2.Fire goes wherever it can, but it prefers to follow a draft.
N-COUNTA draft is a current of air that comes into a place in an undesirable way. (钻进某处的) 风
7.While you are in the act of summoning your energies, focus on a plan. Don't exhaust yourself with fruitless excursions into any and all possibilities.
集中精力关注一个计划/十足干劲同时涉足各种可能的情况，把自己搞得 精疲力竭、一事无成。
翻译症的表现是译笔拙劣(clumsy)，译者过 分受原文的语言形式束缚，结果是，轻则译 文不自然、不流畅、生硬(stiff; inflexible; gritty)，读者要花费较多的时间才能理解； 重则译文晦涩难懂、读者不知所云 (inscrutable)。
4.Taking care to pitch my voice to politeness, I asked about the next bus to Hattiesburg.
小心地控制声音让声音听起来很礼貌
询问开往哈蒂斯堡的下一班车。
我陪着小心，用温和的口吻询问开往哈蒂斯堡下一 班车的情况。 （我小心翼翼，用礼貌的语调询问下一班开往哈蒂 斯堡的班车何时出发。）
5.The bacteria pneumonia may complicate influenza at both extremes of age.
肺炎导致流感 复杂化
没用流感修饰当人很老或很小时/不管年龄多 大多小/年龄极端人群/各年龄阶段
患有流感的幼儿和老人可能并发细菌性肺炎。
第七讲 翻译症
Translationese / translatorese 翻译症/翻译体/翻译腔
1.It's more a poem than a picture. 诗比画更生动。 它如诗如画。 这如画美景更像是一首诗。 这幅画极具诗意。(更像是一首诗) 1.与其说那是一幅画，不如说那是一首诗。
World-famous for his works he was never personally well known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity.
中文四字词语
他的著作举世闻名，而他个人却一直少为人 知，因为他一生始终避免抛头露面。
(讨论译文)当我拒绝喝从一个密封草套精致地装饰 的大肚子瓶子里倒出来的深红色饮料时，大家吃了 一惊。
改译：这大肚子瓶子是用密封草套精致地装饰着的。 当深红色饮料从里面倒出来时，我拒绝喝它，这让 大家着实吃了一惊。
Their speeches were dressed up with as much care as though they were parliamentary harangues fashioned to the columns of the daily press.
(讨论译文)他们的演说被那么小心翼翼地装扮得像 是适合于每日报刊专栏新闻上刊登的议会高谈阔论 似的。
改译：他们的演说被小心翼翼地装扮，就像是议会 里的高谈阔论，适合于刊登在每日报刊专栏新闻上 似的。
Those who judged of his ultimate success by the failure of his first attempt were agreeably disappointed.
火可以到它想去的地方/随意乱窜/到处燃烧 火灾猛于虎，随处可见
一定的方向/轨迹/气流 2.火是无孔不入的，可是它更爱窜入通风的地方。
3.The room was easily traced by the noise that was coming from it.
Noise 噪音 it/它 3.循声而去，便轻而易举地找到了那间屋子。
(讨论译文)这项研究发现抽烟男子的不抽烟妻子患肺癌的危 险比一般人大的多，丈夫抽烟越多，其不抽烟妻子面临的威 胁越大。
修改：这项研究表明，妻子不抽烟丈夫抽烟，妻子得肺癌的 危险性比一般人大的多。丈夫抽的烟越多，妻子受到的威胁 也就越大。
The report noted proposals that eating less fat and more food with whole grains and other fibers can protect against cancer.
(讨论译文)那些从他初次尝试遭到失败便断 定他的最后结局的人，高兴地失望了。
改译：他初次尝试失败了。但是那些人却据 此判断，他最终会取得胜利。因此他们虽然 失望，却也有几分高兴。
The study found that non-smoking wives of men who smoke cigarettes face a much greater than normal danger of developing lung cancer. The more cigarettes smoked by the husband, the greater threat faced by his non-smoking wife.
造成的原因：1、没有理解原文；2、死译， 对号入座；3、表述不符合译入语的习惯。
下面我们来具体分析。
1、句子过长（特别是定语过长）
I surprised the company by refusing to drink the dark red beverage poured out of a fat bellied bottle neatly dressed in a tight-fitting straw jacket.