翻译考试之同声传译技巧(5)
2 @, y) k2 \3 S- ]区分同义词、近义词,尤其要区分在英语中不是同义词、却又译成同一个汉语词的那些英语单词或短语
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译员要做到表达确切,首先应能正确理解词汇和短语。由于图省时、省事,许多人往往愿意使用英汉词典,查阅时,又常常不认真阅读例句,这样就分不清同样译成“坚持”的insist on和persist in两类词的区别。如果培养了查阅英文词典的习惯,就能够避免许多类似的错误。词典告诉我们insist on多用于意见、主张,它的意思是state or declare forcefully,esp. when other people oppose or disbelieve one,例如:She kept insisting on her innocence. 或demand(sth。)forcefully, not accepting a refusal,例如:I insist that you take immediate action. 而persist in多于用行动,它的意思是continue to do sth.,esp. in an obstinate and determined way and in spite of opposition,argument or failure,例如:We persist in reform and opening up. 因此,注意同义词、近义词的异同可以保证口译正确传达原意。 |