一句話翻譯分享（醫學類）（6）

例句選自重醫王燕老師的《醫學英語翻譯與寫作教程》2008年9月第一版 P38頁

Oxytocin stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus during labor and facilitates ejection of milk from the breast during nursing.

辭彙層面

1、Oxytocin (Oxt; /??ks??to?s?n/, /??ksi-/) is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide. Oxytocin is normally produced by the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary.[3] ——引自wiki

即，催產素；

2、smooth muscle：平滑肌；

3、ejection of milk：動詞的名詞化結構，翻譯方法之一是直接以動詞含義翻譯。在這裡，譯作「射乳」。

句子層面

1、句子結構斷層：

Oxytocin stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus // during labor // and facilitates ejection of milk from the breast // during nursing.

句子的第一個斷層含有兩個「of」，但含義並不複雜，可直接翻譯。

參考譯文如下

催產素在分娩時促進子宮平滑肌的收縮並在哺乳時促進乳房射乳。

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