例3. Foreign concessions would be cancelled if they did not accord with the law.

向外國人提供的特許權(quán)若不符合法律將予以取消。

例4. These masses, as you know，have been profoundly stirred by the Chinese Revolution.

正如您所知，這些群眾都深深地為中國革命所鼓舞。

另外，我們還可以把英語被動態(tài)的動詞轉(zhuǎn)換成名詞，再添上諸如“得到……”、“獲（得）……”、“受到……”之類的受動詞，在譯文中組成動賓詞組。下面是幾個類似的例子：

例5. On the eve of our departure，it gives me a great deal of pleasure to write to you,

on behalf of my colleagues and in my own name，to express our appreciation for the hospitality which was accorded to us during our stay here.

值此臨別之際，我十分榮幸地代表我的同事并以我本人的名義給您寫信，為我們在貴國逗留期間受到的熱情款待表示感謝。

例6. He was awarded for his heroic deeds.

他因其英勇行為得到嘉獎。

此外，漢語中還有許多比較口語化的表示被動義的詞語，如：

例7. Patrick was once criticized for being rude to a customer.

有一回，帕特里克因?yàn)閷澘蛻B(tài)度粗暴而挨了批評。

例8. Nicholas was seen to date a young girl at Fox.

尼古拉斯在“?？怂埂彪娪霸号c一位年輕姑娘約會，讓別人看到了。

當(dāng)然，在翻譯英語被動語態(tài)時，具體應(yīng)用哪種形式和方法，不是一成不變的。我們應(yīng)該根據(jù)具體的文體和漢語行文習(xí)慣，采取靈活的對策，使譯文暢曉、易懂。例如，下句中的三個被動結(jié)構(gòu)的處理方法就有所不同：

例9. A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn；it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

新點(diǎn)子很脆弱。它可能被一次嘲笑或ー個哈欠殺死，可能讓ー個玩笑扎死, 或者因掌權(quán)者皺起眉頭而憂慮致死。