原因状语的翻译
1、英语中的状语位置较为灵活,既可以放在主句前也可置于主句后,而中文表达常常遵循“前因后果”的顺序,所以在翻译的时候也要注意调整语序。
We have to choose another day for the hiking, since the weather is very good today.
今天天气不好,所以我们得另选一天去远足了。
2、但上述情况也不是绝对的,原因状语也可放在主句后,这样也对应了汉语中的结构“之所以…是因为”。
Practice is valuable because it is the test of the theory.
实践之所以有价值,因为它是对理论的检验。
目的状语的翻译
1、总的来说,目的状语放在主句前翻译,把说明情况的主句放在后面。
She closed the door gently and stepped out of the room for fear that she should awake him.
为了不弄醒他,她悄悄关上房门,轻轻地溜了出去。
2、目的状语也可译在主句后边,表示以免、以防、使得、生怕等等。
He came back after work as quickly as possible, lest his mother should worry about him.
他下了班就早早回家了,免得他母亲担心。