短句理解与翻译 The spokes

问题描述

The spokesman denounced the charge as “completely irresponsible”, adding: there is absolutely nothing to the allegations.

请问老师怎么翻译此句？

参考译文：发言人谴责此项指控‘完全不负责任’，并补充说：“这绝对没有什么可辩解的”。

请问老师，allegation是指控，宣称的意思，没有其他中文解释。参考译文的翻译是“辩解”，合适吗？

老师答疑

陈老师：

The spokesman denounced the charge as “completely irresponsible”, adding: there is absolutely nothing to the allegations.

=There is absolutely nothing to be said for the allegations.

请问老师怎么翻译此句？

参考译文：发言人谴责此项指控‘完全不负责任’，并补充说：“这绝对没有什么可辩解的”。

请问老师，allegation是指控，宣称的意思，没有其他中文解释。参考译文的翻译是“辩解”，合适吗？

allegation  n.  陈述，主张; 宣称; 陈词，陈述; 指控，指责 

(英文解释：An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.)

The company has denied the allegations.

公司否认了这些指控。

Allegations of brutality and theft have been levelled at the army.  

有人指责军队中存在着野蛮暴行和盗窃行为。

(1)There is nothing to do 

=We have nothing to do （强调没有事可做，无聊）

There is absolutely nothing to say.

=We  have absolutely nothing to say.

I have absolutely nothing to hide, I have done nothing wrong.  

There is absolutely nothing (for me) to hide,I have done nothing wrong

我绝对没有什么好隐瞒的，我没有做错什么。

(2)There is nothing to be done.

=There is nothing that we can do.(强调没有办法，束手无策）

There is absolutely nothing to be said.

=There is absolutely nothing that we can say.

say sth for为…讲话辩护

"Well," she said eventually, "what have you to say for yourself?"  

“那么”，她最后说，“你有什么好说的？”

He's never got much to say for himself.  

他向来寡言少语。

Don't you have one good word to say for her?  

难道你不为她说句好话 吗 ?

You can't say for sure that it won't rain tomorrow.  

明天难保不下雨.

What has she to say for herself?  

她有什么要为自己辩解的 吗 ?

曹老师：

如果把there is absolutely nothingthere is absolutely nothing to the allegations. to the allegations.理解为there is absolutely nothing to say to the allegations.就能理解为什么那样翻译了：对于该项指控，我们绝对没有什么要说的（不值得说）。引申则为不需要辩解任何东西。

董老师：

曹老师：我觉得：say似乎应为被动式，即：

there is absolutely nothing to be said to the allegations.

如果用主动式：则为：we have absolutely nothing to say to the allegations.

请曹老师指正。