正确的译文是:他虽自己不用,但仍坚持再建一座房。
此句之所以这样译,是因为它含有状语从句的意思。英语定语从句尤其是非限制性定语从句有时兼有状语从句的职能,可以表示时间、条件、原因、让步、目的、结果等等关系。
兹再举几例说明限制性定语从句所表示的状语意思:
①I think it will grow even on non-irrlgated land where there is a forest belt.我想即使在没有灌溉的土地上,只要有一条树林带,苜蓿还是会生长的。(表条件)
②In a personed sense ,I think of my eldest daughter , whose birthday is today .就个人来讲,我想到我的大女儿,因为今天是她的生日。(表原因)
(四)独立句
①He paid that peculiar deferente to women which every member of the sex appreciates.他对女性殷勤令每个女人所赏识。
②What were the hopes and dreams that had made of them the incredibly stubborn warriors?是什么希望,什么目标,什么理想使他们成为顽强到令人难以置信的战士呢?
翻译英语There be 句型和带定语从句的复合句时,常用溶合法。溶合法就是把原主句的主语同定语从句溶合在一起而译成独立句的方法。溶合法要求改变句子的构造形式。具体作法是,将原主句的的词或词组用作独立句的主语,再将定语从句用作谓语,这样便译成独立句,如①将He paid that peculiar deference to women 压缩译为他对女性的殷勤而定语从句which every member of the sex appreciates译为谓语令每个女人所常识。
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