汉译英常见错误 | 一个适宜于细胞正常活动的内部环境
[译]人体保持着一个适宜于细胞正常活动的内部环境。
[误] The human body maintains an internal surroundings favorable to normal cell activity.
[译]人体保持着一个适宜于细胞正常活动的内部环境。
[误] The human body maintains an internal surroundings favorable to normal cell activity.
summer sales意为“夏季大减价”。同样,winter sales则是“冬季大减价”。注意,作此种用法时,sale一定要取复数形式,即sales。
[译] 我们是1997级的学生。
[误] We are students of the 1997 grade.
ours是个名词性物主代词,意为“我们的”。例句中的ours其实等于the sun,即“太阳”。前面的suns则是指“恒星”,若指“太阳”不可能以复数形式出现,也不可能无定冠词。
[译] 我想买三打鸡蛋。
[误] I want three dozens eggs.
[译] 本杰明·富兰克林的发现之一是:闪电是电。
[误] One of Benjamin Franklin’s findings was that lightning is electricity.
本例中的suppose意为“让”(及物动词,祈使语气,表示建议)。上例等于Let's dine together。
sure(感叹词)与well等词连用,表示惊讶,意为“不得了”、“真想不到”、“令人惊讶”等意。
[译] 润滑油可能把金属与金属滑动接触造成的损害减少到最低限度。
[误] The lubricant must minimize the damages from the metal-to-metal sliding contact.
a suspicion of 意为“一点儿”。
[原] 地板上全是污物。
[误] The floor was covered with dirts.
[原] 各类粮食作物通称谷物。
[误] Any of various types of grain plants is generally called corns.
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