unit 3 数字译法.ppt

数字口译 Reading and interpreting numbers properly Read the following numbers in English 123 一万 100000000Interpreting numbers 1 亿？ ? 100 m, 0.1 b 150 million? ? 1.5亿? E.g. This amount would be enough to service its $ 10 billions debt. Interpreting Chinese ordinal numbers Challenges : cultural differences ? cognitive loads E.g.1 这是您第几次访问中国？ E.g.2 你们队得了第几名？ E.g.2 令公子排行第几？ In Chinese we often hear or talk about ordinal numbers. If we interpret in English, we have to change the ways of asking/inquiry. 这是您第几次来中国？Is this your first visit to China? This isn’t your first visit to China,