翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习5白蚁之害.docx

文档介绍：翻译练****大学英语八级汉译英练****5白蚁之害
* 你知道白蚁之害吗？一座大厦假如有了白蚁，不加防治，不到十年时间，里面的地板壁板，都会蛀蚀一空。一般的房屋受了严峻的蚁害，有的还会突然倒塌下来，伤了性命。电杆被白蚁蛀蚀，一般两三年就要换一次。 cause a loss of life　　*参考译文:
　　*1. If seriously damaged, some houses of the ordinary kind might topple, causing deaths.
　　*2. If ordinary houses suffered from termite attack, some would collapse, killing people inside.


　　*3. Some of the ordinary houses damaged by termites might collapse, causing casualties.
　　电杆被白蚁蛀蚀，一般两三年就要换一次。
　　*电杆: wire pole，不能译成electric pole(带电的杆子）
　　*一般: usually; as a rule ; ordinary; common; generally speaking;
　　*更换: substitute; replace
　　电杆被白蚁蛀蚀，一般两三年就要换一次。
　　*Generally speaking, termite-eaten wire poles ought to be replaced every two or three years.
　　*Wire poles would have to be replaced at two or three years’ interval due to damage by termites.
　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船漂浮。
*此句可以理解为:假如白蚁在船上稍微泛滥, 货物会被蛀烂, 假如严峻泛滥, 会使船漂浮.
　　 (1.) If slightly damaged by termite eating, goods on a boat might decay; if heavily damaged, the boat might sink.
　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船漂浮。
　　*(2.) Minor damage to a boat by termites would very likely ruin the freight on board while severe destruction might well lead to the sinking of the boat.


　　铁路枕木假如受白蚁侵蚀，火车就有出轨的危急。
　　*枕木: sleeper, crossties
　　*出轨：be derailed,