文档介绍：Unit 5 词语选择
Diction means the proper choice of words and phrases in translation on the basis of prehension of the original.
A noted linguist said, “the meaning of a word is its use in the language and each word, when used in a new context, is a new word.
Story
1) The play is really a love story.
2) This war is ing the most important story of this generation.
3) Some reporters who were not included in the meeting broke the story.
4) The story about him became smaller and by and by faded out from the American TV.
5) Don’t tell stories again, Tom. I don’t believe your stories.
6) It is quite another story now.
(故事,事件,内情,报道,谎言,情况)
A word in different collocations or context.
Example:
Like charges repel; unlike charges attract.
相同的电荷相斥,不同的电荷相吸。
He likes mathematics more than English. 他喜欢数学胜于喜欢英语。
Like knows 。
The two pictures are very like.
Like attracts like. 物以类聚。
Like cures 。
Like for like. 以牙还牙。
1. Correspondence at word level
(1)   word-for-word correspondence
eg. Marxism 马克思主义激光 laser aspirin 阿斯匹林
(2)   one---multiple equivalents of the same meaning
wife:
妻子,爱人,夫人,老婆,老伴,媳妇,堂客,内人,贱内
potato:
马铃薯,洋芋,土豆、山药蛋
人:
human being, man, people, person,---
犬:
dog, hound, pointer (猎犬) , puppy
3) one word----several equivalents of different meanings
cousin:
堂兄,堂弟,表姐,表妹,堂姐,堂妹---
president:
总统,总裁,主席,董事长,会长,校长,院长,---
carry,
搬,运,提,拎,挑,担,搂,抱,举,端,夹---
teenagers
clock-watcher: 老是看钟等下班的人
alibi: 不在犯罪现场的证据
Yellow publications: 品位较低的出版物 pornography
2. Choice of the meanings
1) Judging from the part of speech:
A. “round”
There are several round tables in the dinning-room. (adj. 圆的)
Come round and see me tomorrow. (adv. 到某处)
He had a tour round the world. (---周围)
She rounded up the boys. (v. 集合)
One more example:
B. “but”
He knows some methods but he doesn’t know how to apply them. (连词,但是)
There are no buts about it.(名词)
The word occurs in the last line but one. (介词,除去)
There was not a single person there but was moved to tears(关系代词,who not)