2019考研英语翻译技巧:否定句(2)

　　译文：人们越来越认识到，尽管海洋无边无垠，但其资源并不是取之不尽用之不竭的。人们不可能随心所欲地捕鲸而不使其遭致灭绝的危险，或无限制地捕捞鲱鱼而不威胁到该物种的繁衍生息。

　　6. One cannot be too careful in making the decision as it is such a critical case.

　　分析：在这句话中，cannot be too careful不能理解为“不能太谨慎”，因为联系句子后半部分的状语从句中来看，逻辑上是讲不通的。实际上，“cannot be too…”这个结构虽然形式上为否定，但是意思上并非否定，而是起到一种加强肯定语气的作用。通常可以译做：“无论怎样……也不会过分”、“越……越好”等，这种结构的变形有“can never(或scarcely, hardly等)…too + adj.(或adv.)”等。

　　7. One private school served notice when it opened that “ no person shall be considered as eligible who shall not be moving in the circle of Gentlemen, no retail trader being allowed in any circumstances to be so considered.”

　　分析：该句的主干结构是“One private school served notice…”。名词notice与其同位语从句“that “ no person shall be considered as eligible who shall not be moving in the circle of Gentlemen, no retail trader being allowed in any circumstances to be so considered”被 when引导的状语从句分割。该句中no所表达的否定往往转移到谓语动词上。

　　译文：一所私立学校开学时发布通知说：“凡属非绅士圈中者皆不得进入本校，小商贩决不予以考虑。”

　　8. But we can hardly guess what the world will look like to men and women with several generations of communism behind them, who take the brotherhood of man for granted, not as an ideal to be aimed at, but a fact of life, and yet know that this brotherhood was only achieved by ghastly struggles.

　　分析：这是一个主从复合句。what the world will look like to men and women with several generations of communism behind them是guess的定语从句，what引导这个从句。该句中的we显然指后面的men and women，所以翻译时要灵活。

　　译文：但对曾有过几代共产主义思想的人们来说，将来的世界看上去将是什么样子，人们还很难做出推测。现在人们总是把他们之间的手足之情看作是理所应当的事，认为生活本来就是这样，而不是当作理想的目标来看待。然而，他们知道这种手足之情只有通过巨大的努力才能得到。

　　9. True, not everyone sees me as you saw me or even as I see myself; but deep down inside I have that marvelous feeling that comes from being an integrate whole person, not afraid of being just what I am.

　　分析：这是一个省略句，补全应该是这样的：It is true that …。两个as都是连词，意思是“像”、“如同”。deep down inside是but从句中的状语，意思是“内心深处”。that comes是feeling的定语从句。翻译该句，要从that处断开，把that从句译成一个表示原因的状语从句。省略的部分不需要增补。