#口语粉碎机# L1 Day14【打卡序列04】
1. 我记得昨天锁门了呀。
翻译:I remembered having locked the door yesterday.
答案:I remembered locking the door yesterday.
解析:动名词,口语里面经常用一般现在时代指完成时。
2. 他不能一直隐藏自己的面目。
翻译:He can't hide his real face all the time.
答案:He can’t resist showing us his face.
解析:一直隐藏
resist doing
3. 我必须得忍受戴那顶滑稽帽子的痛苦。(这一句乍一看上去有点怪,因为摘
自一部美剧,原句有上下文,这里只是做翻译练习)
翻译:I have to endure the pain of wearing that comical hat.
答案: I have to endure wearing the comical hat.
解析:滑稽的 comical
endure doing ,我用了endure sth.的用法,动名词用在介词后。
这里有个中英文思维的切换,的痛苦是为了进一步解释说明前面的内容,英文中可以不再翻译。
4. 每当 Jim 违反交通规则时,他总是企图逃避罚款。(break)
翻译:When Jim breaked the traffic rules, he always trys avoiding the penalty.
答案:Jim always attempts to escape being fined whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
解析:每当 whenever
交通规则 traffic regulations
逃避罚款 escape doing
我了时间状语从句翻译。用了try doing试着做某事,答案用了attempt to escape doing.
5. 我想知道谁对打坏这个窗户负责。
翻译:I want to know who is responsible for the broken window.
答案:I want to know who is responsible for breaking the window.
解析:the broken window 打破了的窗户。breaking window 打破窗户这行为。翻译不够到位,原句强调的是行为。
6. 这个电影值得多看几遍。
翻译:The movie is worth watching several times.
答案:The movie needs watching more than once.
解析:多看几遍 more than once
我,be worth doing,答案need doing 用动名词主动表被动的形式来翻译
7. 香蕉就像天然的安眠药。
翻译:The banana is like a natural sleeping pile.
答案:A banana is like a natural sleeping pill.
解析:pile 堆,大量的,pill 药 拼写错误
这里,香蕉没有特指,和后面的应该对应。
8. 你觉得我去会有什么帮助吗?
翻译:Do you think my going has any help?
答案:Do you think my going will be of any help?
解析:会有什么帮助
be of any help【重点】
时态,没有发生的事,只是在询问
9. 你通晓英语对学习法语很有帮助。
翻译:Having a good understand of English is helpful for learning French.
答案:Your knowing English well helps you in learning French.
解析:你通晓英语
Your knowing English well
10. 这个问题需要好好讨论下?
答案:Does this question need discussing seriously?
答案:The question/ problem needs discussing fully.
解析:好好的,脱壳,fully,全面的
我以为是问句
汇总:
endure doing
resist doing
escape doing
need doing
心得:今天的翻译有点难度,不过我还是积极的完成了。总的来说,动名词的使用还是相对好掌握的,主要是在搭配和句子结构搭配上,还要多多注意翻译的准确性,及时脱壳,提醒自己中英文的思维切换。Practice makes perfect.