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, it can be placed at the beginning of the sentence, too. In Chinese it is often put at the end of the sentence. Eg: To our great joy, we succeeded at last. 我们终于成功了，这使得大家都十分高兴。 (6) The adverbial modifier of prerequisite and concession are usually put at begin or the end of the sentence in English. Yet in Chinese they are often put at the beginning of the sentence or before the predicate. Eg: You would be a fool to refuse his advice. 你若拒绝他的劝告，就是个傻瓜。With all his achievements he remains modest and prudent. 他虽有许多成就，但还是谦虚，谨慎。（7）The adverbial modifiers of manner can be put at begin, in the middle or at the end of the sentence in English. In Chinese it is usually put at the beginning of the sentence or before the predicate. Sometimes it can be put after the predicate to emphasize the manner. Eg: He did his exercises carefully at home yesterday. 他昨天在家细心地做练习。 (8) The adverbial modifier of end in English can be put before, in the middle or after the predicate. Sometimes it can also be put before the adjective that is embellished. In Chinese in case of the former, it is often put before the predicate .In the case of the latter, it has the same order with that in English.Eg: We work entirely in the interests of the people. 们是彻底为人民利益而工作的。There is an exceedingly exciting scene in the story. 在这个故事里有个非常动人的场面。 How to deal with inversion in translation N ow let us look at how the rules mentioned above can be applied to the translation of the short story “Don’t Get Comfortable” by Naton Leslie: 1. Inversion of subject and predicate. (1) When the subject is before the predicate with active voice in English, generally we don’t need to rearrange the word order. For example: My father doesn’t say what Doc said back.我父亲没有说出多克所回的话。 (2)In translating an English sentence of inverted word order, we should use the normal word order in Chinese. For instance: Aren’t you scared traveling all the way back to Blue Jay Ridge with that much money on you, Doc? 你一路带那么多钱回蓝洁桥难道不担心吗，多克？ (3) In the sentence with passive form and “there be + others” we should translate the subject into the object in Chinese, because in Chinese passive voice is much less frequent than in English.. For instance: Best had been assigned jurisdiction, lacking any other police, over several mining camps in northwestern Pennsylvania, and was sent to arrest a miner… 贝斯特在宾夕法尼亚洲的西北区管辖好几英里营地，因为这里缺少警察，所以派他去抓一个矿工。 (4) In English if the subject indicates the reason or manner of one action we can translate it into the relevant adverbial modifier in Chinese and put it before the predicate or at the beginning of the sentence. Eg: …as he said, “ death is invisible, while life can be seen.” …正如他所说的“因为是死的，看不到，只有活的才能被看到。” 2. Inversion of the object. Generally the object in English can be translated into the relevant object in Chinese. But there are some special cases in which we need to rearrange the word order. (1)When in the sentence there is logical subject with passive voice or the subject is an abstract noun or something with active voice we can translate the object into the subject according to the convention of Chinese. Eg: Doc was jumped by three men wearing bandannas…,三个穿着蒙面服的彪雄大汉拦劫了多克。 (2) In a sentence when the object itself includes the meaning of action we can translate the object into the predicate. For example: Best claimed at the investigation that he couldn’t tell it was Hard Rock Pete. 贝斯特声称当他询问这个小男孩时，小男孩没说自己是哈代-洛克-彼得。 3. Inversion of the double object and the complex ob