Assessment of a student's willingness to study by an instructor is possible through the close examination of his or her academic performance.

改译：

An instructor can assess a student's willingness to study by closely examining his or her academic performance.

例2 (无原文）

原译：

Further analysis of the facility is necessary for the practitioner to make an adjustment of the parameter settings.

改译：

The practitioner must further analyze the facility to adjust the parameter settings.

这两个例子来自Ted Knoy编写的《科技英文编修训练手册》（清蔚科技股份有限公司出版事业部，2000年，台北）。几乎所有英美人编写的写作指南都谈到这个问题。因此，我们在做汉译英时，不一定非得改变汉语的说法。能直接翻译的，直接翻译即可。

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