从中文源语翻译为英文目的语的语句中，很多都带有在英文中属于冗余词语的形容词和动词。这意味着，这些形容词或副词的含义实际已经包含或暗含在目的语中，因此，这些词语属于冗余词语，可以删掉。

1）明显的冗余词语

示例：

Advance forecasts

Female businesswoman

New innovation

A serious natural disaster

An unfortunate tragedy

带冗余修饰语的句子以及改译示例：

原译：That theory too is a valuable ideological treasure of the Party.

改译：That theory is an ideological treasure of the Party.

原译：Singapore will bar America’s popular female pop star Madonna from staging a show in its territory.

改译：Singapore will bar America’s pop star Madonna from staging a show in its territory.

2）时间副词

表示时间的名词短语（at present, in the future, in the past）和副词（now, previously）通常在英文中属于多余的词。因为动词时态就可以体现时间。

原译：Now the government is working hard to improve taxation.

改译：The government is working hard to improve taxation.

原译：Previously we used to overemphasize the need for class struggle.

改译：We used to overemphasize the need for class struggle.

3）“多种多样的”、“各种各样的”

这里面典型的例子是“various”，类似的例子还有“a series of”、“all sorts of”以及“various kinds of”。在英文中，复数通常可以采用-s表示，从而让这些词语无用武之地。

原译：More and more of our various construction projects require the efforts of the intellectuals.

改译：More and more of our construction projects require the efforts of the intellectuals.

4）其他例子

原译：With the final completion of construction, the plant will reach an annual capacity of 100,000 medium-size trucks.

改译：With the completion of construction, the plant will reach an annual capacity of 100,000 medium-size trucks.

原译：Imports of foreign automobile have declined sharply this year.

改译：Imports of automobile have declined sharply this year.

原译：We should continue to take measures to further improve regular education, adult education, and on-the-job training programs.