一句話翻譯分享（醫學類）（31）

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P70-71

例句：

If the damage is minor, p53 halts the cell cycle—hence cell division—until the damage is repaired or if the damage is major and cannot be repaired, p53 triggers the cell to commit suicide by apoptosis.

詞語部分：

1、minor與major ：在此處可翻譯為「較小」、「較大」

2、halt、trigger的使用值得學習

句法部分：

1、此句為長難句，整體兩個if 引導條件狀語從句；until 引導時間狀語。

2、or，採用「；」斷層，值得學習

翻譯：

如果損傷較小，p53會使細胞周期暫停——從而使細胞分裂暫停——直至損傷得到修復；如果損傷較大而不能修復， p53會促使細胞通過細胞凋亡的方式進行自殺。

其他小點：

1、apoptosis：

Apoptosis (from Ancient Greek ?π?πτωσι? "falling off") is a process of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms. Biochemical events lead to characteristic cell changes (morphology) and death. These changes include blebbing, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation, chromosomal DNA fragmentation, and global mRNA decay. Between 50 and 70 billion cells die each day due to apoptosis in the average human adult. For an average child between the ages of 8 and 14, approximately 20 to 30 billion cells die a day.

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