not only...but also

Chinese translation: 不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键

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English term or phrase:not only...but also
Chinese translation:不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键
Entered by: Libin PhD

12:32 Apr 17, 2002
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / television
English term or phrase: not only...but also
Not only the lens that does justice to the sensitivity
Please translate the following into Chinese. Thanks

equivalent to a film but also the various devices and
equipment that are peripheral to the camera combine to
play roles which are so critical that they cannot be
divorced from the technical skills of the person operating
the camera.
Cui zinan
Local time: 05:05
不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键
Explanation:
不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键,以致它们和摄像师的技能密不可分。

这里的do justice to something (someone)的理解要从公平或公正这一基本意义出发,然后灵活翻译。
例一:
This picture does not do justice to you.
应该译为:这张照片可没有你本人漂亮。或,你比这张照片好看多啦!也就是说,照片没有正确地体现本人的漂亮。

例二:
He was too diffident to do justice to himself.
他太腼腆,以致不能恰如其分地表现自己。
大概适合描述一个腼腆的小伙子第一次见女朋友时窘迫的样子。

例三:
What painter in the world could do justice to those beautiful eyes?
天下有那位画家能够把她的那双眼睛微妙维肖地画出来啊?
这里说要画得象而不辱没了那双美丽的眼睛。


The remaining part of the sentence is not too difficult. So I will not babble on with more explanation and illustration. Otherwise, I will not be doing justice to all of you.
本句剩下的部分不算难,所以不再解释举例,否则就会辱没大家了。
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Summary of answers provided
4不但...而且...
Kevin Yang
4参考译文
Xiaoping Fu
4不仅仅 。。。然而 (。。。 也)
mrchan
4不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键
Libin PhD


  

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不但...而且...


Explanation:
equivalent to a film but also the various devices and equipment that are peripheral to the camera combine to
play roles which are so critical that they cannot be divorced from the technical skills of the person operating the camera.
...等同于一部电影,但是也等同于摄像机组合周边的各种装置和设备,所起的作用是如此的至关重要,以至无法与摄像机操作员的技能脱节。

ChinesePro,
Your quote is the second half of the sentence. It is hard to figure out the first part of it. In this sentence "camera" can be translated as摄像机 or照相机 depending on the context.


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Sorry, I addressed your name wrong, I meant cuizinan, not ChinesePro.

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I just noticed that you have the first part of the sentence at the beginning. I do not understand why you break it in this way. It is very confusing. With my modification to the previous translation, the following is the revised translation:
不但镜头与胶片一样对感光度的作用无可非议,摄像机组合周边的各种装置和设备所起的作用也是如此至关重要的,以至无法与摄像机操作员的技能脱节。

NOTE: Please check the context, \"sensitivity\" can be \"感光度\" if talking about a film or \"灵敏度\" if talking about a camara. \"do justice to\" means \"to be fair about\".

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看过xiaoping的翻译,同意他对combine的翻译。因为该句子是谈电视摄像的,我又把上面的翻译修改了一下,仅供参考:
“不但镜头与胶片同样地对感光度产生无可非议的功用,摄像机周边的各种装置和设备也共同起着至关重要的作用,以至无法摆脱对摄像机操作人的技能有所要求。”


Kevin Yang
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参考译文


Explanation:

我的参考译文如下:

“不仅镜头可以准确地处理与不同胶片对应的感光度,而且相机还配有各种辅助设备与装置,它们结合在一起共同实现了一些极其重要的功能。而这些功能本来是操作相机的人必须具备的技巧的不可缺少的组成部分。”

这句话有相当的难度,试就几个难点做些分析与各位分享:

这句话的谓语是 combine 。 整个 "not only ... but also' 结构,构成一个复杂的联合主语。

do justice to something 是一个固定组合,意思是对 something 加以恰当的处理。

the sensitivity equivalent to a film 的结构中,equivalent to a film 是 sensitivity 的定语。每一卷胶片都有其特定的感光度。在使用传统的手动相机时,换不同感光度的胶片,例如200度换400度,相机的某些装置要加以调适。但这里的这部相机是自动调适的。

which 后面的定于从句,意思稍微有些费解,其实是在变着法夸奖“傻瓜”相机的“智能”,即它代替了摄影师的技能中的某些不可缺少的组成部分。换句话说,高级的镜头和先进的周边设备扮演了一些重要的角色,而这些角色本来应该是人来扮演的。这些角色又十分重要,乃至于不会做这些的人,就根本不能操作相机。



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如果这里谈的是电视摄像机,我的译文要改成这样:

不仅镜头要准确地处理类似于电影胶片的感光度,而且摄像机还配有各种辅助设备与装置,它们共同实现着一些重要的功能。这些功能极为重要,因此必须包括到对摄录人员的技术方面的技能要求中去。


Xiaoping Fu
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不仅仅 。。。然而 (。。。 也)


Explanation:
Lens=透镜,镜片,
Does Justice To=公平对待, 适当处理
Sensitivity=感光度
Film=胶卷, 影片
Divorced=脱离
Peripheral=外围的
Critical=重要的,关键性(的)

您以上所列明的是电视相关的主题。全句直接流畅的翻译可以是:

“不仅仅是要透镜像胶卷那样 - 对感光度给适当的处理(与调配),然而各种各样(连接到)照相机的外围装置和设备也联合(比并)起着(相关)重要的作用以致其关键程度不可脱离自操纵着照相机那人的专门技能。”

小弟建议您在以上所译之句的适当之处多放入些“标点符号”以使整句比较通俗与大众化。


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不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键


Explanation:
不仅镜头能够充分体现胶卷的灵敏度,而且摄像机还有各种外围设备和装置,它们结合起来所起的作用是如此关键,以致它们和摄像师的技能密不可分。

这里的do justice to something (someone)的理解要从公平或公正这一基本意义出发,然后灵活翻译。
例一:
This picture does not do justice to you.
应该译为:这张照片可没有你本人漂亮。或,你比这张照片好看多啦!也就是说,照片没有正确地体现本人的漂亮。

例二:
He was too diffident to do justice to himself.
他太腼腆,以致不能恰如其分地表现自己。
大概适合描述一个腼腆的小伙子第一次见女朋友时窘迫的样子。

例三:
What painter in the world could do justice to those beautiful eyes?
天下有那位画家能够把她的那双眼睛微妙维肖地画出来啊?
这里说要画得象而不辱没了那双美丽的眼睛。


The remaining part of the sentence is not too difficult. So I will not babble on with more explanation and illustration. Otherwise, I will not be doing justice to all of you.
本句剩下的部分不算难,所以不再解释举例,否则就会辱没大家了。


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