分析：这是一个由but引导的并列句。前一分句较简单，who引导的从句作those 的定语，but 后的从句较复杂，从句套从句，for retention…dead是argument的定语。因为它比较长，所以把谓语动词can be found放在它和argument之间，形成分割结构。该句较长，可以分为三层：第一层是those…retention，第二层是but…mumbo-jumbo，第三层是that accompanies…dead。基本上可采用顺序法翻译。

　　译文：那些相信死刑的人可能有保留死刑的理由，但是肯定找不到合理的论据来保留那令人厌恶的繁文缛节。这一套繁文缛节从法官戴上顶在假发上的擦笔布似的黑帽子宣判死刑之时开始，一直伴随到为被判处死刑的人在其毙命之前诵读葬礼祷文为止。

　　1(世博翻译公司)0. The second aspect is the application by all members of society, from the government official to the ordinary citizen, of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in the work.

　　分析：这是一个很典型的分割结构。主干结构是：The second aspect is the application…of the special methods of thought and action，application和修饰它的介词短语被一个长长的by短语分割。

　　译文：第二个方面是，社会上的一切成员，从政府部门中任工职的官员到普通公民，都应运用科学家们在研究工作中所采用的专门的思维方法和工作方法。 

定语从句与先行词分隔及其翻译 

通常，定语从句紧跟在先行词之后，但在具体的运用中，往往也出现有定语从句与先行词被分隔的现象。本文就定语从句与先行词分隔的种种情况、分隔的原因及其汉译进行探讨。

一、定语从句与先行词分隔的形式

1(世博翻译公司)被谓语分隔，例如：

Many forms of apparatus have been devised by which a more ac- curate knowledge of blood pressure can be obtained．人们已经设计出许多医疗器械，通过这些医疗器械，可以对血压有一个更为精确的了解。

Hardly a man came to the exhibition but was deeply impressed by the originality of his works．来参观的人几乎无一不对他的作品的创造性留下深刻印象。

2被非从句定语分隔，例如：

Singapore is at the start of a long road，already well trodden in the west，that leads to such solutions as shelter and rest homes．新加坡眼下正踏上一条西方国家早已走了很远的漫长道路，即最终建立收容所和休养院来解决问题。

Does this mean that in time fish might learn to leave alone all food on hooks that they have seen before？这难道不就意味着，鱼儿很快就可能学会避开那些它们常见的鱼钩上的食物吗？

3被状语分隔，例如：

Never say anything behind a person's back that you wouldn't say to his face．当面不愿说的话，千万不要在背后说。

I remember viewing a half dozen men in a chair factory whose job was to bend several pieces of steel and attach them so that a folding chair would result．我记得曾在一家椅子厂见过六个工人，他们的工作是将几根钢管弯曲并组成一把折椅。

Tem perature plays the same part in the flow of heat that pres- sure does in the flow of fluids．温度在热的传导中所起的作用和压力在液体的流动中所起的作用相同。

4被补语分隔，例如：

The cook turned pale，and asked the housem aid to shut the door，who asked Brittles，who asked the tinker，who pretended not to hear．厨子的脸色变得苍白，要女仆把门关上，女仆叫布立特尔关，布立特尔又叫补锅匠关，而补锅匠装着没听见。

5被同位语分隔，例如：

One was a violent thunderstorm ，the worst I had ever seen，which obscured my objective．有一次是暴风骤雨，猛烈的程度实为我平生所仅见。这阵暴风雨遮住了我的目标。

6被插入语分隔，例如：

Is there anyone you can think of who may know which hospital he was sent to？你能不能想到有谁可能知道他被送往哪一家医院了？

二、定语从句与先行词分隔的原因

1(世博翻译公司)为了保持句子结构平衡，避免“头重脚轻”，将定语从句与先行词分隔，例如：

Mr．Leon said in the future，computer would be developed which would be small enough to carry in the pocket．利昂先生说，将来会生产出小得可以放在口袋里的计算机。

2为了突出或强调主句中的主谓结构所表达的意义，将定语从句与先行词分隔，例如：