英译汉省略译法（3）⸺其他词类的省略

本文中所论述的翻译方法来自于由外语教学与研究出版社出版的《新编大学英语》第二版第二卷中记载的内容（104–104 页）。以下内容仅用作教育、研究、个人用途，不可用于商业用途，侵权必究。

省略动词

根据汉语的修辞习惯，英语系动词在翻译中经常被省略，只留下形容词等词；其他一些动词有时也可以省略，例如：

• The dog has run mad.
  那狗发疯了。

• The new invention will prove useful to all humanity.
  这个新发明会对全人类有用。

• "We never go out.""That's not true. We went out last week."
  “我们从不一起出去。”“不对，我们上周还出去过。”

• He had uncombed hair, dirty clothes, and only 35 cents in his pocket.
  他头发凌乱，衣衫肮脏，口袋里仅有 35 美分。

省略其他词

为了译文的流畅，根据上下文意思，其他一些可有可无的词也可以省略，例如：

• The fact that she was sacrificing her resting time before going to work so that I could learn English made me see the strength she possessed.
  她牺牲了工作前的休息时间让我学英语，这使我看到了她所具有的意志力。

• He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
  在背后说我们的好话的人，才是一个好的朋友。

• Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all he could see was ocean.
  奥克兰位于洛杉矶的北面，可飞机似乎在向西飞行，他朝舷窗外一看，眼下却是一片汪洋。

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