英语中引导方式状语从句的连接词有：as, as if, as though, just as, in a manner that, in this way that, in such a way, to the extent that, in degree as, according as, in the same as, 等。方式状语的译法有如下三种情況。

1. 顺译法

方式状语从句有时可译为汉语的ー个方式分句，一般按照原句子的顺序翻译即可。如：

* Electric charges have the opposite polarities just as magnets have north and south poles.

电荷有相反的极性，就像磁铁有南北极一样。 

* Just as sound waves do, light waves differ in frequency.

同声波一样，光波也有不同的频率。

* Electrical pulses pass along these nerves just as an electric current passing through wires.

电脉冲流过这些神经，就像电流通过电线一样。

2.合译法

有时可以把原文的主句和方式状语从句译为ー个单句，合译的方法有两种。

 (1)译为方式状语词组