英语翻译问题

Question

so few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism 请问高手这个怎么译啊， 后面的keep their own end up 是什么情况 是keep .....up 还是end up in ？

Answer 1

rather，quite，very 表示非常时的区别是什么？

这三个词，按程度强弱排列，顺序为：rather, quite, very(fairly)。
very(fairly)多用于褒义,如very(fairly) good；
rather多用于贬义形容词、too及比较级前。

quite，rather与单数名词连用，冠词放在其后。但当rather，quite 前仍有形容词，不定冠词放其前后均可，如：rather a cold day/a rather cold day。

quite和rather可修饰名词，置于“不定冠词+名词之前”。如：quite a good story, rather a strong wind。

副词quite修饰可比较的形容词时，意为”相当”。如：That”s quite good.

当它修饰不可比较的形容词时，则意为”十分或完全”。如：She is quite right.”

quite有两个实际上相反的意思：

(1)”有点；相当地”，往往与”可分级”的形容词(能被more, less和very修饰的形容词)搭配。如：a quite pleased afternoon 一个相当令人愉快的下午；

(2)”全部地；完全地”，倾向修饰绝对形容词(即不能被more, less和very修饰的形容词)。如：a quite outstanding performance一场非常出众的表演。(当quite涉及动词和副词时，同样的区别也适用)

修饰perfect完美的，如果用fairly程度太弱，与这个词的意思不符；如果用rather，有一些消极的意思。而very是修饰具有比较级的形容词，而perfect 是没有是不可比较的。所以本题选D。

fairly, quite, rather
这三个副词都可用来说明形容词和副词的程度，十分容易混淆。

1．fairly意为“相当，还算”，是这一组词中语气最轻的一个。quite为“相当，或多或少地，在某种程度
上”，语气比fairly稍强。rather为“相当，有点，颇”，在这三个副词中语气最强。试比较下列各句：
This film is fairly good. This film is fairly good. 这部电影还可以看看。
Your composition is quite good. Your composition is quite good. 你的作文还不错。
His homework is rather good. rk is rather good. 他的作业相当不错。
又如：
This book is fairly easy. This book is fairly easy. 这本书还算浅易。
He is quite grown up. He is quite grown up. 他差不多长大成人了。
That is rather hard to explain right away. That is rather hard to explain right away. 要立即说明是颇有难度的
2．fairly只用于修饰褒义的形容词和副词，如可以说She is fairly clever，不可说She is fairly
She is fairly
foolish。rather主要用于贬义，如rather poor/bad/stupid/ugly，但它也可以用在某些褒义的形容词
和副词前，具有比fairly更强烈的褒义，相当于very，如rather good/ well/pretty /clever。另外，
若在没有褒贬意义的词前用fairly，表示说话人赞同；若用rather，则表示不赞同。试比较：
This soup is fairly hot. This soup is fairly hot. 这汤蛮热的。
This soup is rather hot. er hot. 这汤太烫了。
She is fairly tall for her age. She is fairly tall for her age. 就她的年龄来说，她长得算是高了。
She is rather tall for her age. She is rather tall for her age. 就她的年龄来说，她长得过于高了。

3．rather可与too及比较级连用，而fairly和quite则不可。如：
My mother is rather better today. My mother is rather better today. 我母亲今天病好多了。
This book is rather too difficult for the juniors and rather too easy for the seniors.
ifficult for the juniors and rather too easy for the seniors.
这本书对低年级学生说来未免太难，对高年级学生说来又嫌太容易。

4．quite和rather还可和动词连用，fairly则不可和动词连用。如：
This does not quite satisfy me. This does not quite satisfy me. 这没有完全使我满意。
I don”t quite follow you. t quite follow you. 我不大懂你的话。
They rather expected to win the match. d to win the match. 他们颇想赢得这场比赛。
I rather like her. I rather like her. 我相当喜欢她。
5. quite和rather都可修饰名词，但须放在不定冠词前。如：
That was quite an accident. That was quite an accident. 那是一次不太寻常的事故。
It”s rather a pity. s rather a pity. 这真是相当遗憾。
当名词前有形容时，quite和rather可放在不定冠词后，也可放在不定冠词前。如：
They had a quite good time. 也可说quite a good time。
It is a rather cold day. 也可说rather a cold day。

Such as 后面要直接接名词，代词或动名词等。另外，还是，凡是的意思。Wild animals such tigers and lions are becoming rare. Such as remains will be yours when I died. 所有财产都是你的。

For example 后面要加逗号再接名词等，还可以位于句末，而将名词放在其前面。 I have many friends, Alice for example (for example , Alice).

Answer 2

very, much, quite三个副词都作“十分，非常”解，但它们的使用场合却有所不同。

1. very可以修饰形容词或副词，但不能修饰动词。修饰动词的常常是much, very much或quite。例如：

The factory to be built will be very important in this city.

Many years ago we knew each other very well.

Does that matter much?

I like flowers very much.

I quite enjoy my job, so I don”t have to look for a new one.

2. 在形容词、副词的原级前面用very，而在形容词、副词的比较级前面用much。例如：

The SARS patient feels much better today under the care of the doctors and nurses.

You must work much more carefully than before.

3. very和much都可以用来修饰形容词、副词的最高级，但它们的位置不同。例如：

This is the very best building in our town.

This is much the best building in our town.

4. 将现在分词用作形容词时，其前可以用very或quite修饰。例如：

The news is very / quite exciting.

The book is very / quite interesting.

5. tired, pleased, delighted, satisfied, surprised, frightened, disappointed等过去分词在实际使用中，尤其在口语中，都常常被用作纯粹的形容词。因此，可以在其前用very或quite修饰，但在书面语中，一般仍用much修饰。例如：

I am very / quite / much surprised to hear the news.

在被动语态句子中，过去分词前面用much或very much修饰。例如：

He is much respected by everyone in his mountainous village.

I was very much frightened by the loud noise last night.

6. 在alive, afraid, alone, ashamed等表语形容词前面用very much或much修饰，不用very修饰。例如：

I am（very） much afraid that he will be late.

The man is much alone.

The wounded were (very) much alive.

但在asleep前面用fast修饰，不用very, much或very much修饰。例如：

He is fast asleep.

在awake前面用wide修饰，不用very, much或very much修饰。例如：

He is wide awake.

7. 在too, more, less, on his own, at a loss等词及短语前面要用much修饰，不用very修饰。例如：

It”s much too hot today.

He does the work much on his own.

He said he was much at a loss for words to describe the situation.

8. 副词quite作“完全”、“十分”、“还算”、“相当”、“确实”、“真正”解。它既可以修饰原级形容词和副词，也可以修饰动词，还可以修饰相当于形容词的过去分词或现在分词。例如：

The theatre was quite full last night.

He did the work quite well.

He is quite grown up. He should quite understand what I said.

We were quite delighted to see him at that moment.

The news is quite exciting.

在possible, impossible, right, wrong, OK, all right等词或词组前面只能用quite修饰，不能用very和much修饰。例如：

It is quite impossible that he should have done this.

You are quite right / wrong.

That”s quite all right / OK.

Answer 3

"on the ground that"和"in condition that"皆不适合用于此. 因为这两要前因后果一起在同一句出现.

例: We oppose to him being the leader, on the ground that he always plays favourites.
我们反对他当领袖是因为他经常特别偏爱某人/事.
"on the ground that"是给予理由和原因, 但这比较少用于科学用句.
例: She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement.
她接受职位是基于有机会晋升.

"in condition that"其实应该是"on condition that".

"excessive"可用. "excessive"已有过多和多余的意思, 所以也表明那些信息并不重要.
次要并不等同"inferior" (低等, 乃贬义词), 所以不能用它.

我的译法:
This is due to the occupation of excessive information in the brain.

"occupation"除指职业以外, 也有占据的意思.

Answer 4

由於=due to, because of，意思更像是原因。
on the ground that/ in condition that 是指条件，比如说：In condition that you do not have ample time　就是「基於你没有充足的时间」。
所以我个人认为由於可以改一改用字。

过多＝excessive就没问题。

次要比较近似minor，inferior会否太过贬低其他信息？不过这要看你的取态。

个人而言，我会翻译成 This is due to the excessive minor information that our brains are flooded with.

Answer 5

英语不是数学，死记这种所谓的“等式”以后会吃大亏的。你说的ON which=when重点还是在于这个句型还原之后的形态，第一个例句还原了就是you said goodbye