商务英语口译材料

Material 3 for Business English Interpretation

Sentence Interpretation (E to C)

1.On the occasion of this opening ceremony, I would like to express my appreciation to the host

for this opportunity to address the meeting/symposium on the topic of….

2.I am greatly honored to be invited to attend and speak at the opening ceremony of this

symposium/conference.

3.May I begin with my high respects and warm greetings from my countrymen to all the

representatives present at this conference.

4.I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to be discussing with you my personal

tentative/preliminary thoughts on the prospects of Sino-British economic and trade relationship in the next decade or so.

5.It is with great pleasure that I am here to attend this meeting and present my views on the

issues of mutual concern and mutual interest.

6.It does give me much pleasure to be together with my Chinese young friends in such a

discussion on how mankind should rise up to address the challenges arising in the new century and how human beings should build a better future.

7.I am greatly honored /It is my great honor to speak at this meeting to my Australian

colleagues on how to further improve the friendly relationship and how to cement the friendship between the peoples of China and Australia.

8.Here, I wish to share with all of you some of my thoughts on the issue of China’s current

policies, hoping to give you a better understanding and overall picture of China’s economic development in the past decade.

9.This forum’s theme is “China, the next 50 years”, which will give you a general picture of

how China will develop itself into an economic giant in the international community.

10.In closing, I would like to express again on behalf of the members of the delegation our

profound gratitude for your thoughtful itinerary and warm hospitality to us during our visit to this great country.

11.As an English saying goes, “Seeing is believing,” and our visit to this great country of yours

has fully proved that China has witnessed unbelievable changes since 1980s, which itself is a great contribution to the world over.

12.The current annual meeting will provide us with an ideal arena to exchange our views of

mutual concern so as to reach consensus on important bilateral issues.

13.I would like to conclude my speech with my best regards to Mr…., one of the important

friends in my life and I wish him a speedy recovery/an early return to the office.

14.Thank you very much for taking your time off the tight schedule to come in person to attend

the ceremony of launching of the new product, which is the result of the joint efforts between our two enterprises.

dies and gentlemen, it goes without saying that the opening ceremony of Shanghai General

Motors will symbolize another new step for Shanghai’s opening to the outside world and this will surely mean a great deal a great deal to the booming of the economy of both countries. 16.We are here to witness another important symbolic event in the development of the metropolis

of Shanghai.

17.The Dragon Boat Festival on the 5th day of the 5th month of China’s lunar calendar is set aside

and celebrated in memory of the ancient poet Qu Yuan.