“搞”字句的翻译
分类: 英语学习方法
眼下,“搞”字在汉语里的流行之势,使有人发出“怎一个‘搞’字了得”的感叹。关于“搞”的妙用,作家孙绍振说:“搞字的功能可分为两类:丑的则遮蔽,不丑的则美化;可谓有美皆备,无丽不臻。”如果不考虑风格和情感,倒有点像英语的do,几乎是个“万能”动词。
1. 译为动词或动词短语
“搞”最常见的意义是“做”、“干”、“弄”、“从事”、“进行”等,因此可用do, get, make, work, practise, engage in, go in for等来翻译。
---这事没啥搞头。
There's no point in doing that.
---他一心要把对手搞臭。
He is bent on discrediting his opponent.
2. 译为其它词类
---你们在搞什么名堂?
What are you up to? (“搞”译为副词短语up to)
3. 省略“搞”字
---我们必须一心一意搞建设。
We must concentrate on economic development.
---这工作不好搞。
This is a difficult job.
4. 译为被动句
---能不能尽快把科技搞上去,这是一个关系到社会主义全局,关系到我们国家命运与前途的大问题。
Whether science and technology can be pushed forward as quickly as possible is a question of vital importance for socialist construction as a whole and for the destiny and future of our country.