themselves in their close quarters when outside it is gloomy with rain. While in the open, seeing no mountains, nor lakes, nor rain-drenched（浸湿） soft green leaves, youll find nothing comparable to a fine day. Sometimes, worse still, a ri
47、ch mans car flashing past may splash you all over with mud.曲曲折折的荷塘上面，弥望的是田田的叶子。叶子出水很高，像亭亭的舞女的裙。层层的叶子中间，零星地点缀着些白花，有袅娜地开着的，有羞涩地打着朵儿的；正如一粒粒的明珠，又如碧天里的星星，又如刚出浴的美人。微风过处，送来缕缕清香，仿佛远处高楼上渺茫的歌声似的。Above the winding lotus pond, leaves with quartered lines fill my eyes. Leaves are high above the water, like the s
48、kirts of slim dancing girls. In those layers of leaves, dotted with white flowers here and there, some are gracefully in bloom, some shyly in bud, like scattered pearls, like stars in the clear sky, like beautiful girls just after a bath. Where gentle winds pass, there are wisps of light perfume, li
49、ke faint songs coming from distant high buildings. 这时候叶子与花也有一丝的颤动，像闪电般，霎时传过荷塘的那边去了。叶子本是肩并肩密密地挨着，这便宛然有了一道凝碧的波痕。叶子底下是脉脉的流水,遮住了,不能见一些颜色；而叶子却更见风致了。At this moment, there is a tiny thrill between the flowers and leaves, like lightning, streaking across the lotus pond suddenly. Leaves are shoulder to shoulder, closely standing together, now there is a patch of green water. Water is flowing silently under the leaves, it is hidden, no
