翻譯長(zhǎng)句時(shí)首先要仔細(xì)閱讀長(zhǎng)句，理解主從句的關(guān)系，并聯(lián)系上下文，弄懂全句的意思，然后用通順的漢語表達(dá)出來。
(1) 順序法
如果英語長(zhǎng)句的時(shí)間順序、邏輯順序以及名詞性從句與漢語句子基本相似，則可按原文順序譯。
President George Bush has rejected the treaty, calling it unfair in allowing developing countries – such as China, India and Brazil—to carry on emitting greenhouse gases unabated while rich countries must cut theirs.
(布什總統(tǒng)已拒絕簽署該條約，稱該條約不公平，因?yàn)樗试S諸如中國(guó)、印度和巴西等發(fā)展中國(guó)家繼續(xù)不受限制地排放溫室氣體，而發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家卻必須減少它們的排放量。)
(2) 逆序法
“Neither believe nor reject anything, because any other person has rejected or believed it …”
(“不要因?yàn)閯e的人相信或拒絕了什么東西，你也就去相信或拒絕它……”)
Yesterday, Iraqis got a glimpse of what life without Saddam Hussein may hold, as protests and politicking marked the first day of meetings to decide the country’s fate.
(昨天是伊拉克召開決定國(guó)家命運(yùn)的會(huì)議的第一天，各種抗議和其它政治活動(dòng)令人矚目，讓伊拉克人初次瞥見了沒有薩達(dá)姆的生活會(huì)是什么樣子。)
(3) 分譯法
我們可以在翻譯中將英語長(zhǎng)句中一連串后置修飾語與其修飾成分分開來譯，將短語或從句分拆譯為短句。
The U.S. almost certainly will have departed from Thailand where the government has declared U.S. forces unwelcome and from Taiwan which the U.S. should evacuate under the terms of the U.S.-Chinese Shanghai Communique of 1972.
(鑒于泰國(guó)已經(jīng)宣布美國(guó)軍隊(duì)不受歡迎，而根據(jù)中美兩國(guó)1972年上海公報(bào)的規(guī)定，美國(guó)應(yīng)該從臺(tái)灣撤軍，因此，幾乎可以肯定美國(guó)將會(huì)從泰國(guó)和中國(guó)臺(tái)灣撤軍。)
Across all continents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost desperation, for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their own resources, the material wants common to all mankind.
(遍及各大洲的近10億人口在尋求，有時(shí)幾乎是不惜一切地尋求技術(shù)、知識(shí)和援助。有了技術(shù)、知識(shí)和援助，他們就能夠運(yùn)用自己的資源來滿足全人類的物質(zhì)需要。)
對(duì)翻譯工作來講，長(zhǎng)句難句翻譯也是熟能生巧的，在平時(shí)長(zhǎng)難句翻譯時(shí)可以把三種方法綜合起來使用，也許會(huì)有意想不到的效果。
