最新商务英语中级笔译试题

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中级笔译试题

Part I Translate the following sentences into English or into Chinese.

1.国家统计局说，消费者价格3月份攀升8.3%，比2月份8.7%有所下降。2月份的上涨率是将近12年来的最高点。价格升高的部分原因被指是由于1月份和2月份的严重暴雪导致工厂停工，庄稼被毁。

2. 对于钢材、水泥、化肥、化工原料等这类商品来说，只要其规格、样式、型号或化学成分相符，价格优惠且交货及时，买方通常都不会派人去国外进行实地考察。

3.中国能不能顶住霸权主义、强权政治的压力，坚持我们的社会主义制度，关键就看能不能争得经济较快的增长速度，实现我们的发展战略。

4.部分地区由于需求增长，批发茶价几乎翻了一番。所以我公司拟大批量订货，希望贵方备足库存。

5.这个现行办法旨在扶持那些发展中国家与从其他国家进口的产品展开竞争，而不损害我们自己产业的利益。

6. After months of unfruitful negotiation with the trade unions, the government cut the Gordian knot by declaring that workers who did not accept a 2% pay rise would be fired.

7.China’s growing trade surplus has been a point of contention with both the United States and the European Union. China’s major trading partners accuse Beijing of manipulating its currency to keep its value low and give Chinese products an unfair price advantage on world markets.

8. One day’s sick leave with the application, after approved by the departmental head, is to be submitted to the admin executive on the day following the one day’s sick leave.

9. There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train, their silver-wiry hair and wrinkled faces, scourged by time and trouble, having almost a grotesque, certainly a pathetic appearance in such a jaunty situation.

10.The 1970s brought a decline in eating out, but the 1980s, especially in homes where both parents were working, brought a big increase in the demand for many types of restaurants.

Part II. Translate the following passages into Chinese.

Passage 1

Savings provide one way to take care of financial losses. But savings are not the answer to large losses. The best way to guard against large financial losses is through insurance.

Over 4,800 companies in the United States are in the business of providing insurance protection. These businesses are called insurance companies.

Because most insurance companies operate on a big scale, they provide a way for large numbers of people to share their losses.

Insurance can provide protection against almost any kind of loss. Singers may insure their voices. Photographers may insure their negatives. The owner of a home freezer may insure against food loss in case of a power failure. A business owner can insure his or her place of business. A

business owner can also insure against a loss of profits during a shutdown following a fire or damaging accident.

Like all private firms, insurance companies must charge enough for protection to pay their operating costs and make a profit. The main factor affecting the price of insurance, however, is the amount of risk involved. The more risk an insurance company assumes for a policyholder, the higher the premium.

An insurance company must collect enough money from all its policyholders to pay the claims of those who have losses. A claim is a request for payment of a loss. It is impossible to tell, of course, which policyholders will have losses. But it is possible to estimate with some accuracy how many will have losses. A company does this by studying its past losses.

Like banks, insurance companies are the guardians of other people’s money. Just as banks are closely regulated to protect their depositors, insurance companies are regulated to protect their policyholders.

Passage 2

Irrevocable L/C

No. 09926

To: China National Import & Export Corp., Shanghai Branch

Dear Sirs,

Y ou are hereby authorized to draw on Huafeng Trading Co., Singapore for a sum not exceeding USD 7,850.00 CIF(Say US Dollars Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty only) available by your draft, drawn in duplicate, on them at sight, accompanied by the following documents:

(1) 3 non-negotiable copies of clean shipped on board Bill of Lading, marked “Freight prepaid”;

(2) Signed Invoice in triplicate;

(3) Certificate of Origin in duplicate;

(4) Insurance Policy in duplicate covering W AP & War Risk for full invoice value plus 10%.

Evidencing shipment from Shanghai to Singapore of the following merchandise:

500 dozen T-shirts as per S/C No. 1023 dated June 15, 2009.

Condition of Shipment:

(1) Transhipment is prohibited;

(2) Partial shipments are permitted.

This credit expires on August 18, 2009 and is subject to the Uniform Customs & Practice for Documentary Credits International Chamber of Commerce Publication No.500.

Y ours sincerely

THE CHARTERED BANK

Singapore