第三周 正说反译和反说正译
Seemingly affirmative English sentences turned into negative Chinese ones
1.He failed to finish the work in time.
2. It is still beyond our power to cure this disease.
3. We don’t think the absence of this medicine can greatly influence the treating of this cancer.
4. Avoid eating too oily foods and stay away from cigarettes.
5. Many children in developing countries were denied medical care.
Translation of the sentences
他没有按时完成工作。
我们现在仍不能治愈这种疾病。
我们觉得，没有这种药对治疗这种癌症不会有很大的影响。
不要吃太油腻的食物，不要吸烟。
发展中国家的许多孩子没有医疗保障。
Translation of words with negative prefixes and suffixes
It is still insecure to put this medicine into clinical use though some experiments have been done.
这种药尽管经过一些实验，但在临床中使用还是不安全的。
2. The doctor comforted the patient that his symptoms would soon disappear if he followed his advice.
医生告诉病人，如果他遵医嘱治疗，这些症状很快就会消失的。
3. The doubt remained unsolved what the cause of the disease was though the patient recovered from it.
病人虽然痊愈，但其病因是什么仍然疑团重重。
4. This group is conducting an unprecedented research.
这个小组正在进行一项史无前例的研究。
Negative English sentences turned into affirmative Chinese ones
The doctor told the patient that they could not make an accurate diagnosis before he received all the necessary examinations.
The investigation and the autopsy left no doubt that the patient died of poisoning.
Every patient with this disease, with no exception, must get an injection of 500 ml Bactocill the minute they are accepted.
He is such an indecisive sort of person that I don’t think he can make a good doctor.
Translation of the sentences
医生告诉病人，只有做完所有必要的检查后才能作出准确的诊断。
调查和尸体解剖清清楚楚地表明，病人是死于中毒。
这种病的患者一接收进院，统统都要注射500毫升的Bactocill。
他是个优柔寡断的人，我不认为他会成为一个好医生。
Negative English sentences turned into affirmative Chinese ones
5. Don’t lose time in sending the injured to the hospital, or they will die by bleeding.
6. He manifested a strong dislike for this kind of medicine.
7. Florence Nightingale was the undisputed pioneer in modern nursing.
5. 赶快将伤者送去医院，否则他们会因失血过多而死的。
6. 他对这种药很是厌恶。
7. 南丁格尔公认是现代护理学的先驱。
Affirmative Chinese sentences turned into negative English ones
这样的作弊迟早会被发现的。
这个年轻的医生随便给病人开个处方就急忙去会女朋友了。
对他而言，语言仍是一道难以逾越的障碍。
经过许多试验后医生们才找到了治疗这种疾病的有效方法。
Translation of the Chinese sentences
Such cheating won’t escape notice.
The young doctor careless prescribed to a patient and then hurried to see his girl friend.
For him, languages are still barriers impossible to go across.
It is not after many tests that the doctors found a way to cure this disease.
Exercises
Patients hates to see doctors with stony faces.
I have done what I can as a doctor, but I think I am still far away from a good one.
The patient finally found out that he was mortally ill.
The patient watched with anxiety when the doctor was writing his prescription.
Some countries in the world deny cancer screening to their citizens.
The doctors lost no time in treating the man severely injured in a car accident when he was sent to the hospital, but they still failed to bring back his life. Reference to the translation of the sentences in the exercises
病人不喜欢看到医生挂着一副毫无表情的脸。
作为一名医生，我尽了自己的努力，但我还不能说自己是个好医生。
这个病人终于知道他得的是不治之症。
病人不安地看着医生给他开处方。
世界上还有些国家不给其国民提供癌症筛查。
这个交通事故的伤者送到医院时医生们一点没耽搁就开始救治他，但还是回天无力。
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