(注：这句原文里有些词语还可以进ー步省略。大家不妨试ー试，看看能省略到什么地歩，依然不影响原义的完整性。）

例5 He glanced at his watch； it was 7：15.

他看了看手表：（……）七点一刻了。

例 6 It was on March 15th that we received the market report which was anticipated by our manufacturer.

(……）我们是在3月15日才收到我方制造商期待的市场报告。

3. 省略关系代词

英语中用来连接定语从句的关系代词一般可用三种方法来处理：重复其指代的先行名词、替换和省略。在把定语从句译作汉语前置修饰语(如例7)或分译成并列子句(如例 8)时，关系代词应该省略。 

例7 Few people do business well who do nothing else.

(……）除了生意之外什么事也不做的人是做不好生意的。

例8 Good people relationships between partners are the rudders which steer joint ventures through troubled waters.

合资伙伴之间的和谐关系犹如船舵，（……）能引导合资企业穿过惊涛骇浪。