Omission省譯法1/262Pleasetellwhichtranslationisbetter?1.Ahorseisausefulanimal.*一匹馬是一個(gè)有用動(dòng)物。馬是有用動(dòng)物。2.Heputhishandsintohispocketsandthenshruggedhisshoulders.*他將他雙手放進(jìn)他衣袋，然后聳了聳他肩膀。他將雙手放進(jìn)衣袋，然后聳了聳肩。2/263Definition

Omissionisatranslationtechniqueoppositetoamplification.InEnglish-Chinesetranslation,itisgenerallyusedtoachievetheeffectofconciseness,especiallyinthecaseofEnglishpronounsandfunctionalwordssuchasthearticle,thepreposition,theconjunction,etc.,whichareindispensableintheSLtextbutnotintheTLtext.Besides,omissionisalsousedinChinese-EnglishtranslationeithertogetridofredundantwordingorconformtoidiomaticEnglishexpression.3/264MotivationOmissionisbasedonthedisparityinwordingandthedifferencesinsyntaxbetweenEnglishandChinese.Ontheonehand,wehavenoarticlesorinfinitivemarkersinChinese.Ontheotherhand,Pronouns,conjunctions,andprepositionsaremorefrequentlyusedinEnglishthaninChinese.WhentranslatedintoChinese,manyofthemshouldbeomittedsoastoconformtherenderingtotheaccustomedusageofChineseexpression.

4/265ThreePrinciplesOmissiondoesnotgoagainst‘faithfulness’.Itdoesnotmeansubtractingcertainmeaningsfromtheoriginalwork.Omissionshouldbeaimedatsmoothnessandconcisenessorsuccinctness.Whatisomittedmaynotbenecessarilyconfinedtocertainpartsofspeech.Actually,anypartsofspeechmaybeomittedaccordingtothecontextandthetranslator’stranslationtechniques.5/266ClassificationI.OmissionDuetoSyntacticConsiderationsII.OmissionDuetoLogicConsiderationsIII.OmissionDuetoRhetoricconsiderations

6/2671.OmittingthePronouns2.OmittingtheArticles3.OmittingthePrepositions4.OmittingtheConjunctions5.OmittingtheVerbs6.Omitting

theImpersonalPronoun“It”I.OmissionDuetoSyntacticConsiderations7/2681.OmittingthePronounsButit’sthewayIam,ItryasImight,andIhaven’tbeenabletochangeit.但我就是這個(gè)脾氣，即使幾經(jīng)努力，卻未能改過(guò)來(lái)。Heshruggedhisshoulders,shookhishead,castuphiseyes,butsaidnothing.他聳聳肩，搖搖頭，兩眼看天，一句話也不說(shuō)。8/2692.OmittingtheArticlesThe

penismightierthan

the

sword.筆桿子勝過(guò)槍桿子。Anysubstanceismadeofatomswhetheritisasolid,aliquid,oragas.任何物質(zhì)，不論固體、液體或氣體，都由原子所組成。Youcanfoolsomeofthepeopleallthetime,andallthepeoplesomeofthetime,butcannotfoolallthepeopleallthetime.你或許能欺瞞一些人一世，或許能欺瞞全部些人一時(shí)，但你不可能永遠(yuǎn)都欺瞞得了全部人。9/2610ButSomeArticles

CanNotBeOmitted!Heleftwithoutaword.他一句話也沒(méi)說(shuō)就走了(numeral,one)。Hesaidthathewasgettingadollaramile.他說(shuō)他每開(kāi)一英里就賺一塊錢(one)。Thechildrenareofanage.這些孩子都是同歲(acertain)

。10/26113.OmittingthePrepositions

Thedifferencebetweenthetwomachinesconsistsinpower.這兩臺(tái)機(jī)器差異在于功率不一樣。OuraircraftmothershipwascruisingnearWakeIslandonDecember2whenweheardhostilitiesweretobeginon

December7.十二月二日我們航空母艦正在威克島附近巡航，這時(shí)聽(tīng)說(shuō)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)要在十二月七日打響。11/26124.OmittingtheConjunctionsLikechargesrepeleachotherwhileoppositechargesattract.同電相斥，異電相吸。

Inthecountrytherearenohonkinghorns,nodieseltrucks,nopollution---justthesoundsofwindrustlingthetreeleavesandredsquirrelschatteringinthedistantoaksandcoolcreekwaterrushingdownitsendlesscourse.鄉(xiāng)下沒(méi)有汽車?yán)嚷曇?，沒(méi)有柴油卡車轟鳴，沒(méi)有任何污染；有只是風(fēng)吹樹(shù)葉沙沙聲，只是松鼠在遠(yuǎn)方橡樹(shù)上嬉戲聲，只是清涼溪水沿著無(wú)盡渠道潺潺流淌聲。12/26135.OmittingtheVerbsThesunisbright,andtheskyisclear.陽(yáng)光燦爛，晴空萬(wàn)里。AtpresenttheforeignexchangemarketinNewYorkisweakwhilethestockmarketisstrong.當(dāng)前紐約匯市低靡，而股市走高。

Becauseofeconomiccrisisofthehostcountry,thisAmericanmultinationalcorporationhassufferedthesamegreatlossesasthelocalcompanies.因?yàn)闁|道國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)，美國(guó)這家跨國(guó)企業(yè)同當(dāng)?shù)仄髽I(yè)一樣損失慘重。13/26146.OmittingtheImpersonalPronoun“It”Thisformulamakesiteasytodeterminethewavelengthofsounds.此公式使聲音波長(zhǎng)測(cè)定簡(jiǎn)單易行。ItisrequiredthattheScientificOutlookonDevelopmentbethoroughlyappliedtobuildamoderatelyprosperoussocietyinallrespectsatthenewstageofChina’sdevelopment.中國(guó)在新發(fā)展階段要全方面建設(shè)小康社會(huì)，就必須深入落實(shí)落實(shí)科學(xué)發(fā)展觀。14/26151.OmittingtheWordsImpliedintheContext2.OmittingtheMeticulousExpressionsintheOriginal3.OmittingtheChineseGeneralizationNumeralsAddedinAmplification4.OmittingtheGeneralizationWordsAddedtoCertainChineseTermsinAmplification

II.Omission

DuetoLogicConsiderations15/26161.OmittingtheWords

ImpliedintheContextAsscheduled,AmericanandChinesediplomatsmetonJanuary20,attheChineseEmbassy.Itwastheirfirstget-togetherinmorethantwoyears.中美兩國(guó)外交官按照預(yù)定計(jì)劃于一月二十日在中國(guó)大使館會(huì)晤。這是兩年多來(lái)第一次。Hespeaksquickly,thetoneofhisvoicesocommandingthatitsilenceseveryone.他很快講了一通話，其語(yǔ)氣非常威嚴(yán)，使全部人都平靜了下來(lái)。（他用命令口氣快速講話，怔住了全場(chǎng)。）16/26172.OmittingtheMeticulousExpressionintheOriginalPleaseexpeditetheL/Csothatwemayexecutetheordersmoothly.請(qǐng)加速開(kāi)出信用證，方便順利執(zhí)行定單。Forfurtherinformationregardingthissystem,referencemaybemade

toU.S.Pat.No.4374986.欲知本系統(tǒng)詳情，可參閱4374986號(hào)美國(guó)專利。Wetakethisopportunitytoinformyouthatwearenowinpositiontomakepromptshipmentofthemerchandize.茲奉告，該產(chǎn)品可即期裝運(yùn)。17/2618與大多數(shù)野生動(dòng)物一樣，老虎在營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富、食物充分夏秋兩季，繁殖、生長(zhǎng)、儲(chǔ)存脂肪。

Likemostwildanimals,tigersreproduce,grow,andstorefatinthesummerandfallwhenthereisplentyofnutritiousfoodavailable.3.OmittingtheChineseGeneralizationNumeralsAddedinAmplification18/26194.OmittingtheGeneralizationWordsAddedtoCertainChineseTermsinAmplification蒸發(fā)作用修改方案優(yōu)雅氣質(zhì)

滯后時(shí)間周期改變冷漠態(tài)度轉(zhuǎn)化過(guò)程積累過(guò)程測(cè)量方法evaporationmodificationgracefulnesslaggingcyclingindifferencetransformationaccumulationmeasurement生長(zhǎng)部分預(yù)防辦法

高傲態(tài)度歡樂(lè)氣氛

傳送方式相對(duì)論活性化抽象化組合體正確性

依賴性

accretionprecautionarrogancegayetytransmissionrelativityActivationAbstractioncombinationCorrectnessdependence19/2620Omittingtherepeatedexpressionsoftheoriginal

2.Omittingtheunnecessaryexpressionsoftheoriginal

III.Omission

DuetoRhetoricConsiderations20/26211.OmittingtheRepeatedExpressionsoftheOriginalInsteadofoneoldwomanknockingmeaboutandstarvingme,everybodyofallagesknockedmeaboutandstarvedme.那時(shí)打我，讓我挨餓不只是一個(gè)老太婆，而是老老少少各式各樣人。Agoodbookisoftenthebesturnofalifeenshriningthebestthatlifecouldthinkout.一本好書往往是人生精華縮影。21/26222.OmittingtheUnnecessaryExpressionsoftheOriginalRemember:youarenotanyoldTom,DickorHarrygivinghisopinion.Youare

amanwhowassentasarepresentativeofBritishGovernment.你要記住，你不是一個(gè)普普通通老百姓，能夠隨便發(fā)表意見(jiàn)。你是英國(guó)政府派出代表。22/2623Summary同增譯一樣，省譯往往是譯者在推敲譯文或校對(duì)譯文過(guò)程中進(jìn)行，可見(jiàn)這類調(diào)整與譯者母語(yǔ)語(yǔ)感很相關(guān)系，從本質(zhì)上說(shuō)這是一個(gè)譯文可讀性問(wèn)題(readability)，其關(guān)鍵在求得譯文與原文在深層結(jié)構(gòu)上對(duì)應(yīng)，而不求其在詞語(yǔ)形式上機(jī)械對(duì)應(yīng)。23/2624Thankyou!24/2625PracticeChinaisacountryofpeoplewithapassionateloveofpeace.中國(guó)是個(gè)熱愛(ài)和平國(guó)家。The

foundationwouldbeinapositiontomeetmoreofthevastunsatisfiedneedsofchildrenan