翻译技巧：汉译英的“八戒”（3）

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五、戒结构单调，组合生硬“拉郎配”
. S+ z/ s7 L/ S9 B" k　　由于汉英结构不同，表达方式迥异，硬性翻译不仅读起来别扭，而且会闹出笑话。这就要求译者在翻译时灵活使用整合的技巧，将句子整合，凸显汉语中所隐含的层次，补充所缺失的成分。有时要将简单句译成并列句，有时将并列句译成主从句。
　　在纪念大学毕业20周年聚会时，我忽然问起原来的班主任：“我个子又不矮，怎么把我安排在了第一排呢？”
　　At the reunion party for 20 anniversary of graduation from university, I suddenly asked my former teacher in charge of our class then:” Since I am not of short stature, how did you arrange me at the first row?”
　　一个高度近视的女博士去擦鞋店擦高统靴，秃头老板亲自蹲下来给她效劳。
　　When a woman doctor who suffers a severe myopicwent to shoes-polishing shop for her buskins，the bald boss squatted down to serve her personally.
　六、戒“愚忠”，不谙增减之道
& o( I! R8 a! q　　我们耳熟能详的东西外国人可能会感到一头雾水，译者需要增加必要的说明和补充或者减译。否则，外国人会不知所云。毕竟，汉译英最终是给外国人看的。
　　例如：风水
/ U" R' A* I9 Y" I/ g; ?　　fengshui——the location of a house or tomb, supposed to have an influence on the fortune of a family.