英语重形合,注重句子形式及结构完整,句中多用语言形式手段连接,因而英语句子一般较长,仿佛是“大树参天,枝叶横生”。而汉语采用意合法造句,很少甚至不用衔接手段,注重隐性连贯,以神统形,所以汉语的句子结构被喻做“碧波万顷,层层推进”。英译汉时应注意英语长句与汉语流水式短句的适当转换。 English is re-shaped, with emphasis on the completeness of sentence forms and structures. Sentences are often connected by means of linguistic forms, so English sentences are generally longer, as if they are “big trees, branches and leaves.” However, the use of Chinese for the purpose of making sentences in a legal manner rarely or even does not require cohesive means and pays attention to implicit coherence and divine conformity. Therefore, the sentence structure in Chinese has been described as “billion waves of water and layers of advancement”. When translating English into Chinese, we should pay attention to the proper conversion of English long sentences and Chinese flowing phrases.