前置法
當(dāng)一個限定性定語從句結(jié)構(gòu)和意義較為簡單，或是較為簡短時，我們把英語原文的定語從句翻譯成帶“的”的定語詞組,放置于被修飾的詞之前,將英語原文的復(fù)合句翻譯成漢語的簡單句。
Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.(2003)
本句中the environment后面又跟了一個定語從句。大家看下他是什么定語從句，是限定性還是非限定性定語從句。限定性吧!它有什么特點呢，只有三個詞，意義和結(jié)構(gòu)都較為簡單，因此我們在翻譯的時候就要把它放在他所修飾的先行詞的前面。
譯文：而且，人類還有能力改變自己的生存環(huán)境，從而使所有其它形態(tài)的生命服從人類自己獨特的想法和想像。
But even more important, it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past, for what they were seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago.(1998,71)
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