llip; 的汉译:
13)Our boast is not that we have more ideas or brilliant ideas but that our ideas are better tested.
译文:我们自我夸耀倒不是因为我们的主意多或我们的主意好,而是因为我们的主意都是经过更好检验的。
13. It was not until that … 与Not until … 的译法:
14)As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium. (=It was discussed before that not until the 19th century did the newspaper become the dominant pre-electronic medium.)
译文:正如以前谈过,直到19世纪报纸才成为电子时代以前的主导媒体。
14. as 引导的特殊状语从句的译法:当作定语从句来翻译
15)Dr. Pyke contended that the scientific revolution, as we call it, is largely the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments that expanded the reach of science in innumerable directions.
译文:派埃克博士坚持认为,我们称为的科学革命主要是指一系列器具的改进、发明和使用,这些改进、发明和使用使科学发展的范围无所不及。
15. cannot… too … 的译法: 再…也不过分,越…越好,应该…