包装专业英语翻译

Lesson 6 Medical Device Packaging

1 Medical-device packaging fitting the prescription faces more demands than

a doctor with an overflowing waiting room.(医疗器械包装的规定面临着比候诊室人满为患的医生更高的要求。) Its performance is literally a matter of life and death .（其性能逐渐成为一个生死攸关的问题） It has to withstand being gassed , steamed or zapped with powerful radiation ,and come out nit only being , but looking , antiseptically pure---even if it sits on a shelf for years.（它必须能抵御毒气，蒸汽或防强大的辐射，即使在货架上多年，它不仅要无菌纯洁，而且看起来清洁纯净。）On top of that , these days medical-device packaging is subject to two sweeping social concerns : the state of the environment and the debate over the cost and availability of health care .（总而言之，现代医疗设备包装受到广泛的社会关注：国家的环境和医疗保健成本和可用性的辩论。）

‘Medical-device makers are like everyone else,’ says Rich Partlow , vice presidents of sales and marketing for Plastofilm Industries Inc.（Rich Partlow，为Plastofilm工业公司的市场营销部副总裁说：“医疗设备制造商和其他人一样，）‘When everyone starts screaming about costs , they’re going to start looking at their supplier and they’re going to start looking internally.’（当其他人开始抱怨成本时，他们将开始关注于医疗器械公司的材料供应商，他们将注重从内部找原因。）Throwaway line 一次性衬垫

4 With concern over AIDS and other communicable diseases , one strong trend in medical device is toward disposables , especially in relatively lowcost items such as gloves and syrings .（随着对艾滋病和其他传染病的关注，、医疗设备的一个大的趋势是朝着一次性的，尤其是在相对低成本的项目如手套和注射器） Reusable items are resterilized in the hospital, which usually means steam autoclaving or ethylene oxide gassing.(循环利用的物品在医院要经过重新消毒，通常是高压蒸汽或环氧乙烷消毒) Disposables, on the other hand , are sterilized only at the point of packaging , which means they can be treated by radiation machines that are too big and expensive for hospitals to use .（另一方面，只在包装时消毒，这意味着他们要通过辐射机器来治疗，而这机器对医院来说太大，太昂贵。）

The increased use of radiation sterilization is heightening demand for compatible materials . （增加使用辐射灭菌的使用提升兼容材料的要求。）This means a growing movement away from PVC , which can turn yellow under radiation , and towad polyesters such as PETG .（这意味着在辐射下变黄的聚氯乙烯使用的减少，而转向使用聚酯，例如聚乙二醇酯。） In fact ,PETG is now the mostused material for clear , rigid thermoformed medical packaging in the U. S.（事实上，在美国聚乙二醇酯是一种常用的透明、刚性的热成型医疗包装材料。） The advent of radiation is the biggest reason for PETG’s dominance . （辐射的出现，是PETG处于核心地位的最大原因。）Source reduction 能源消耗量的减少

7 Some packaging trends are making themselves felt in the medical device area . （一些包装的发展趋势是使它们自己处于医疗器械领域。）Perhaps the strongest is source reduction because it combines environmentalism with cost cutting-especially important during the political debate over health care .（也许最强的趋势是能源消耗量的减少，因为它把医疗保健的政治辩论期间的环保与成本削减的重要性统一起来了。）In a way , shape or form , if you can reduce costs, that’s a big plus.（在