第九章汉语使字句的翻译.doc

第九章 汉语使字句的翻译 汉语中使字句是常见的句型，总的来说翻译使字句时的处理方法有： 一、结合法：把“使”和主句动词结合起来，译作及物动词，成为“主语+及物动词+宾语”的句子。 二、Make结构：利用make+宾语+宾语被足语（名词或动词）结构。 三、切割法：把“使”字前后的部分切割开来，使用动词短语（result from, lead to, contribute to, give rise to, etc.），介词短语（due to, because of, owing to, thanks to, etc.），或者因果关系连词（so that, because, as, since, etc.）连接。 四、分词结构：利用-ing分词置于句尾表示结果。 Examples: 1. 电信使我们的工作生活发生了前所未有的改变。 译文1 Telecommunications have brought about unprecedented changes to our work and life. 译文2 Telecommunications have unprecedentedly changed our work and life. 译文3 Thanks to telecommunications, our work and life have changed unprecedentedly. 2. 数字技术在使人与人之间的联系更加紧密的同时，也使得个人隐私失去了隐秘性。 While tightening the relation between people, the digital technology is intruding upon their privacy. 3. 通过互联网支付的帐单明显呈现上升趋势，这种情况使得一些邮政业务出现史无前例的萎缩。 译文1 The obvious increase in electronically-paid bills is shrinking some postal services unprecedentedly. 译文2 The obvious increase in electronically-paid bills has caused some postal services to shrink unprecedentedly. 译文3 The obvious increase in electronically-paid bills has led to the unprecedented shrinkage in some postal services. 译文4 As the electronically-paid bills are obviously increasing, some postal services are shrinking unprecedentedly. 4. 上海将集中进行铁路建设，使铁路成为未来公共交通的重要组成部分。 译文1 Shanghai will concentrate on the construction of the railways as a key part in public transport in the future. 译文2 Shanghai will concentrate on the construction of the railways so that they will become a key part in public transport in the future. 译文3 Shanghai’s focus on the construction of the railways will make them a key part in public transport in the future. 5. 黑客袭击事件屡次发生，使得政府很有必要采取必要措施加强对互联网的安全防卫。 译文1 The repeated occurrences of hackers’ intrusion have made it necessary for the government to take proper measures to tighten the security of the internet. 译文2 The government needs to take proper measures to tighten the security of the internet because of the repeated occurrences of hackers’ i