汉语无主句的英译探讨

Approaches to the Translation of Chinese Non-Subject Sentences into English

无主句是指没有主语的句子,这类句子的特点是从结构上看它们没有主语。但是,其它句子成分都有可能出现。汉语中有大量的无主句,但在英语里很少有与之对应的结构。英语句子除祈使句和省略句外,一般都有主语。因此,在英汉互译时,要视具体情况,选择不同的英语句式。

In Chinese, there is a type of sentences known as non-subject sentences and it is quite often used. However, there is no nonsubject sentence in English. Therefore, in translation we have to translate Chinese non-subject sentences into various English sentences.