学员疑问:这句话我的翻译错在哪里?
中译英: 我们同意周末帮助老人做一些家务。
学生翻译:We are agree with accomplishing some housework to help the old.
老师解答:首先这句话有实意动词,就不需要be动词are了。其次agree的短语搭配有混淆 agree with sb./ agree to do sth./agree on doing sh.这句话是同意帮助做某事,需要选用后面两个词组;可以修改为: We agree to help the old with/do housework./ We agree on doing housework to help the old.
点评分析:在练习句子翻译时,找到主干,明确动词时态和名词单复数很重要。其次是要牢记短语搭配,比如做家务是do housework; 帮助某人做某事是help sb. with sth./ help sb. (to) do sth. 其中housework是不可数名词。