(一)形容词与副词的互相转译

　　1. 英语名词译成汉语动词时，修饰该名词的形容词往往转译成汉语副词。

　　1) Occasionally a drizzle came down, and the intermittent flashes of lightening made us turn apprehensive glances toward Zero.

　　偶尔下一点毛毛雨，断断续续的闪电使得我们不时忧虑地朝着零区方向望去。

　　2) It was a clear and unemotional exposition of the President's reasons for willing to begin a Chinese-American dialogue.

　　这篇发言清楚明白、心平气和地说明了总统希望开始中美对话的原因。

　　3) We took brief, restless naps, struggled to understand the intermittent broadcasting of Radio Prague, ...

　　我们短短地、不安地睡了几次，竭力想听懂布拉格电台断断续续的广播……