Lecture5ConversionofpartofspeechFromtodayon,we’lllearnsomemaintranslationtechniques.Forexample:Conversionofpartofspeech;amplification;ommision;howtotranslatepassivevoice;howtotranslatenominalclause;howtotranslatelongsentence;howtotranslateattributiveclause,etc.Whatwe’lllearntodayisthefirstone,thatis,Conversionofpartofspeech.Awordinonelanguagebelongingtoacertainpartofspeechisnotnecessarilytobeturnedintooneofthesamepartofspeechinanotherlanguage.Thatmeansitmaybetranslatedintoanotherpartofspeechinanotherlanguage.Forexample:anoun,aperposition,anadjective,oranadverbialinonelanguagemaybetranslatedintoverbinanotherlanguage;averb,oranadjectivemaybetranslatedintonouninanotherlanguage.Aswehavelearned,Englishisanoun-dominatedlanguage,whichmeansthatthenounphasehasahighfrequencyinusage.Englishsentencestendtobestative.WhileChineseisaverb-dominatedlanguage.Thisisbecausethedifferentwayofthinkingofthetwonations.Englishspeakingpeopleareusedtothinkinginabstractconcepts.ThusEnglishspeakingpeopleoftenexpressactionsthroughabstractnouns.Asthesenounsimplysomeactions,therearehardlycorrespondingnounsinChinesetomatchthem.Asaresult,intranslationmanysuchnounsshouldbebetterturnedintoverbs.Therefore,inthischapterwe’llmainlyfocusonthenoun-verbtranslation.(1)Nounsthatimplysomeaction,especiallythosederivedfromtheircorrespondingverbsareusuallytranslatedintoChineseverbs,(andtheirattributivesnaturallybecomeadverbials见E和H).Forexamples:Themaintenanceoftheexistenceofsomerareanimalshasrecentlyclaimedworld-wideattention.Word-for-wordtranslationof“maintenanceoftheexistenceofsomerareanimals”shouldbe“某些稀有动物生存的保护”.Itwouldsoundveryawkward.Sothenounmaintenancehereshouldbetranslatedintoverb“保护”.TheChineseversionofthissentenceshouldbe“保护某些稀有动物的生存，近来已引起了世界范围的广泛关注”。Myadmirationforhimgrewmore.我对他越来越敬佩Theproofofthepuddingisintheeating.要想知道布丁的滋味，就要亲自尝一尝。Hisacceptanceofbribesledtohisarrest.他因受贿而被捕。Thetimelyarrivalofthepolicestoppedtheriot.警察及时赶到，制止了骚乱。Heregrettedtheirfailuretoreachanagreement.他们未能达成协议，他感