应用文体翻译方法实践实训2.doc

Course Name：Applied Translation 应用文体翻译
2012级本科英语专业 2013-2014学年上学期
Content: Practical translation drills翻译方法实训 （第二周）
Goal: to employ translation skills covered in the previous week flexibly in translation practice.
Emphasis: not to be confined to specific translation skills, but rather different versions are encouraged with special attention to the boldface in the following sentences.
Assignment & Summary: First render the following into Chinese and do back-translation and finish translation diary after class.
(1) Each of these U.S. companies is attempting to offer convenient services to customers by centering on their strong business lines.
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(2) An increasing number of Japanese discount stores and other retailers import and sell low-priced Japanese music CDs pressed abroad.
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(3) Long-term interest rates have soared almost fourfold in the past three months after the rates hit a record low in mid-June.
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(4) The primary task facing WTO members at the latest meeting was to pave the way for a broad agreement on issues discussed at the trade round launched in 2001.
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(5) The decline in exports, which have been a driving force of the nation’s economic growth, is a major concern.
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(6) International trade occurs when a country does not have enough of a particular item to meet its needs.
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(7) Problems arising from the declining birthrate and graying of the population were recognized nearly half a century ago.
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(8) Huge investment costs, such as those for developing environment-friendly technology, have made it difficult for an automaker to survive competition on its own.
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(9) This consideration decided our invitation to the mayor for the first China National Stone Products Fair.
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(10) Assuming the laboratory tests go well, and you can quote us a competitive price, we’d certainly be able to place more substantial orders on a regular basis.
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(11) The change in plan resulted from a misjudgment on the part of the firm’s top management on what the company’s employees and business partners wanted.
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(12) The success or failure of terrestrial digital broadcasting hinges on the prices of television sets and the development of new services.
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(13) A commonplace criticism of American culture is its excessive preoccupation with material goods and corresponding neglect of the human spirit.
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(14) International countertrade is a practice whereby a supplier commits contractually—as a condition of sale—to reciprocate and undertake certain specified commercial initiatives that compensate and benefit the buyer.
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(15) A foreign business representative, neither overly sympathetic toward China nor overly disposed against it, would need to be convinced on a number of scores before he could responsibly commit his firm to taking an equity position in a Chinese enterprise.
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(16) Yet it is painfully apparent that millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as law-breakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes that are designed to protect and nourish their society.
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Translation Diary:
Translation skills you consider the most useful and state the reasons
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Difficult points you find in the above drills
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Contrast the original version with the one the lecturer has explained and find out the differences
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Please find time to do back-translation and try to commit useful English expressions to memory and write down the difficulties you encounter in the process.
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