翻译硕士考研笔译技巧：动与静（2）
"be+非动词同源形容词"句式：(1) He was an able and a successful one.
他为人能干，事业成功。
(2) His ill health has been a very anxious business.
他身体不好令人十分担忧。
(3) I am quite ignorant of what they intend to do.
我的确不知道他们打算干什么。
(4) You shouldn't be sensitive about one's clothing.
你不要太注重衣着了。
"be+副词"句式：
(1) We must be off now.我们得走了。
(2) The performance is on.演出已经开始了。
(3) Their experiment has been over.他们的实验已经结束了。
(4) I saw you out with a boy yesterday.昨天我看见你和一个男孩上街了。
"be+介词短语"句式：
(1) Because of bad government， the company was in the red.
由于管理不善，公司出现亏损。
(2) The factory is under construction.
工厂正在建造中。
(二)化动为静
化动为静就是把原文中的动态句式转换为静态句式。英语虽然喜欢选用静态句式，但选用动态句式来叙述静态的意义也是常有的事。这些动态句式极富修辞效果，常见于景物描写。英语有些动态句式译成静态句式往往比译成动态句式要好。例如：
(1) To the south of the city lies a river.城南有一条河。
(2) In front of me stood the essential tools of the intelligence officer's trade-a desk， two telephones，one scrambled for outside calls， and to one side a large green metal safe with an oversized combination lock on the front.眼前是干情报官这一行的基本用具──张写字台，两部电话，一部装有外线保密器，一侧立着一个大型的绿色金属保险柜，柜正面装有特大号的号码锁。
(3) Here， in the endless paper chase which began so clearly but ended in my mystery， lay the threads of my career.这种无休无止的文档追索游戏，始而目标明确，终于迷雾一团，贯穿其中的便是我的职业生涯。
(4) High in the Carolina mountains sits a orphanage.
在卡罗来纳山地高处有一座孤儿院。
此外，有些英语动态句的意义不易用汉语动态句来表达，或表达不准确、不流畅时，该动态句也需要转换为静态句。例如：
(1) Silence followed this remark.话音落下，一阵沉默。
(2) Our age is witnessing a profound political change.我们的时代是深刻的政治变化的见证。
(3) Its gleaming sands and backdrop of pine woods and distant hills give it a pleasant and restful atmosphere.这儿沙滩闪烁，松林掩映，远山连绵，自有一种心旷神怡的气氛。
(4) She knows what's what.她很有鉴别力。
(5) They thought differently.他们想法不同。
(6) It is chiefly characterized by its simplicity of structure.它的主要特点是结构简单。
(7) The room is well furnished.房间的陈设颇佳。
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