第八讲：加注和释义

英语专业翻译技巧

Translation Skills ---Annotation and Paraphrase

Amplification:

1. There is much woman about him. 2. The rest of the day was anti-climactic. “You back? What is it?” asked Amelia crossly.

4. They have, by this very act, opened Pandora’s Box.

他们这种做法，无异于打开了潘多拉的盒子---所有的祸害都要来了。（种下了各种祸根）

5. We were cat’s paws

6. People considered that what he played on that occasion was no more than a Judas kiss.

Annotation:

由于社会文化差异，英语中有些词义在汉语中完全不存在，形成了词义空缺semantic vacancy。在这种情况下，英语译成汉语常常采用加注法来弥补空缺。加注法分为音译加注和直译加注。 音译加注：多用于翻译单个词语，尤其是专有名词。

Pizza 皮萨饼

Toyota 丰田车

Sahara 撒哈拉大沙漠

Sauna

AIDS

Jazz

用于句子中的词语翻译实例

1. He did it a Jordan in the basketball court.

2. I am Peter Darwin. Everyone asks, so I may as well say at once that no, I’m not related to

Charles.

3. A dead leaf fell in Soapy’s lap. That was Jack Frost’s card. 一片枯叶飘落到苏皮的膝头，那是

杰克·弗罗斯特的名片。（杰克·弗罗斯特

直译加注：直译原文，并附加解释性注释

Tree hugger: 紧抱树杆的人（指极端环保主义者）

Zero Ground: 零地带(指纽约世贸大厦在2001年9月11日遭两架被劫持飞机撞击坍塌后所

形成的瓦砾场，源自原子弹着陆后的爆炸点。)

Sesame street:

用于句子中的词语翻译实例

1. But I am short-tempered, frazzled(疲惫的) from all responsibilities. I am the “sandwich

generation”, caught between kids and parents.

2. He suggested that a truly-inclusive politically-correct pronoun would be “s/h/it”.

他建议，真正既全面又符合政治正确性的代词应该是“她/或他或它”。（原文中，指“她/