(完整版)应用文体翻译方法实践实训2

Course Name：Applied Translation 应用文体翻译

2012级本科英语专业2013-2014学年上学期

Content: Practical translation drills翻译方法实训（第二周）

Goal: to employ translation skills covered in the previous week flexibly in translation practice. Emphasis: not to be confined to specific translation skills, but rather different versions are encouraged with special attention to the boldface in the following sentences.

Assignment & Summary: First render the following into Chinese and do back-translation and finish translation diary after class.

(1) Each of these U.S. companies is attempting to offer convenient services to customers by centering on their strong business lines.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (2) An increasing number of Japanese discount stores and other retailers import and sell low-priced Japanese music CDs pressed abroad.

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (3) Long-term interest rates have soared almost fourfold in the past three months after the rates hit a record low in mid-June.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (4) The primary task facing WTO members at the latest meeting was to pave the way for a broad agreement on issues discussed at the trade round launched in 2001.

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (5) The decline in exports, which have been a driving force of the nation’s economic growth, is a major concern.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (6) International trade occurs when a country does not have enough of a particular item to meet its needs.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (7) Problems arising from the declining birthrate and graying of the population were recognized nearly half a century ago.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (8) Huge investment costs, such as those for developing environment-friendly technology, have made it difficult for an automaker to survive competition on its own.

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (9)This consideration decided our invitation to the mayor for the first China National Stone Products Fair.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (10) Assuming the laboratory tests go well, and you can quote us a competitive price, we’d