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讲义 （二）08（汉译英） _KELLY 农业、畜牧业和食品工作中的科技 译文： Technology in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Food Note! 科技应译成“science and technology” 此处农业，畜牧业，食品业结构对等，食品工作在此译作“food industry” 2. 1978年以来，中国的农业技术得到了很大的改善。中国引进了高产农作物，增加了农用化学品（肥料、杀虫剂）和农业机械的用量，扩大了灌溉面积。 译文： Since 1987, substantial improvements have been made in China’s agricultural technology.China have introduced high-yield crops, increased the dosage of agricultural chemicals (such as fertilizers, pesticides) and the amount of agricultural machinery, meanwhile expanded the irrigated area. Note! Improvement 表述具体进步之处时，是可数名词 表述“改善，改进”等抽象概念，不可数。 （不清楚某个名词的可数性 ，可使用其动词形式） 农用化学品 agrochemicals=agriculural chemicals Meanwhile +句子，不是句子片段 ，切记！ increased the dosage of agricultural chemicals (such as fertilizers, pesticides) and the amount of agricultural machinery,简化为 the use of agrochemicals and agricultural machinery Machinery 与machine区别 农村地区的耗电量（它可视为技术现代化的标志）增加了六倍多。 译文： Power consumption in rural areas (it can be regarded as the symbol of technological modernization) has increased by over six times. Note!在做汉译英时，如遇用“（）”来解释或补充说明，分两种情况来处理 （）内为名词结构，一般保留（），并在其中写出对应译文 （）内为完整句子，去掉（），直接处理。 增加六倍多，倍数翻译方法A is over six times the amount of B 4. 食品工业也引进了新技术，用于食品的贮存、加工、保鲜和分配，减少了收获后的损失。 译文： The food industry has also introduced new technologies for food storage, processing, preservation and distribution to reduce the post-harvest losses.However, there will still be immense potential in the further realization of technological modernization in agriculture. Note! 贮存、加工、保鲜和分配的译法 5. 然而，在农业方面，进一步实现技术现代化还有着巨大的潜力。 译文： However, there will still be immense potential in the further realization of technological modernization in agriculture. Note! there will still be改为“there is still ”，分析原文，它意在表明具有巨大潜力的状态，用will就没能表达出这点，只是 强调了“将来” 此句翻译优化：however，there is still immense potential in ac