英语笔译实务 3级配套训练 第四单元 英译汉(二) NASDAQ

英语笔译实务3级配套训练第三单元

英译汉（二）

NASDAQ

NASDAQ, the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system, is one of the largest markets in the world for the trading of stocks. The number of companies listed on NASDAQ is more than on any of the other stock exchanges in the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). The majority of companies listed on NASDAQ are smaller than most of those on the NYSE and AMEX. NASDAQ has become known as the home of new technology companies, particularly computer and computer-related businesses. Trading on NASDAQ is initiated by stock brokers acting on behalf of their clients. The brokers negotiate with market makers who concentrate on trading specific stocks to reach a price for the stock.

Unlike other stock exchange, NASDAQ has no central location where trading takes place. Instead, its trade makers are located all over the country and makes trades by telephone and via the Internet. Because brokers and market makers trade stocks directly instead of on the floor of a stock exchange, NASDAQ is called an over-the-counter

market. The term over-the-counter refers to the direct nature of trading, as in a store where goods are handed over a counter.

Since its inception in 1971, the NASDAQ long ago set a precedent for technological trading innovation that is unrivaled. Now poised to become the world’s first truly global market, the NASDAQ Stock Market is the market of choice for business industry leaders worldwide. By providing an efficient environment for raising capital NASDAQ has helped thousands of companies achieve their desire growth and successfully make the leap into public ownership.

课文词汇

acronym 滋生地innovator 革新者，创新者

poise 使平衡

参考译文

纳斯达克

纳斯达克（NASDAQ）是全美证券协会自动报价系统的首字母缩写。它是当今世界上最大的股票交易市场之一。（作为全世界最大的股票交易市场之一的纳斯达克是全美证券交易协会自动报价系统的英文字母缩

写。）列入纳斯达克名下的上市公司比美国任何一家证券交易所名下的公司都要多，这其中包括纽约证券交易所（NYSE）和美国证券交易所（AMEX）。（纳斯达克名下的上市公司在数量上超过了包括纽约证券交易所和美国证券交易所在内的任何一家美国证券交易所。）与纽约证券交易所和美国证券交易所的多数上市公司相比，在纳斯达克上市的大多数公司规模较小。纳斯达克已经成为新技术公司——尤其是计算机和计算机相关的行业——的基地。纳斯达克的交易是通过代表客户利益的股票经纪人发起的。这些经纪人与主要从事特定股票买卖的市场期票出票人进行协商以确定股票的价格。（他们为确定股票的价格与市场期票出票人进行协商，这些期票出票人主要是买卖特定的股票。）

与其它证券交易所不同，纳斯达克没有专门的中心场所进行股票交易，而代之以遍布全美的市场期票出票人；他们通过电话和国际互联网进行交易。（与其它证券交易所有所不同，纳斯达克没有股票交易中心的交易场所。它的市场期票出票人遍及全美各地，通过电话和国际互联网进行交易。）由于股票交易是由经纪人和市场期票出票人直接进行，而不是在股票交易大厅内进行的，因此，纳斯达克被称为买卖双方直接交易市场。该术语指出了其交易的直接性，就如同在商店柜台直接进行商品的买卖一样。

自1971年诞生之日起，纳斯达克股票市场就成了产业革命的革新者。作为世界上第一家电子股票交易市场，纳斯达克早就史无前例地进行了技术交易的创新。（很久以前纳斯达克就为技术交易的革新开创了先例，这一点无人能敌。）现在，纳斯达克已稳稳地成为世界第一家真正意义上的