85--商务英语翻译大二上学期三章-词语翻译要点.ppt

第三章 词语翻译 3.1 商务英语词语翻译的注意事项 3.1.1 掌握确切词义 eg. agency To seek help from a dictionary: (1) a business or place of business providing a (usu specified) service 经销处，代理行 (2) esp AmE a department of a government or of an international body eg. agency an employment agency 职业介绍所 an advertising agency 广告公司 news agency 通讯社 Government agencies 政府机构 3.1.2 一词多义 英语词汇：游移(vacillant)、灵活(flexible),常依据搭配和上下文(context-dependent)而变化；且英语的词义范围很容易扩大，英语词汇容易获得新义。 汉语词汇：精确、固定，对上下文依赖性较小，且词义相对稳定，不易发生变化。 6. Breakeven point is reached when sales cover all costs. 当销售额能支付所有的费用时，就达到了损益平衡点。 7. Insurance is to be covered by the buyer. 由买方投保。 但也有的时候，同一个汉语词汇，在英语里需要用不同的表达。例如：吞吐量， Example: 吞吐量 2001年福州港的货物吞吐量位列全国沿海港口第十一位，集装箱吞吐量位列全国沿海港口第十位。 The turnover of Fuzhou port ranked 11th among Chinese coastal ports while its container operation was listed as 10th in the year 2001. 目前港口的通过能力和货物吞吐量均已超过亿吨。2004年宁波港货物吞吐量超过2.2亿吨，同比增长22％。 The annual handling capacity and throughput of Ningbo Port have both exceeded 100 million tons. In 2004, the port saw a throughput of 220 million tons, up 22% over the previous year. 例一中的吞吐量表示“实际已经完成或预计完成的货物 数量”，例二则表示“处理能力”、“通过能力”或“物料通过量”之意。表示前者常用turnover, operation, volume, traffic，而后者可用capacity, designed capacity, normal capacity, handling capacity, throughout capacity等。有时还可以通过使用动词如handle, process等进行翻译。 2003年营口港吞吐量为4009万吨，其中集装箱40万标箱。 In 2003 Port of Yingkou processed 40.09million tons of cargo, including 400,000 TEU of containerized cargo. 注释：TEU是英文Twenty－foot Equivalent Unit的缩写。是以长度为20英尺的集装箱为国际计量单位，也称国际标准箱单位。 We may seek help from not only the dictionary, but also from the Internet. Page 19: floating floating policy （统保单，总保险单，预约保单） （） Insurance cover for situations where the total insurable amount can be reasonably estimated but cannot be determined accurately-enough for computing correct premium, until the insurance policy comes to an end. For example, a trader will take a floating policy on a sum estimated to be large enough to cover shipments during a period (say, one yea