大学英语翻译技巧7

1 第七单元 句子的翻译（3） 真实、虚拟条件句和否定句的翻译 第一部分：英语中真实条件句和虚拟条件句的翻译 一. 真实条件句的翻译 在真实条件句中，说话人或把条件视为事实，或仅仅提出条件，不作任何主观设想，如果条件实现，主句内容便成为事实；如果条件不实现，结果也就不会发生。译成分句即可。 例如： ·If the weather is not good, I shall stay at home. 如果天气不好，我将呆在家里。 ·Unless the weather is good, I shall stay at home. 如果天气不好，我将呆在家里。 ·I will stay at home providing /provided/ on condition(that) the weather is not good. 假如天气不好，我就呆在家里。 ·I will stay at home only if the weather is not good. 如果天气不好，我只好呆在家里。 ·I will stay at home if only the weather is not good. 只要天气不好，我就呆在家里。 ·Given bad weather, I will stay at home. 假使天气不好，我就呆在家里。 ·Suppose we can’t get the necessary equipment, what shall we do? 假设我们弄不到必要的设备，那我们怎么办？ ·As long as we don’t lose heart, we’ll find a way to overcome the difficulty. 只要我们不灰心，我们就能找到克服困难的方法。 ·Granted that this is true, what conclusion can you draw? 就算这是实际情况，你又能得出什么结论呢？ ·Send us a message in case you have any difficulty. 万一有什么困难请给我们一个信。 ·We’ll let you use the room on condition that you keep it clean. 我们可以让你们用这个房间，如果你们能保持清洁的话。 ·She would have fallen but that I caught her. 要不是我抓住她，她就摔倒了。 ·He is a quite conscientious man so far as I know. 据我所知，他是一个很负责的人。 二. 虚拟条件句的翻译 1. 用“早”“本来”“原先”“当初”译出虚拟语气。 例如： 2 ·If you had tried, you would have been able to do it. 如果你原先设法做了，你早就会了。 ·With his aid you would have succeeded. 当初若有他帮助，你早就成功了。 ·She could have come to a patty, but she has been...