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This thesis discusses the differences of sentence structure between English and Chinese and how to minimize the negative effect caused by these differences in translation, by analyzing a lot of examples. English and Chinese belong to entirely different language systems (Indo-European vs. Sino-Tibetan). Not surprisingly, there are vast differences between the two. Sentence structure is one of the areas in which great differences exist. This paper examines and analyzes these differences from the following four prospectives: hypotactic and paratactic, impersonal and personal, passive and active, indirect and direct aspects. Then proposals are offered as to how to bridge the gap in the above aspects in translation (mainly from English into Chinese). Three methods are suggested. Examples are taken from Leslie’s short story: “Don’t Get Comfortable” and other sources.
Key words: English; Chinese; differences; sentence structure
摘 要
本文通過分析大量例項來討論英漢句子結構存在何種差異；以及在翻譯中如何避免該差異產生的消極影響。由於英漢分別屬於兩種完全不同的語言體系(英語屬印歐體系;漢語屬漢藏體系。) 毫無置疑，這兩種語言存在著許多的.差異。其中，句子結構存在的差異最為明顯。文章主要從以下4個方面來考察和分析這些差異：形合與意合，物稱與人稱，主動與被動，間接與直接。並且提出1些建議克服這些差異對翻譯（主要是英譯漢）的影響，總結出3種翻譯方法。文章中所舉例子部分來自萊斯利的“不要只貪圖安逸”；部分來自其他參考文獻。
關鍵詞：英語；漢語；差異；句子結構
