狀語從句的翻譯技巧（下）

4.There is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive，however lucky and robust we are。

該句分為兩部分：(There is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive, ) (however lucky and robust we are。)，第一部分是主句，第二部分是however引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語從句;主句中on...alive是介詞短語，作limit的后置定語，how引導(dǎo)的從句是介詞on的賓語，該從句的主語是we，謂語是can hope to remain，表語是alive;讓步狀語從句的主語是we，謂語是are，表語是lucky and robust。這句話翻譯時也要將從句提前，然后再譯主句。

參考譯文：不管我們多么幸運，多么健壯，我們所希望的長壽年齡實際上是有限度的。

5. While the roots of social psychology lie in the intellectual soil of the whole western civilization, its present flowering is recognized to be characteristically an American phenomenon。

該句可拆分為兩部分：(While the roots of social psychology lie in the intellectual soil of the whole western civilization,) (its present flowering is recognized to be characteristically an American phenomenon. )，第一部分是以While引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語從句，第二部分是主句;從句中，主語是the roots，謂語是lie in，of social psychology是roots的后置定語，the intellectual...western civilization是介詞in的賓語，of the whole western civilization是soil 的后置定語;主句的主語是its present flowering，其中的its指代前面的roots，謂語是is recognized，不定式to be...an American phenomenon作主語flowering的補(bǔ)足語。

2001年英譯漢試題： 75. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder-kitchen rage.

詞的處理：

home appliance 家用電器;result in 導(dǎo)致;psychological disorder 心理混亂;kitchen rage 廚房狂躁癥

完整譯文：家用電器將會變得如此智能化，以至于控制和操作它們會引發(fā)一種新的心理疾病-廚房狂躁癥。

2004年英譯漢試題： 63. The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars even accused Boas and Sapir of fabricating their data.

完整譯文：這些新近被描述的語言與已經(jīng)得到充分研究的歐洲和東南亞地區(qū)的語言往往差別顯著，以至于有些學(xué)者甚至指責(zé)Boas和Sapir編造材料。

1998年英譯漢試題： 75. Odd though it sounds, cosmic infaltion is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.

詞的處理：

cosmic infaltion 宇宙膨脹說;scientifically plausible consequence 科學(xué)上可信的推論;elementary particle physics 基本粒子物理學(xué)

完整譯文：宇宙膨脹理論雖然聽似奇特，但它是基本粒子物理學(xué)中一些公認(rèn)的理論在科學(xué)上可信的推論。許多天體物理學(xué)家七八年來一直以為這一論述是正確的。