英語(yǔ)翻譯中的從句誤用辨析

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    1.中文:那人問(wèn)我他何時(shí)能到達(dá)車(chē)站。
    (誤)The man asked me that when he could reach the station.
    (正)The man asked me when he could reach the station.(when可引導(dǎo)名詞從句,不再使用that。)
    2.中文:原因是他不知道如何去做。
    (誤)The reason is because he does not know how to do it.
    (正)The reason is that he does not know how to do it.(because不能引導(dǎo)名詞從句。)
    3.中文:她寫(xiě)的信在桌子上。
    (誤)The letter is on the desk which she wrote.
    (正)The letter which she wrote is on the desk.(定語(yǔ)從句通常緊跟在被修飾詞后面。)
    4.中文:她是幾個(gè)通過(guò)考試的學(xué)生之一。
    (誤)She is one of the few students who has passed the exam.
    (正)She is one of the few students who have passed the exam.(one of+復(fù)數(shù)名詞+關(guān)系代詞+復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞。)
    5.中文:圓窗戶的建筑物是我們的教學(xué)大樓。
    (誤)The building which windows are round is our school building.
    (正)The building whose windows are round is our school building.(windows是屬于building的,用關(guān)系代詞的所有格。)
    6.中文:那是我們?nèi)ツ陞⒂^過(guò)的科學(xué)博物館。
    (誤)That's the Science Museum where we visited last year.
    (正)That's the Science Museum which we visited last year.(Science Museum是visited的賓語(yǔ),要用關(guān)系代詞which,而不能用關(guān)系副詞where。)
    7.中文:那是一本有藍(lán)色封面的書(shū)。
    (誤)That is a book the cover of that is blue.
    (正)That is a book the cover of which is blue.(關(guān)系代詞的所有格用of which,不用of that。)
    8.中文:他是我見(jiàn)過(guò)的最令人討厭的講演者。
    (誤)He is the most boring speaker who I have ever seen.
    (正)He is the most boring speaker that I have ever seen.(先行詞被形容詞級(jí)或the only(的),the same(同一的),the very(正是那個(gè)),all(全部),any(任何),no(無(wú)一),every(每一個(gè)),much(多),little(少),none(無(wú)一)等詞修飾時(shí),常用關(guān)系代詞that,而不用who或which。)
    9.中文:掉進(jìn)河里的人和馬都淹死了。
    (誤)The man and the horse who fell into the river were drowned.
    (正)The man and the horse that fell into the river were drowned.(who只可代替先行詞人,that可代替先行詞人和物。)
    10.中文:這是你花了高價(jià)買(mǎi)的車(chē)嗎?
    (誤)Is this the car for that you paid a high price?
    (正)Is this the car for which you paid a high price?(關(guān)系代詞作介詞的賓語(yǔ)并放在介詞之后時(shí),只能用whom和which;關(guān)系代詞that如作介詞的賓語(yǔ),只可緊*先行詞,將介詞放在句尾。)