句子結(jié)構(gòu)千變?nèi)f化，中英文差異較大，下面專業(yè)翻譯公司列舉對照他們的差異：

中文竹式結(jié)構(gòu)

從前這里有一個小村莊，村里住著十戶人家，這十戶人家全靠打魚、種地 為生，生活艱苦，但很安寧。

Once upon a time, there was a small village here. The village had ten households. The ten households all lived on fishing and farming. The life was hard, but very peaceful.

Once upon a time, there was a small village here. The village had ten households who all lived on fishing and farming. Their life was hard, but very peaceful.

The chunks of a Chinese sentence seem to be connected and yet separated, like sections of a bamboo linked by the joints and yet relatively independent and self-contained.

中文波式結(jié)構(gòu)

開始我和母親是不讓父親抽煙的，得了絕癥后，想開了，抽吧，揀好的買，想抽就抽。

At first Mother and I wouldn’t let Father smoke. After (    ) contracted the fatal disease, (   ) thought differently. (     ) Just (    ) smoke, (     ) buy the best cigarettes, (   ) smoke whenever (    ) liked to.

At first Mother and I wouldn’t let Father smoke. After ( Father ) contracted the fatal disease, (we ) thought differently. (We would) Just (let him) smoke, (and we would) buy the best cigarettes, (and let him) smoke whenever (he) liked to.

節(jié)奏感強的語言或文字（指漢語），浪峰、浪谷似分似合，彼此相像，又各不相同；隱含著某些規(guī)律，但卻過于復(fù)雜，難以分析或表述；這些規(guī)律規(guī)范著波浪與波浪、波浪與大海、詞組與詞組、詞組與語段之間的各種關(guān)系。

英文樹式結(jié)構(gòu)

As a nation of gifted people who comprise about one-fourth of the total population of the earth, China plays in world affairs a role that can only grow more important in the years ahead.