2. 考慮謂語表意的需要時，還必須關(guān)照其與主語的語義關(guān)聯(lián)以及主謂詞語的搭配。請看下列例句：
(4)世紀(jì)之交，中國外交空前活躍。
a. The turn of the century finds China most active on the diplomatic arena.
b. At the turn of the century, China is very active in its diplomatic activities.
該例句曾在“主語的確定”部分講解過。兩個譯文的主、謂語各不相同，句式結(jié)構(gòu)也迥異。譯文a以The turn (of the century)為主語，選擇了finds(原句中不存在)作謂語與之搭配，生成了一個表意準(zhǔn)確而又合乎英語習(xí)慣的句子。這是因為，譯者熟悉動詞find的用法之一：a time or event finds sb. or sth. in a particular situation or doing a particular thing (Collins COBUILD English Dictionary)，安排在此，正好能傳達(dá)漢語原文的意義。而譯文b亦步亦趨地緊隨漢語原文，以China為主語，再按照語法要求，選擇了連系動詞is(原文中亦無對應(yīng)表達(dá))加表語very active作謂語。譯文b雖然也表意忠實且合乎英語語法，但不及譯文a自然地道。
(5)(聽說你明天開張，)也許用的著，特意給你送來了。
a. (I hear that you're opening tomorrow.) You may have some use for these things, so I took them along.
b. (I hear that you're opening tomorrow.) Thought these might come in handy, so I brought them along.
(6)現(xiàn)在，連我們也欠餉啊!
a. Nowadays even our monthly pay is often in arrears.
b. Nowadays even we aren't always paid on time.
例5和例6情況類似。兩譯文謂語不同，是由于主語選擇有別，表意方面沒有大的差異，也都合乎語法規(guī)則，但譯文b似乎更地道簡潔，更貼近原文口語體的色彩。
