上海翻譯公司：倍數(shù)翻譯技巧

上海翻譯公司譯境翻譯是一家有資質的翻譯公司，為大家整理了倍數(shù)的翻譯技巧。

A是B的N倍大/長…(或者A比B大/長…N-1倍) 
一般有以下兩種英語表達方法; 
(1) A is N times as large/long (形容詞/副詞原形) as B. Eg: Asia is four times as large as Europe. 
(2) A is N times larger/longer（形容詞/副詞比較級）than B. Eg: Asia is four times larger than Europe. 
(3) A is N times the size/length (形容詞/副詞的名詞形式) of B. Eg: Asia is four times the size of Europe. 
以上三句例句的中文翻譯均為：亞洲是歐洲的四倍大，或者亞洲比歐洲大三倍。

2. by 和to 
(1) 動詞+ by + 倍數(shù)/百分數(shù)/數(shù)詞 
Eg: The production of grain has been increased by four times this year. 
今年糧食產(chǎn)量增加了四倍。 
(2) 動詞+ to + 數(shù)詞 
Eg: Last year profits rose to $201 million. 
去年利潤增長到2億零100萬美元。 
3. by a factor of 
詞組by a factor of 在《朗文雙解》中的解釋為"if something increases or decreases by a factor of N, it increases or decreases by N times."以N倍的系數(shù)增加或減少。這個解釋表達不是很明確，現(xiàn)在把它分成以下兩種情況來分析： 
(1)表示增加含義時 
Increase/grow…by a factor of N times 增加到N倍，或者增加了N-1倍 
Eg: The output of diesel oil for farm use has been increased by a factor of five times these years. 
這些年來，用于農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)的柴油產(chǎn)量增加了四倍。 
(2)表示減少含義時 
Decrease/fall…by a factor of N times 減少到1/N，或者減少了(N-1)/N。 
Eg: The production has decreased by a factor of three times as against 1977. 
總產(chǎn)量減少到1977年的三分之一。