《世纪商务英语》翻译讲义Company Introductions

Key to sentence 15, unit 2In the contemporary period, Shanghai as a metropolis infested by foreign adventurers. since the opening of its commercial port, there was a bitter, blood-and-tear history of many miseries and inequalities. Referred to as the Paradise of Adventurers, Shanghai was indeed home to “human sludge and filth”where one could find opium, dissolute women and gamblers. It was a place that made people indulge in luxury, dissipation and sensuous pleasures, even inducing people to become degenerate. However, there is a different picture of Shanghai as a modern metropolis. It has been full of vitality and vigor, displaying its unique intelligence and wisdom, characterized by an innovative and enterprising spirit. It has the courage to assume risks and is in possession of both the awareness and mechanism of competition. Such a metropolitan mentality inspires its residents, encouraging them to keep abreast with the changing epochs and to make efforts toward greater progress.Unit 5 Company Introductionspany Introduction1.Fixed Expressionsengage in, handle a large range of business including….hold/abide by the principles of….., based by the motto of the company, with the enterprise spirit of….approved, appointed, permitted feature, integrate, combineforeign-funded enterprise joint venture cooperative enterprisewholly foreign-owned enterprise2.Translation and Tranlatorese(翻译腔)翻译腔,是指一种带有生硬外语风格的翻译方式,是翻译实践中的常见病。

(1)Their strength lay only in the lack of consciousness on the part of people.他们的力量就在于人民缺乏觉悟。

他们之所以显得强大，是因为人民哈没有觉悟起来。

(2)Fujimori’s parents were cotton pickers in Peru until they opened a tailor shop indowntown Lima.藤森的父母在秘鲁采摘棉花为生，一直到他们在利马商业区开设裁缝店为止。

藤森的父母原本在秘鲁采摘棉花为生，后来他们改行杂利马商业区开裁缝店。

(3) There were many forces at work which made virtually inevitable the discovery ofAmerica at about the time Columbus accomplished it.有许多使美洲的发现俺成为实际上不可避免的事的力量已经在哥伦布完成这一发明时期前后起着作用。

美洲的发现实际上是势所必然的，因为哥伦布到达美洲的前后时期，就已经有许多重要因素在起作用。

(4)轻纺工业产品的花色品种增多。

The designs and variety of light industrial and textile products have increased.Light industry and textile products are now available in better designs and richer variety.(5)为了实现信息化数据化，……In order to achieve the goal of being fully equipped with information and data, …..In order to achieve informationization and datumization, ……(6)密码secret code 大片big movie 方便面convenient noodles 隐形眼镜invisible glass 青春痘youth spot 保税区tax-protected zone3.Passage TranslationWhen a corporation expands its activities across its borders and engages in internationaltrade, it could be on the way to become a multinational corporation. A multinationalcorporation has industrial and commercial organizations in foreign countries. Manufacturingplants are established abroad, in conjunction with supporting marketing systems. Decisionsmade in a multinational corporation are locally inspired. But major decisions are made by acentral management, located in the country of origin of the multinational corporation.Decisions made by the managers of a multinational corporation not only reflect theirdomestic situation but also are concerned with the international implications.II.Amplification/Addition(增译) and Omission(减译)1.AdditionAddition means supplying necessary words in translation, making the version grammaticallycorrect, semantically clear, rhetorically sound, logically acceptable, and culturallyappropriate. Cases when word-addition should be applied:a.to make the translation grammatically completeb.add a word or phrase implied in the source languagec.give an explanation to something unique in Chinese.(1)Examplesa.Tom Canty, born in rags and dirt and misery, what sight is this! (Mark Twain: The Princeand the Pauper).译文一：啊，汤姆·康第，生在破烂、肮脏和苦难中，现在这番景象却是多么显赫啊！译文二：汤姆·康第原来(who was born)生在可怜巴巴的人家(in misery)，穿得破破烂烂(in rags)，一身邋里邋遢(in dirt)，现在(what sight is this)换了这身装束，啊，是何等气派!b.Every family is said to have at least one skeleton in the cupboard.c.Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck’s back.d. A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.译文一：—本书，紧紧合上，只是—叠纸。

译文二：—本书，如果紧紧合上不读，只是—叠纸。

译文三：一本书，如果紧紧合上不读，只是一叠废纸。

译文四：闲置之书只是一叠废纸。

e.Success is often just an idea away．译文一：成功往往只是一个念头的距离。

译文二：成功往往只是一念之差。

译文三：成功与否往往只是—念之差。

f.Great contributions gratitude ingratitude grotesquehesitate in chaos careless rumorg.She felt the flowers were in her fingers, on her lips, growing in her breast.These early cars were slow, clumsy, and inefficient.Recourse to arms is not the best solution to a quarrel between countries.When Japanese companies set out to break into a market, short-term profitability seldom enters the picture.The agreement may be reached before or after the occurrence of a dispute.Unless one is aware of the importance of promptness, he may end up insulting the peoplewith whom he hopes to establish trade relations.Only very slight and very scattering ripples of half-hearted hand-clapping greeted him.He is Robin Hood and the Scarlet Pimpernel rolled into one.2.Omission(1)By omission we mean we properly omit some words or expressions in order to make thetranslation brief, concise, and clear. Proper omission in English-Chinese translation often involves the omitting of some words (such as prepositions, articles, cartain pronouns, conjunctions, etc) that are indispensable in the SL text but not in the TL text.e.g When a party wishes to transfer all or part of its registered capital contribution to athird party, it shall provide a written notice to the other party.(2) Omission of Words Peculiar to English: prepositions, articles, certain pronouns, conjunctions, etce.g You will be in for it if father finds out you haven’t been to school for three days.A parrot can talk like a man.Water passes from a liquid to a solid stated when it freezes.Aristocratic and democratic tendencies in a nation often show themselves in speech.I don’t know how well you know Chicago.译文一、我不知道你对芝加哥的路熟不熟。