句子功能的再現(xiàn)（9）

　　(6) 大抵世上無難為的事，只胡亂做將去，自有水到渠成日子。如子髯之才，天下事何不可為?

　　All in all, nothing in this world is that hard to do -- just charge ahead and do it! A day will inevitably come when "the ditch will be dug and the waters flow through." For a man with talent like yours, there is nothing in the world that is impossible.

　　(袁宏道《致李子髯》，Jonathan Chaves譯)

　　該例“天下事何不可為?”也是以否定反問表達“天下事無不可為”的肯定結(jié)論。譯文舍棄了疑問句形式，代之以雙重否定there is nothing ... impossible的陳述句式，主要是出于構(gòu)句的考慮。語義方面兩者區(qū)別不大，但就表情功能而言，陳述句的效果不及疑問句。