Theenginedidnotstopbecausethefuelwasfinished.这句话该怎么翻译?为什么要这么翻译,说下分析过程.顺便再说下,英语翻译怎么练?句子本身没有矛盾，not直接否定的是because而不是谓语动词，但是不

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The engine did not stop because the fuel was finished.
这句话该怎么翻译?为什么要这么翻译,说下分析过程.
顺便再说下,英语翻译怎么练?
句子本身没有矛盾，not直接否定的是because而不是谓语动词，但是不知道为什么会这么翻译出来，需要从哪个角度去想才能正确的翻译出来，
回答真是五花八门啊。

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有这样两个句子.⑴The engine did not stop because the fuel was finished.⑵John did not attend the meeting because he was ill.请问否定词not究竟否定句子的哪个部分?怎样翻译这两个句子?翻译这一类型的句子需注意什么问题?
because 是从属连词（subordinating conjunction）,其意为：“因为……”(for the reason that ,used to give a reason for something ),引出原因状语从句(adverbial clause of cause ),语气最强,说明主句行为、动作的原因或理由,既可以置于主句之后,也可以位于主句之前以示强调,这是because 的基本用法.如：⑶I love her all the more because she has faults.⑷Because he couldn’t see a cell through the microscope ,the professor readjusted it for him.但是当主句在前,且谓语动词为否定形式时,若否定because引导的从句,则可意为：“不是因为……才（而）……”.如：⑸I didn’t got because I was afraid.（我不是因为害怕才去的.）(6)I did not leave home because I was afraid of my father.（我不是因为害怕父亲才离家的.）同样,上述两句若不是否定because 引导的从句,而仅是否定形式的主句,那也可意为：“我没去,因为我害怕.”和“我没有离开家,因为我害怕父亲.”可见,not...because...是一个有歧义的结构,究竟如何理解或翻译这种句子,这就要看句子是否符合常理,是否合乎情理和上下文的寓意逻辑来决定了.如：⑺I did not buy it because the price was exorbitant.（我没有买它,因为它的价格太贵了.）⑻I can’t come out tonight because I’ve got too much homework.(我今天晚上不能外出了,因为我的家庭作业太多了.) ⑼Certainly I do not teach because teaching is easy for me.(Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living ,mechanic,carpenter,writer.)根据上下文,not 显然是否定because所引导的从句.该句应意为：“当然,我不是因为我觉得教书轻松才教书的.（对我来说,教书是个会令人熬红眼睛、手掌出汗、精神沮丧的职业.）”而有时在没有上下文的情况下,这类句子就可能有两种不同的意思,除例句⑸和例句(6)外,又如：⑽I was not kind to him because he was poor.“我不是因为他贫穷,才对他亲切的.”（对他亲切是因为别的理由）或“我对他不亲切,是因为他贫穷.”那么,为了准确的表达或避免歧义,在主句和because引导的从句之间用逗号隔开就可以了,即在书面语中,because之前如有逗号,则not显然否定其后的动词,不可能否定逗号后面的because从句.若because之前没有逗号,not否定什么就只能取决于是否合乎情理和上下文了.如⑾He did not leave ,because he was hungry .（他没有离开,因为它肚子饿了.）⑿He did not leave because he was hungry .该句可与句⑾意思相同,但也可意为：“他不是因为肚子饿才离开的.”（而是因为别的原因而离开的,这须由上下文而定）⒀Raven did not leave the party early,because Carol was there .