吴宜涛2011/5TranslationofSentencesofSpecialPatterns•TranslationofthePassivefromEnglishtoChinese•FrequentUseofthePassive•ThepassiveaboundsinEnglish.Generallyspeaking,whentheagentisunknownorneednotbementioned,ortheobjectoftheactionistobeemphasized,thepassivemaybeemployed.•Visitorsarerequestedtowait.•来宾请等候。•Newfactoriesarebeingbuiltalloverthecountry.•全国到处在兴建新工厂。•Yoursuggestionhasbeendulynoted.•你的建议已得到适当的注意。•Thefirstclockwithweightsandwheelsissaidtohavebeeninventedabouttheyear1000A.D.,butclocksofthatkindcouldnotbecarriedaboutfromplacetoplace.AnotherfourhundredandfiftyyearspassedbeforethefirstwatchwasmadeinGermany.•据说第一座装有钟摆和齿轮的钟大约是在公元一千年左右发明的，但是这样的钟不便携带。又过了四百五十年，第一块表才在德国制造出来。•CommonWaystoTranslatetheEnglishPassive•ConverttheEnglishPassiveintotheChineseActive•(1)Usetheoriginalsubjectasthenewsubject•Thegascanbeliquefiedandbottledorpipedintohomes.•石油气可液化装瓶，或用管道输送到用户家里。•Itisreportedthatanotherman-madeearthsatellitehasbeenputintoorbit.•据报道，另一颗人造地球卫星已送入轨道。•(2)UsetheChinesepattern“...是...的”orsupply“加以”、“予以”whileretainingtheoriginalsubject•Therateofmotionorthespeedofanobjectisgiveninunitsoflengthandtime.•物体运动的速率是用长度和时间单位来表示的。•Thisquestionwillbediscussedinthenextchapter.•这个问题将在下一章加以讨论。•Itmustbedealtwithattheappropriatetime.•这必须在适当的时候予以处理。•(3)Changewordingwhileretainingtheoriginalsubject•Hewasattentivetothesignsofpublicopinionanddisposedtobeguidedbythemwhenright.•他十分注意舆论界的动向，并且愿意按照舆论界正确的意见办事。•HithertohehadbeenheldincheckbysuperiorconsiderationandbythecontrollinginterferenceofCongress.•在这以前，由于更大的利害关系的考虑，也由于国会的制约，他始终不敢轻举妄动。•(4)ConverttheverbsinpassiveformintoChinesenouns•Thehallisair-conditionedandbeautifullylighted.•大厅里有空调设备，照明设计也非常美观。•(5)ConverttheEnglishsubjectintotheChineseobject•ItiswellknownthatthecompasswasinventedinChinamorethantwothousandyearsago.•众所周知，中国在两千多年前就发明了指南针。•Thiscooperation—thisassociation—willbestrengthenedbyourtalksthisweekinBeijing—thefirstsuchtalkseverbetweenPrimeMinistersofChinaandAustralia.•本星期我们在北京的会谈——中澳两国总理首次这样的会谈——将会加强这种合作和联系。•(6)Supplyindefinitesubjectlike“有人”、“人们”、“大家”、“本文”,etc.•Voiceswereheardcallingforhelp.•有人听见呼救的声音。•Itisnowunderstoodthatatomscanbefurtherdividedintosmallparticles.•现在人们懂得，原子还可以进一步分成更小的粒子。•Commonferrousheattreatingprocesseswiththecasehardeningleftoutarebrieflydiscussed.•本文扼要地讨论了一般黑色金属的热处理工艺，其中的表层硬化法则删略未论。•(7)ConverttheEnglishpassiveintoasubjectlessorsubject-omittedChinesesentence•Themechanicalenergycanbechangedbackintoelectricalenergybyagenerator.•利用发电机，可以把（将）机械能再变成电能。•Airresistancemustbegivencarefulconsiderationwhentheaircraftistobemanufactured.•要制造飞机，就必须仔细考虑空气阻力问题。•TranslatetheEnglishPassiveintotheChinesePassive•Robertwasdismissedbythebossofthefactory.•罗伯特已被工厂的老板开除了。•Thisfactorywasseriouslydamagedduringtheearthquake.•这家工厂在地震中遭到严重破坏。•TranslationoftheIdiomaticPassive•Intranslationsomeidioma...
