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例句: There is employment in the supermarket for eight men.
书上翻译: 那个超市雇佣八名工人。
我的翻译思路过程: There is employment for eight men in the supermarket.
先直译:在超市,有八个人工作(雇佣)。
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...(误译:他进来时我正要走)(B) I was cooking when she knocked at the door. 我正在做饭,突然听到他的敲门声。(误译:他敲门的时候我正在做饭)(C) I was on the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived. 我正要给他打电话,他的信就来了。(误译:...
...一件礼物(原句中无 for)均可。但 He bought a new
chair for the office. 他为办公室买了一把新椅子。却不能说成:He bought the office a new chair.”(摘自上海译文出版社1991年1月第1版《朗文英汉双解活用词典》p.336)