代词的省略

>有些做宾语的介词
>物主代词
>抽象代词
>泛指代词
>形式主语、形式宾语 it

连词的省略
冠词的省略
介词的省略

变 " 形 " 金刚原则

为了使译文简洁，除了省略不必要的词语外，还可以采取用单词来译词组和句子，用词组来译句子等办法来省却多余的东西，使句子变得紧凑。

-用单词来译词组和句子

>我上这个班是为了提高英语水平。
I attend this class to improve my English.

>坦率地说，你错了。
Frankly, you are mistaken.

>我们希望吃晚饭的时候赶到。
Hopefully, we'll be there by dinnertime.

-用词组来译句子

>只要看一眼这封信 ，你就会明白你上当了。
A glance at this letter will convince you that you have been taken in.

>他看书看得太久，眼睛都红了。
His eyes were red from excessive reading.

>如果天公作美 ，周末我们就去郊游。
Weather permitting, we'll go for an outing this weekend.

>他有才能，人品好，办事勤奋，显然会步步高升。
By aptitude, personality and work he is obviously slated to go up.

用同位语来译句子

>上海有一千六百多万人口 ，是世界上最大的城市之一。
Shanghai, a city with a population of over 16 million, is one of the largest cities in the world.

>许教授那时候还是个学生，就已经为报纸杂志写诗写小说了。
Professor Xu, at that time a student, wrote poems and stories for newspapers and magazines.

用无动词分词来译句子

>他是一流记者，有广博的知识。
A first-rate journalist, he has a wide range of knowledge.

>他饿极了，一会儿工夫就吃下去两大碗饭。
Hungry as a wolf, he ate up two big bowls of rice in an instant.

>更重要的是 ，我们不应该让这件事发生。
Even more important, we should not let it happen.