1.英语的一个习惯用法是:当否定谓语think(believe)时,实际上是否定其后面的宾语从句。否定就落在宾语从句上。这样宾语从句就变成了双重否定,译时可以按双重否定译,也可按肯定来译。
Itisavaluablework.Idonotthinkanyonewritessowellthathecannotlearnmuchfromit.
2."tohavenot…(as)tosee…"中的不定式也有否定意味。
Hehadnotthegoodbreedingtoseethatsimplicityandnaturalnessarethetruestmarksofdistinction.
3."Itoccurredtosb.that…"意为"突然想到","Itdawnedonsb.that…"."突然想起"等。从句是想起的内容。
Irememberoncebeingonabusandlookingatastranger.Hesuddenlylookedbackatme-i.e.oureyesmet.Myinstinctivereactionwastoavertmygaze.ItoccurredtomethatifIhadcontinuedtomaintaineyecontact,Iwouldhavebeenrudeandaggressive.
4."Itfollowsthat…"="Ithappensasaresult…"常常被译为"由此可见","因此","从前","可以推断"等等。
Itfollowsthatthehousewifewillalsoexpecttobeabletohavemoreleisureinherlifewithoutloweringherstandardofliving.Italsofollowsthathumandomesticservantswillhavecompletelyceasedtoexist.
5."that'sallthereistoit",意思是"也不过如此而已"。可根据上下文视情况处理。
IfI'mtouched,I'mtouched-that'sallthereistoit.
6."Thechancesarethat…"是一句型,译为"有可能……"。
Thechancesareyouwillneverattemptthatspeedwithpoetryorwanttoracethoughsomepassagesinfictionoverwhichyouwishtolinger.