Attribute Clauses

Translation of Restrictive Attribute Clauses：Combination、Division、Mixture

Translation of Restrictive Attribute Clauses

• Combination
  • short and simple sentences
    • 从句译为“... ... 的”+先行词
    • eg： There will come a day when people the world over will live a happy life under the sun of peace. 全世界人民在和平的阳光下过幸福生活的一天是会到来的。
• Division
  • We may divide long sentences into two Chinese sentences. 主句+从句（重复先行词）
    • eg： He unselfishly contributed his uncommon talents and indefatigable spirit to the struggle which today brings them (those aims) within the reach of a majority of the human race. 他把自己非凡的才智和不倦的精力无私地献给了这种斗争，这种斗争今天已使人类中大多数人可以达到这些目标。
  • Translated as a compound sentence. 主从句并列（不重复先行词）
    • eg： He managed to raise a crop of 200 miracle tomatoes that weighed up to two pounds each. 他种出了200个大得惊人的西红柿，每个重达两磅。
• Mixture
  • Translate according to understanding
    • there be ...
    • eg： There was another man who seemed to have answers, and that was Harry Potter. 另外一个人似乎胸有成竹，那就是哈利·波特。
  • Simple principle clause （emphasis on the attributive clauses）
    • the attributive clause as its predicate
    • eg： “We are a nation that must beg to stay alive,” said a foreign economist. 一位外国经济学家说道，“我们这个国家不讨饭就活不下去。”