科技英语长句中的从句、短语一般比较长,给翻译带来了不少麻烦。主要的问题在于这些从句、短语在译文中的位置不好放。如果将它们放在有关词语的前面、会使译文佶屈聱牙,晦涩难懂;放在后面,又感到句子拖沓,结构松散。碰到这种情况,我们不妨采用“括号翻译法”,即将难以处理的从句(或短语等)译于有关同语后,并加上括号。例如: Sentences in the long sentences of science and technology, the phrase generally longer, to the translation brought a lot of trouble. The main problem is that these clauses and phrases are not well placed in the translation. If they are placed in front of the relevant words, the translation will be staggering and incomprehensible; on the back, but also feel the sentence procrastination, loose structure. In this case, we may wish to use the “brackets translation method”, that is, will be difficult to deal with the clause (or phrases, etc.) after the interpretation of the same language, and brackets. E.g: