1. The transcription needs a certain amount of editing, as even if the computer can tell the difference between words of similar sounds such as write and right, it is still not yet able to do the work as well as an intelligent secretary.
譯文:譯稿需要一定量的編輯工作,因為,即使計算機能夠區(qū)別同音異義詞,如write和right,它仍不可能把這項工作做得像有思維能力的秘書那樣好。
第一層:The transcription主needs謂a certain amount of定editing,賓as even if the computer can tell the difference between words of similar狀語從sounds such as write and right,it is still not yet able to do the work as well as an intelligent secretary.
第二層:(狀語從句)as引even if the computer can tell the difference between words of similar sounds such as write and right,狀語從句:it主is系still not yet狀able表to do the work賓as well as an intelligent secretary .狀語從句
第三層:
(狀語從句1)even if引the computer主can tell謂the difference賓between words of similar sounds定such as write and right同位語
(狀語從句2)as well as引an intelligent secretary主要點 本句中as引導原因狀語從句,其中該句還帶有一個由even if引導的讓步狀語從句;介詞短語between words of similar sounds修飾difference,such as write and right修飾words,as well as……為同等比較狀語從句,其中省略了與主句相同的部分。intelligent:有才智的;理解力強的。
2. If a needle is thrown at random on a sheet of paper ruled with lines whose distance apart is exactly equal to the length of the needle, how often can it be expected to fall on a line and how often into a blank space?
譯文:如果把一根針隨機地投到一張紙上,紙上畫了許多平行線,它們之間的間隔等于針的長度,那么針落在線上的幾率是多少?落在空白處的幾率又是多少?
第一層:
If a needle is thrown at random on a sheet of paper ruled with lines whose distance apart is exactly equal to the len‐狀語從句gth of the needle, how often狀can謂it主be expected謂to fall on a line賓and連how often狀into a blank space?
第二層:(狀語從句)If引a needle主is系thrown表at random狀on a sheet of paper狀ruled with lines定whose distance apart is exactly equal to the length of the needle定語從句
第三層:(定語從句)whose引distance apart主is系exactly狀equal表to the length of the needle賓
要點:這是復合句。在if引導的狀語從句中,ruled with lines是過去分詞,作paper的定語,whose……needle是lines的定語從句,whose distance apart的意思是“它們之間的間隔”。主句中and后面是個省略句,省去了can it be expected to fall.翻譯時可將英文的被動語態(tài)譯成漢語的主動語態(tài)。length:長度。rule paper with lines:在紙上劃平行線。
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