反譯即通常所說的反面著筆譯法,是指突破原文形式的束縛,變換語氣,把原文中肯定的表達形式譯成否定形式,把原文中否定的表達形式譯成肯定形式。
一、否定譯成肯定
Ice is not as dense as water and it therefore floats.
參考譯文:冰的密度比水小,因此能浮在水面上。
二、肯定譯成否定
Bicycles offer the perfect eco_friendly method of traveling around the vast and beautiful and flat countryside that surrounds Cambridge.
參考譯文:騎自行車在劍橋大學(xué)周圍的寬廣、美麗而又平坦的鄉(xiāng)村旅行,是不會對環(huán)境造成危害的理想旅游方式。
一、否定譯成肯定
Ice is not as dense as water and it therefore floats.
參考譯文:冰的密度比水小,因此能浮在水面上。
二、肯定譯成否定
Bicycles offer the perfect eco_friendly method of traveling around the vast and beautiful and flat countryside that surrounds Cambridge.
參考譯文:騎自行車在劍橋大學(xué)周圍的寬廣、美麗而又平坦的鄉(xiāng)村旅行,是不會對環(huán)境造成危害的理想旅游方式。