英语翻译要注意用词恰当,稍不留神就可能犯了语意重复的毛病--即汉式英语。请看下面语意重复20例。你是否犯过这样的错误呢?

　　1.我昨天离开了家。

　　误:I left away from my home yesterday.

　　正:I left my home yesterday.

　　析:这里leave即有go away from的含义,故away from为多余。

　　2.我希望更好地改进我们的工作。

　　误:We hope to improve our work better.

　　正: We hope to improve our work.

　　析:improve意为make better,所以句中的better纯属多余。

　　3.这条街的名字叫王府井大街。

　　误:The name of the street is called Wang Fu Jing Street.

　　正:The name of the street is Wang Fu Jing Street.

　　The street is called Wang Fu Jing Street.

　　析:name与be called连用,语意重复。

　　4.船触礁下沉了。

　　误:The ship hit the rock and sank down.

　　正:The ship hit the rock and sank.

　　析:sink = go down.

　　5.他整个冬天都没有吃蔬菜。

　　误:He did not eat any vegetable throughout the whole winter.

　　正:He did not eat any vegetable throughout the winter.

　　析:throughout含有whole ,故whole多余。

　　6.张华和李平结婚了。

　　误:Zhang Hua and Li Ping got married to each other.

　　正:Zhang Hua and Li Ping got married.

　　析:当marry的主语为复数时,后不能跟each other.

　　7.你必须在几点钟返回办公室?

　　误:At what time do you have to return back to the office?

　　正:At what time do you have to return to the office?

　　析:return作"返回"解,本身已经有back之意。

　　8.火车正驶进隧道。

　　误:The train is entering into the tunnel.

　　正:The train is entering the tunnel.

　　析:enter为及物动词.enter = go /come into.

　　9.他们站着,相互怒目而视。

　　误:They stood glaring angrily at each other.

　　正:They stood glaring at each other.

　　析:glare意即stare angrily.

　　10.克鲁索走向岸边。

　　误:Crusoe made his way to go to the shore.

　　正:Crusoe made his way to the shore.

　　析:make one's way = go.

　　11.他几乎不会写自己的名字。

　　误:He cannot hardly write his own name.

　　正:He can hardly write his own name.

　　析:hardly为"几乎不" ,表否定,故不与not连用.

　　12.好长时间他一直独身。

　　误:For a long time he continued to remain a single man.

　　正:For a long time he remained a single man.

　　析:remain本身就有"继续"的意思,不必用continue.

　　13.冬天比别的季节冷。

　　误:It is colder in winter than in any season.

　　正:It is colder in winter than in any other season.

　　析:any season中,也包括了winter,冬天不能比冬天本身更冷,用了other之后,即把冬天排除在外。

　　14.两个孩子长得很像。

　　误:The two boys are both alike.

　　正: The two boys are alike.

　　析:前句已有two,说明是两个男孩.故both是多余的。

　　15.你女儿几岁了?

　　误:How many years old is your daughter?

　　正:How old is your daughter?

　　析:how old问的是多少岁,句中加many years是多余的。

　　16.他说答案是对的,可他弄错了。

　　误:He said that the answer was right, but however, he was mistaken.

　　正:He said that the answer was right, however, he was mistaken.

　　析:but和however都表示"可是"、"不过"等转折的语气,用一个即可。

　　17.小树一点点长高了。

　　误:The young tree gradually became taller and taller little by little.

　　正:The young tree gradually grew tall.

　　Little by little the young tree grew tall.

　　析:little by little就是gradually的意思,taller and taller也有"逐渐增高"的意思,没有必要重复。

　　18.那一晚他差点被冻死。

　　误:He was not almost dead with cold that night.

　　正: He was almost dead with cold that night.

　　析:almost dead是"几乎死,但未死",与汉语中"几乎冻死"和"差点冻死"的意义是一样的,否定词是多余的。

　　19.他一直步行到海滩。

　　误:He walked as far as to the beach.

　　正:He walked as far as the beach.

　　析:as far as已含有"到(某地)"的意思,因此as far as之后,就不必再加介词to。

　　20.老师要我把她所说的话再说一遍。

　　误:The teacher asked me to repeat what she had said again.

　　正:The teacher asked me to repeat what she had said.

　　析:repeat本身已有重复的意思,故again属重复。

　　(文/呼掁璞《英语通》高二版2004年第1期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)