公示语翻译练习答案

C- E Translation Principles of Public Signs 汉英公示语的翻译原则

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Exercise 1

1. 请勿疲劳驾驶Stay alert，stay alive.

2. 搜品廊Shopping Land

3. 宾客止步Staff only

4.不可回收Non-recyclable

5. 请勿触摸Hands Off

6.禁止停车No Parking

7.公交车专用Buses Only

Exercise 2

1.南宁是我家，卫生靠大家。

参考译文: Keep our city clean.

2.不准乱扔烟头

参考译文: No Cigarette Disposal

3.无障碍专用通道

参考译文: Wheelchair Accessible

4.机房重地，非公莫入

参考译文: Machine Room Staff Only

Exercise 3

1.一看二慢三通过

参考译文: Slow down, look around, and cross.

2.桂林山水甲天下

参考译文: East or west, Guiling landscape is the best.

3.五讲四美三热爱

参考译文: Five Stresses，Four Points of Beauty and Three Aspects of Love.

(stress on decorum，manners，hygiene，discipline and morals；beauty of the mind，language，behavior and the environment；love of the motherland，socialism and the Communist Party.)

4.来也匆匆去也冲冲

参考译文: Come with a rush? Go with a flush!

Please flush after you’re through.

5.老、弱、病、残、孕专座

参考译文: Courtesy Seat