句群内的衔接与连贯（6）

　　(7) 我看那边月台的栅栏外有几个卖东西的等着顾客。走到那边月台，须穿过铁道，须跳下去又爬上去。父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他取。

　　I caught sight of several vendors waiting for customers outside the railings beyond a platform. But to reach that platform would require crossing the railway track and doing some climbing up and down. That would be a strenuous job for father who was fat. I wanted to do all that myself, but he stopped me, so I could do nothing but let him go.

　　(朱自清《背影》，张培基译)

　　原文主要隐含转折关系和因果关系：“我”发现父亲买东西必须去月台，但去月台就得费周折，既“须穿过铁道”又“须跳下去又爬上去”，因而对身材肥胖的父亲而言并非易事，可是父亲坚持去买桔子，所以我只好作罢。译文用“But”、“and”、“so”把原文句子的逻辑关系表现出来，并在第三句中用“that”指代前一句中“crossing the railway track and doing some climbing up and down”的信息，巧妙地将前后两句衔接在一起。