翻译基础教程 第5章 练习答案

第五章数词和冠词的翻译第一节数词的翻译

一、翻译下列句子或词语，采用数字的直译法。

1. one central task and two basic points

2. the four cardinal principles

3. the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

4. Both of them have ten apples

5. A bird in the hand is better than a hundred in the wood.

二、翻译下列句子，采用数词的意译法。

1. I have studied human nature and I know a thing or two.

2. You should not have said anything about the matter.

3. She talks shop all the time.

4. You must seize this opportunity. It is a chance of lifetime.

5. Don't be wavering. Go right ahead.

6. big and tall

7. do something regardless of the consequences

8. restless

9. a very ugly person

10. on cloud nine

三、翻译下列句子, 注意其中数字的灵活处理。.

1. Seeing is believing.

2. six of one and half a dozen of the other

3. at sixes and sevens

4. thousands upon thousands of

5. I took the news with a grain of salt.

6. a drop in the bucket

7. New brooms sweep clean.

8. One touch of nature makes the whole world akin.

9. It takes two to make a quarrel.

10. to put all one's eggs in one bucket

11. to hang by a thread

12. A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

13. Over shoes, over boots.

14. Two heads are better than one.

15. A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honor.

第二节活用英语冠词

一、翻译下列句子，注意不定冠词的使用。

1. We find our folding table a great convenience

2. A watchdog is a security against burglars.

3. David is a failure as a coach.

4. His skill at games made him an admiration of his friends.

5. Photography is an art.

6. He was famed as a wit, but he had no wit now.

7. You saw hardly a soul between the villages.

8. He became a legend in his own time.

9. This article was an analysis of various forms of governments known to men

10. I have an esteem for him.

11. The major had a sincere liking and regard for his sister-in-law.

二、翻译下列句子，注意定冠词的使用。

1．The ups and downs of his life made him prop out.

2. The song is pleasant to the ear.

3. He幻ok the chair at last meeting.

4．Ⅱalways feel the injustice towards women.

5. Did he have the cheek to ask for more money?

6. She made the poetry of motion.

7. The lion is the king of animals.

8. Being on the outs with a classmate is very upsetting.

9. Under the circumstances the people were of a mind once more.

10. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

三、翻译下列句子，注意零冠词的使用。

1. He is covered with snow from head to foot.

2. Milk is made into butter and cheese.

3. Knowledge is always expanding.

4. Plants made food in their leaves using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.

5.Ⅱhad bread and butter for breakfast.