翻译公司的业务过程通常包含下面三个步骤：

一、分析 (Analysis) ：挖掘各个层次的语义。

二、转换 (Transfer)：将大脑分析好的语言材料从原文转到译入语。

三、重建 (Restructuring)：将原文讯息在译入语中表达出来。

翻译公司进行翻译时，就是反覆做这三个步骤，若是在任何一个环节犯下错误，译文就会出毛病。下面是版主教授翻译的部分资料，供有兴趣的网友参考：

(范例一)

On one of those sober and rather melancholy days, in the latter part of Autumn, when the shadows of morning and evening almost mingle together, and throw a gloom over the decline of the year, I passed several hours in rambling about Westminster Abby.

本句很长，包括由数个图像组成的“意群” 。我们可以将这个长句拆解成短小的句子：

a. Late autumn days are somber and rather melancholy.

b. The shadows of morning and evening mingle together.

c. The shadows throw a gloom over the decline of the year.

d. I went to Westminster Abby on one of those days.

e. I spent several hours rambling about the abby.

【译文比较】

时方晚秋，气象肃穆，略带忧郁，早晨的阴影和黄昏的阴影几乎连接在一起，不可分别，岁将云暮，终日昏暗，我就在着这么一天，到西敏大寺去散步了几个钟头。

(夏济安译)

晚秋时节，气象肃穆，忧郁愁闷，晨昏阴影相连，几乎难以分别。岁暮天阴，郁郁沉沉，就在此季的某一日，我前往西敏寺，閒逛了数个钟头。

(版主译)

(范例二)

流言难免是虚张声势，危言耸听，鬼鬼祟祟一起来，它们闻风而动，随风而去，摸不到头，抓不到尾。然而，这城市里的真心，却唯有到流言里去找的。无论这城市的外表有多华美，心却是一颗粗鄙的心，那心是寄在流言里的，流言是寄在上海的弄堂里的。这东方巴黎遍佈远东的神奇传说，剥开壳看，其实就是流言的芯子。就好像珍珠的芯子，其实是粗糙的沙粒，流言就是这颗沙粒一样的东西。
– 王安亿《长恨歌》

本句很长，包括由数个图像组成的“意群” 。我们也可以将这个长句拆解成短小的句子：

1. 流言难免虚张声势且危言耸听。

2. 流言一旦鬼鬼祟祟，便会闻风而动且随风而去，摸不到头，抓不到尾。

3. 然而，上海这城市的真心唯有到流言里去找。-> 这里语气有转折

4. 无论上海 (这城市) 的外表有多华美，心却是粗鄙的。

5. 这颗粗鄙的心寄在流言里，而流言又寄在上海弄堂里。

6. 上海号称东方巴黎，那里遍佈远东的神奇传说。

7.  剥开传说的壳来看，核心就是流言。

8.  珍珠的核心其实是粗糙的沙粒。

9.  流言如同沙粒。

将分析好的句子重组，以通顺的笔法转换成译入语。

【译文比较】

Gossip cannot help but be swashbuckling and sensational. It travels in the company of monsters and goblins; rising with the wind, its elusive tail can never be caught. Only in gossip can the true heart of this city be found. No matter how gorgeous and splendid the city may look on the outside, its heart is vulgar. That heart is born of gossip, and gossip is born of the Shanghai longtang. Magnificent tales of the Far East can be heard all over this Paris of the Orient; but peel away the outer shell and you will discover that gossip lies at its core. Like the center of a pearl – which is actually a rough grain of sand – coarse sand is the material of which gossip is made.
– translated by Michael Berry & Susan Chan Egan

Gossip cannot help but be swashbuckling and sensational. It travels in a sneaky way, rising and going with the wind. One can never catch its elusive head or tail. However, only in gossip can the true heart of this city be found. No matter how gorgeous and splendid the city may look on the outside, its heart is vulgar. That heart is born of gossip, and gossip is born of the Shanghai longtang. Magnificent tales of the Far East can be heard all over this Paris of the Orient; but peel away the outer shell and you will discover that gossip lies at the core. The center of a pearl as we know it is actually a rough grain of sand, so gossip can be analogically described as that coarse grain of sand.
(版主译)

外国译者理解有偏差：

1. 误解“鬼鬼祟祟一起来”这句话的真正意思，因此写出 It travels in the company of monsters and goblins 这样的怪句子。版主认为，外国译者看到这句话时，脑中将其分析成下面的结构：

鬼鬼 = monster

祟祟 = goblin

一起来 =  in the company of

真是错得离谱，八竿子都没打着。

2. 最后一句是关于沙粒与流言的对比，译者没有吃透原文而犯了错误。想也知道，流言是不可能用沙粒来製成 (coarse sand is the material of which gossip is made)。

网友可参考版主绘製的分析图案，便可精确抓住王安亿小姐要表达的意思。

参考资料：The Song of Everlasting Sorrow [A Novel of Shanghai], translated by Michael Berry & Susan Chan Egan, published by Columbia University Press  New York