3.计件量词

计件量词表示个体事物的量，是汉语特有的。汉语个体事物名词之前，一般都要有一个特定的量词，这种量词与相适应的名词有意义上的某种联系，或具有习惯性，因此不能随意使用。汉语中，计件量词最多，约有二百余个。英译时，计件量词大都省略不译。

5)帘子二百挂，昨日俱得了。椅搭桌围，床裙，机套，每分一干二百件，也有了。(第十七回)

杨译：

Two hundred blinds were delivered yesterday....Then there are chair-covers, table-drapes, valances and stool-covers - one thousand two hundred of each -- which we already have.

霍译：

Blinds: two hundred.- Yes.They all arrived yesterday. Chair-covers,table-drapes,valances,tablecloths:one thousand two hundred of each.-Those we already have.

4.临时借用量词临时借用量词多为表示容器、四肢器官等的名词(如：桶、筐、碗、袋、身、手、口、眼、肚子等）临时借用表示个体事物的量，主要是汉语独有的。临时借用量词在汉语句中有较强的形象性。英译时，如强调这种描写性，要译出；否则，译法完全同计件量词。

6)今儿不过他多吃了一口酒。(第四十四回)

霍译：

Just because she's got a bit drunk today and taken it out on you - why,it shows how close you are to each other!

7)这里黛玉喝了两口稀粥，仍歪在床上。（第四十五回)

杨译：

Daiyu sipped two mouthfuls of rice gruel,then lay down torest again.

8)各色干菜一车(第五十三回)

霍译：

dried vegetables 1 cartload

5.专用量词专用量词在句中与动词连用，用在动词之后，既表示动作或变化的量，又同句中有关的名词相关。专用量词也是汉语持有的，只不过其数量很少，常用的仅十余个。英译时，专用量词大都略去；只有特别强调“量”时，专用量词才译成英语的times。

9)今闻贾琏挪在外书房来，他便没事也要走三四趟。(第二十一回）

杨译：As soon as she heard that he had moved to the study she kept strolling past to flaunt her charms.

霍译：

Learning that he had now moved to his study outside, she managed to find excuses for passing by that way three or four times in a day.

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