The pendulum began to swing in the postwar era, when Harvard

Business School grad Robert McNamara and his "whiz kids" became

famous for using mathematical modeling, game theory and complex

statistical analysis for the Army Air Corps, doing things like improving

fuel-transport times and scheduling more-efficient bombing raids.

主干識(shí)別：The pendulum began to swing in the postwar era

其他成分：when Harvard Business School grad Robert McNamara and his "whiz kids" became famous定語(yǔ)從句主干

for using mathematical modeling, game theory and complex statistical analysis for the Army Air Corps,

定語(yǔ)從句中的狀語(yǔ)

狀語(yǔ)

翻譯點(diǎn)撥： 詞匯點(diǎn)撥：

注意對(duì)pendulum的理解：

The pendulum has swung back and the American car companies have made dramatic advances in safety...

三十年河?xùn)|，三十年河西，美國(guó)汽車(chē)公司在安全方面已經(jīng)取得了巨大進(jìn)步。

The political pendulum has swung in favour of the liberals.

政治形勢(shì)轉(zhuǎn)而對(duì)自由主義者有利。

The political pendulum in American politics swung away from the right, putting an end to the12- year Republican Revolution on Capitol Hill and delivering a sharp rebuke of President Bush and the Iraq war.

美國(guó)政壇的政治鐘擺從右派轉(zhuǎn)向，一舉結(jié)束共和黨在國(guó)會(huì)山莊的十二年革命，并對(duì)布希總統(tǒng)和伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)發(fā)出強(qiáng)烈的怒吼。

grad 畢業(yè)生

whiz kids 天才學(xué)生

mathematical modeling 數(shù)學(xué)模型

game theory 博弈論

statistical analysis 數(shù)據(jù)分析

Army Air Corps 陸軍航空隊(duì)

fuel-transport 加油

bombing raids 空襲

成分點(diǎn)撥：

The pendulum began to swing in the postwar era

情況在戰(zhàn)后開(kāi)始改變

再單獨(dú)翻譯定語(yǔ)從句：

Harvard Business School grad Robert McNamara and his "whiz kids" became famous for using mathematical modeling, game theory and complex statistical analysis for the Army Air Corps,

哈佛商學(xué)院的畢業(yè)生 Robert McNamara和那些天才學(xué)生一起因?yàn)槭褂脭?shù)學(xué)模型，博弈論和復(fù)雜的數(shù)據(jù)分析來(lái)為陸軍航空隊(duì)做事而名噪一時(shí)，

最后翻狀語(yǔ)：

doing things like improving fuel-transport times and scheduling more-efficient bombing raids.

翻譯是省略doing things like，直接翻為：他們減少加油的時(shí)間并且安排出更有效的空襲。

參考譯文： 情況在戰(zhàn)后開(kāi)始改變， 哈佛商學(xué)院的畢業(yè)生 Robert McNamara和那些天才學(xué)生一起因?yàn)槭褂脭?shù)學(xué)模型，博弈論和復(fù)雜的數(shù)據(jù)分析來(lái)為陸軍航空隊(duì) 做事而名噪一時(shí)，他們減少了加油所需要的時(shí)間并且安排出更有效的空襲。