英汉误译例释(三)

1.The amounts of ore minerals involved are of littIe economic interest,although the lowest level contains a dissemination that was once mined for As. 误译:矿石含量包含较小的经济兴趣,而最下层含浸染的As曾一度为矿山。正译:尽管最下部层位含有曾一度开采过的浸染状的砷,但所含金属矿物的数量经济价值不大。评述:本句有三处误译,第一,involved(包含)是过去分词修饰前面的the amounts of ore minerals,即该矿山所包含的金属矿物的数量。