二、增补法
中英文因文化背景的差异，在翻译过程中略有增补，这是为了使语句更加流畅。增补绝不是凭空想象、东拼西凑，而是出于翻译效果的需要。
（一）增补省略词语
例1：We don’t retreat，we never have and never will.
我们不后退，我们从来不后退，我们也绝不会后退。
例2：Three cups later，he visibly warmed up.
三杯下肚，他明显地激动起来了。
例3：We should see the dark as well as the bright side of a thing.
我们不仅要看到事物光明的一面，也要看到事物黑暗的一面。
例4：Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as think ing are not performed in the brain alone，but that one’s muscles al so participate.
有些心理学家认为智力活动，如思绪活动，不是光由人脑进行的，人的肌肉也参与了。
（二）增补实词
例1：The people who objected to the new road were told that since work had already started there is no point in protecting.
那些反对修建新公路的人被告知由于工作早已启动，反对也没用。
例2：You have to find some ways to comfort him over his father’s death.He can’t live in sorrow for the rest of his life.
你应设法去安慰他的丧父之痛，他不能在痛苦中度过余生。
例3：He is a man who never gives in for he smiles at various kinds of difficulties，setbacks and even repeated failures.
他是一个从不言败的人，他总是笑对各种困难、挫折以及一次又一次的失败。
例4：Up to know scientists haven’t determined a brain center for laughter.
直到现在科学家还未确定控制笑的中枢神经。
（三）增补虚词
例1：The theory is something but practice is everything.
理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。
例2：I’m going my own way in this matter and will not be influ enced by others.
在这件事上我要自己做主，不受别人的影响。
例3：The punishment which he deserves is one which is sufficient ly severe but not too severe for the crime he has committed.
他所受的惩罚是相当严厉的，然而，就他所犯的罪行而言又不太严厉。
例4：In many cases the failure of a bank seems to occur as a result of internal decision making.
（四）增补各类词
例1：After several years of hard work behind him an achievement，he is apt to go dizzy.
经过数年辛勤工作，终获成功，他很容易冲昏头脑，忘乎所以。
例2：You should learn to break down large tasks into manageable units.
你应该学会化整为零、逐个处置的方法。
例3：In a strict sense，all liquids，whatever their temperatures，are slowly evaporating.
从严格意义上讲，所有液体不管温度是高是低，都在慢慢蒸发。
例4：Knowing that laughter blunts emotion，we can better under stand why we sometimes laugh when nothing is funny.
要是我们知道了笑能缓解情绪，就能更好理解为什么有时没什么好笑也会笑。