二、省略技巧
英译汉时，在不影响原作内容的前提下，把英语中某些仅仅为了语法需要而存在的词语适当省略，译文会更严谨，简明，合乎汉语习惯，当然省略决不是任意更改原文内容，更不是删去自己不懂的东西。省略是指原文中不译出来，因为译文中虽无其词而已有其意，或者在译文中是不言而略的。一般的说，英译汉并不随便删减词语，英汉两种语言在语法上差异较大，例如：英语有冠词，而汉语却没有；英语重形合、连接词较多，汉语重意合、连接词较少；英语中介词丰富，多达280多个，汉语中介词则较少，只有30来个；英语中经常使用代词，尤其是经常使用人称代词、关系代词等，而汉语中代词则用得较少；因此，英译汉时可根据具体情况将冠词、连接词、介词、代词略但汉语有其间接的特点，如果过分强调表达一切，把每个词都译出，反而因为保全了一些次要部分而破坏了整体，即所谓因小失大，因此该保全的不能少一个字，该牺牲的整个从句也可删去不译。[1]
（一）省略冠词
英语中，冠词用的很广泛，汉语中却无冠词。因此汉译时冠词一般省略不译。
Eg: A: A teacher should have patience in his work.
教师在工作中应当有耐心。（表示类别的不定冠词”A”省略不译）
B: The moon was slowly rising above the sea.
月亮慢慢从海上升起。（省略表示独一无二的的事物和表示类别的定冠词。
C: The sun is slowly rising above the horizon.
太阳慢慢从地平线上升起。
D: The boy sitting at table is my brother.
坐在桌旁的那个男孩是我弟弟。
这里“The boy”后有定语从句作修饰，the可省可不省。
（二）省略代词
根据汉语习惯，在一段文字中，前句出现了一个主语，后句如果仍为同一主语，就不必重复出现。而英语中每句必须有主语。因此，一段文字中，人称代词长出现多次。译为汉语时，折中人称代词往往省掉。
例如：
(1)A Order is order,we cannot complain;we cannot bargain;we cannot question and we cannot suggest changes.
命令，不得抱怨，不得讨价还价，不得质疑，不得建议终改。（省略作主语的人称代词we）
B If the wire has a small cross section,the electric current which flows through it persecond will be small in quantity.
导线的横截面积小，每秒钟所流过的电流小。（省略宾语it）.
C Like his friend he had many wonderful ideas,but he only put a few into practice.
他像他的朋友一样，虽然头脑里有很多的想法，却只有少数的付诸实践。
D The had ground him beneath their heel,they had taken the best of him,they had murdered his father,they had broken and wrecked his wife,they had crushed his whole family.
他们把他踩在脚下，压的粉碎，他们榨干了他的精髓，害死了他的父亲，摧残了他的妻子，毁灭了他的全家。
E One can never get real rest without a peaceful mind.
如果心情不平静，是休息不好的。
(2)省略作宾语的人称代词
英语中有些作宾语的代词,不管前面是否提到过，翻译时往往都可以省略。例如:
A: I have received you letter and read it with delight.
我收到你的来信，愉快的读了。
B: In fact he showed quite clearly that the Copernican ideas were correct.But he did not say openly that he accepted them.
事实上,他相当清楚的表明，哥白尼的学说是正确的，但是他没有公开宣布接受。
(3).省略物主代词.
A: Her dark hair waved untidy across her broad forehead,her face was short,her upper lip short,showing a glint or teeth,her brows were straight and dark,her lashes long and dark,her nose straight.
她的黑发蓬蓬松松地飘拂在前额上，脸是短短的，上唇也是短短的，露出一排闪亮的牙齿，眉毛又直又黑，睫毛又长又黑，鼻子笔直.
B: Thus he increased his strength,established a camp,and invested the town.
因此,他便加强了力量，构筑了一座营地,并且包围了这座城市。
C: He shrugged his shouders,shook his head,cast up his eyes,but said nothing.
(省略三个物主代词)
他耸耸肩摇摇头，两眼看天，一句话不说。
当然,也有物主代词恰恰不能省略的情况，省略了会造成含义上的模糊，这往往是指某些事物的相互联系，一般译成”其”或”其他”等等。
D: The diameter and the length of the wire are not the only factors to influence its resistance.
导线的直径和长度不是影响其电阻的仅有因素。
英语的词与词,短语与短语，句子与句子的连接，大多数情况下都用连词，汉语却不一定需要。因此，英译汉时不用的连词往往会省略。[2]
(4).省略连词.
A: His telescope and his experiments were always bringing him new surprises,and he made notes of his work every day.