商務(wù)英語翻譯 Unit 9

SiliconValleyisamagnettowhichnumeroustalentedengineers,scientistsandentrepreneursfromoverseasflockinsearchoffame,fastmoneyandtoparticipateinatechnologicalrevolutionwhoseimpactonmankindwillsurelysurpasstheepoch-makingEuropeanRenaissanceandIndustrialRevolutionofthebygoneage.譯文：硅谷猶如一塊磁鐵，把許許多多稟賦突出的工程師、科學(xué)家、企業(yè)家從世界各地聚集到這里，一起追求成名致富，并投身于技術(shù)革命的大潮，其對于人類的影響，必將遠(yuǎn)超過歷史上劃時(shí)代的歐洲文藝復(fù)興和工業(yè)革命。【Exercises】翻譯句子，注意長句的拆分。2.ArticleIoftheGATTisthecelebratedmostfavorednation（MFN）clauseunderwhicheachmembernationmustgivetreatmenttoothermembernations’importsandexportsthatisatleastasfavorableasthatappliedtothemostfavorednation.譯文：關(guān)稅及貿(mào)易總協(xié)定的第一條是著名的最惠國條款，每一個(gè)成員國給予其它成員國的進(jìn)出口貨物的待遇至少和給予最惠國的待遇同樣優(yōu)惠。3.Mymother,JaneLamptonClements,diedinher88thyear,amightyageforonewhoat40wassodelicateofbodyastobeaccountedaconfirmedinvaliddestinedtopasssoonaway.譯文：我的母親簡·蘭普頓·克萊門斯88歲才去世。這對于一位40歲就身體虛弱、被認(rèn)為痼疾纏身、注定不久于世的人來說，是難得的高齡。

4.Andwithoutquestion,wemustdomoretocounterathreatthatshowsmoreclearlythananyotherhowcloselyournations’fatesarelinked:thethreatofglobalwarming.譯文：毫無疑問，我們還必須作出更大的努力來對抗全球變暖的威脅，這個(gè)威脅最能清楚地體現(xiàn)各國的命運(yùn)是如何緊緊相連的。5.ThisContractismadebyandbetweentheBuyerandtheSeller,wherebytheBuyeragreestobuyandtheSelleragreestoselltheunder-mentionedcommodityaccordingtothetermsandconditionsstipulatedbelow.譯文：買賣雙方同意按下列條款購買、出售下述商品，并簽訂本合同。（reduction)6.Fourscoresandsevenyearsago，ourfatherbroughtfourthonthiscontinent,anewnation,conceivedinLiberty,andthepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.譯文：87年前，我們的先輩在這個(gè)大陸上創(chuàng)立了一個(gè)新的國家，它主張自由，奉行所有人生來平等的原則。（culturaladaptation）Unit9

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（英譯漢）Thescienceoftranslation–Eugene.Nida

Translatingisbasicallynotaprocessofmatchingsurfaceformsbyrulesofcorrespondence,butratheramorecomplexprocedureinvolvinganalysis,transfer,andrestructuring.

Translationconsistsinreproducinginthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequivalentofthesourcelanguagemessage,firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle.(E.A.Nida，TheTheoryandPracticeofTranslation)

SourceLanguageText↓Analysis-------------------→Restructuring↑TranslationReceptorLanguageTheRoundaboutProcedureProcessofgrammaticalanalysisFourbasicstructuralclassesintheprocessofback-transformingexpressionsfromthesurfacestructuretotheunderlyingkernelorcorestructures.objects:man,dog,horse,treeetc.events:verb-liketermslikerun,walk,see,thinketc.abstracts:qualitative(red)&quantitative(many)relations:at,because,and,by,oretc.

John…preachedthebaptismofrepentanceuntotheforgivenessofsins.Johnpreachedthemessagetothepeople;Johnbaptizedthepeople;Thepeoplerepentedoftheirsins;Godforgavethepeopletheirsins;Thepeoplesinned.Johnpreachedthatthepeopleshouldrepentandbebaptizedsothatgodwouldforgivetheeviltheyhaddone.Johnpreached,“RepentandbebaptizedsothatGodwillforgivetheevilyouhavedone.”Analysis–kernelstructure–transfer

Thereisnothingmoredisappointingtoahostesswhohasgonetoalotoftroubleorexpansethantohaveherguestsointerestedintalkingpoliticsorbusinesswithherhusbandthathefailstonoticetheflavourofthecoffee,thelightnessofthecake,ortheattractivenessofthehouse,whichmaybeherchiefinterestandpride.KernelSentencesThehostessfeltdisappointed.Thehostesshasgonetoalotoftroubleorexpanse(forpreparation)Thehostesshadherguesttalking…Theguestwastalkingtoherhusbandonpoliticsorbusiness.Theguestfailstonoticethecoffee,thecakeandthehouse.Thehostesswasproudofandinterestedinthose.Thereisnothingmoredisappointingtoahostesswhohasgonetoalotoftroubleorexpansethantohaveherguestsointerestedintalkingpoliticsorbusinesswithherhusbandthathefailstonoticetheflavourofthecoffee,thelightnessofthecake,ortheattractivenessofthehouse,whichmaybeherchiefinterestandpride.女主人花了許多心神或費(fèi)用來招待客人，準(zhǔn)備了香濃的咖啡，松軟的蛋糕和陳設(shè)講究的房間，這是她自己最感興趣，也最為自豪的?？墒沁@位客人只顧津津有味地與她丈夫論政治、談生意，絲毫沒有注意到這些。她太失望了。TheconfidencethattheWestwouldremainadominateforceinthe21stcentury,asithasforthepastfourorfivecenturies,isgivingwaytoasenseofforebodingthatforcesliketheemergenceoffundamentalistIslam,theriseofEastAsiaandthecollapseofRussiaandEasternEuropecouldposerealthreatstotheWest.(1)TheWesthastheconfidence.(2)TheWestwouldremainadominateforceinthe21stcentury.(3)TheWesthasremainedadominateforceofthepastfourorfivecenturies.(4)Theconfidenceisgivingwaytoasenseofforeboding.(5)ForcesposerealthreatstotheWest.(6)FundamentalistIslamisemerging.(7)TheEastAsiaisrising.(8)RussiaandEasternEuropehavecollapsed.譯文：

過去四五百年來，西方獨(dú)霸世界，西方人也一直信心十足。可眼下西方對能否在21世紀(jì)保持這種地位越來越無信心，取而代之的是大禍將臨的心態(tài)。伊斯蘭原教旨主義運(yùn)動(dòng)如火如荼，東亞蓬勃興起，俄羅斯及東歐土崩瓦解，這一切都會對西方構(gòu)成真正的威脅。Together,weprovidelow-interestloans,interest-freecreditsandgrantstodevelopingcountriesforawidearrayofpurposesthatincludeinvestmentsineducation,health,publicadministration,infrastructure,financialandprivatesectordevelopment,agriculture,andenvironmentalandnaturalresourcemanagement.我們向發(fā)展中國家提供低息貸款、無息信貸以及贈(zèng)款，以實(shí)現(xiàn)各種目標(biāo)，比如：投資教育、衛(wèi)生、公共管理、基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、金融和私營行業(yè)發(fā)展、農(nóng)業(yè)、環(huán)境以及自然資源管理等事業(yè)。重心的轉(zhuǎn)移——

核心句Ourmissionistofightpovertywithpassionandforlastingresultsandtohelppeoplehelpthemselvesandtheirenvironmentbyprovidingresources,sharingknowledge,buildingcapacityandforgingpartnershipsinthepublicandprivatesectors.我們的使命是通過提供資源、分享知識、練就本領(lǐng)、在公營和私營領(lǐng)域建立伙伴關(guān)系，來戰(zhàn)勝貧窮，爭取持久性成果，幫助人民自救和改善環(huán)境。8.Sciencemovesforward,theysay,notsomuchthroughtheinsightsofgreatmenofgeniusasbecauseofmoreordinarythingslikeimprovedtechniquesandtools.【參考譯文】他們說，科學(xué)的發(fā)展與其說起源于偉大天才的真知灼見不如說是由于改進(jìn)了的技術(shù)和工具等更為普通的事物。重心的轉(zhuǎn)移——

長句與難句（二）9.Interestinhistoricalmethodshasarisenlessthroughexternalchallengetothevalidityofhistoryasanintellectualdisciplineandmorefrominternalquarrelsamonghistoriansthemselves.【參考譯文】人們對歷史研究方法產(chǎn)生了興趣，這與其說是因?yàn)橥獠繉v史作為一門知識學(xué)科的有效性提出了挑戰(zhàn)，還不如說是因?yàn)闅v史學(xué)家內(nèi)部發(fā)生了爭吵。10.Thiswillbeparticularlytruesinceenergypinchwillmakeitdifficulttocontinueagricultureinthehigh-energyAmericanfashionthatmakesitpossibletocombinefewfarmerswithhighyields.【參考譯文】這一點(diǎn)毫無疑問，因?yàn)槟茉吹膮T乏使農(nóng)業(yè)無法以高能量消耗這種美國的耕作方式繼續(xù)下去，而這種耕作方式使投入極少數(shù)農(nóng)民獲得高產(chǎn)成為可能。11.Therewillbetelevisionchatshowshostedbyrobots,andcarswithpollutionmonitorsthatwilldisablethemwhentheyoffend.【參考譯文】屆時(shí)，將出現(xiàn)由機(jī)器人主持的電視訪談節(jié)目及裝有污染監(jiān)測器的汽車，一旦這些汽車污染超標(biāo)（或違規(guī)），監(jiān)測器就會使其停駛。12.Untilsuchtimeasmankindhasthesensetoloweritspopulationtothepointswheretheplanetcanprovideacomfortablesupportforall,peoplewillhavetoacceptmore“unnaturalfood”.【參考譯文】人類應(yīng)當(dāng)意識到，必須把人口減少到一定的程度，從而使地球能為所有人提供足夠的飲食，否則人們將不得不接受更多的“人造食品”。13.Itisnotthatthescalesintheonecase,andthebalanceintheother,differintheprinciplesoftheirconstructionormannerofworkingbutthatthelatterisamuchfinerapparatusandofcoursemuchmoreaccurateinitsmeasurementthantheformer.【參考譯文】這并不是說某種情形下使用的磅秤和另一種情形下使用的天平在構(gòu)造原理和工作方式上存在差別，而是說與前者相比，后者是一種更精密的裝置，因而在計(jì)量上必然更準(zhǔn)確得多。14.Onthewholesuchaconclusioncanbedrawnwithacertaindegreeofconfidencebutonlyifthechildcanbeassumedtohavehadthesameattitudetowardsthetestastheotherwithwhomheiscompared,and

onlyifhewasnotpunishedbylackofrelevantinformationwhichtheypossessed.【參考譯文】總的來說，得出這樣一個(gè)結(jié)論是有一定把握的，但是必須具備兩個(gè)條件：能夠假定這個(gè)孩子對測試的態(tài)度和與他相比的另一個(gè)孩子的態(tài)度相同；他也沒有因缺乏別的孩子已掌握的有關(guān)知識而被扣分?！綞xercises】翻譯下列段落，注意句子重心的轉(zhuǎn)移1.Happinessliesnotinthemerepossessionofmoney,itliesinthejoyofachievement,inthethrillofcreativeefforts,thejoyandmoralstimulationofworknolongermustbeforgotteninthemadchaseofevanescentprofits.Thesedarkdays,myfriends,willbeworthalltheycostus,iftheyteachusthatourtruedestinyisnottobeministeredonto,buttoministertoourselves,toourfellowmen.幸福并不在于單純的占有金錢，幸福還在于取得成功后的喜悅，在于創(chuàng)造努力時(shí)的激情。務(wù)必不能再忘記勞動(dòng)帶來的喜悅和激勵(lì)，而去瘋狂追逐那轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的利潤。如果這些黯淡的日子能使我們認(rèn)識到，我們真正的使命不是要?jiǎng)e人侍奉，而是要為自己和同胞們服務(wù)的話，那么，我們付出的代價(jià)是完全值得的。2.Firstimpressionsareoftenlastingones.Indeed,ifyouplayyourcardsright,youcanenjoythebenefitsofwhatsociologistscallthe“haloeffect.”Thismeansthatifyou’re

viewedpositivelywithinthecriticalfirstfewminutes,thepersonyou’vemetwilllikelyassumeeverythingyoudoispositive.第一印象常常是持久的印象。的確，如果處理得當(dāng)，你就能有幸獲得社會學(xué)家稱之為“光環(huán)效應(yīng)”帶來的種種好處。這就是說，要是在一開始關(guān)鍵的幾分鐘里你就給人留下好的印象，初遇者就可能認(rèn)為你辦的事件件都好。3.Howyoumoveandgesturewillgreatlyinfluenceaninterviewer’sfirstimpressionofyou.Inalandmarkstudyofcommunications,psychologistsdiscoveredthatsevenpercentofanymessageaboutourfeelingsandattitudesco