河海大学研究生英语翻译Unit5.docVIP

Unit 5 Take a Lesson from the Economists Economics?is?the?dismal?science:?so?say?the?large?number?of?people?who?heap?scorn?on?the?intellectural?merits?of?the?discipline.?Much?of?the?criticism?comes?from?pure?or?proper?scientist?——?physicists,?chemists?and?biologists.?Now,?economics?certainly?has?its?failings.?But?the?general?way?in?which?economists?approach?and?describe?the?world,?and?how?they?convey?their?message?about?it?to?others?,?carries?lessons?which?pure?scientists?should?learn?from.? 经济学是沉闷的科学:所以说,大量的人嗤之以鼻的方式的优点的纪律。大部分的批评来自于“纯”或“适当的”科学家——物理学家、化学家和生物学家。现在,经济学当然有其缺点。但是一般的方式方法和描述这个世界的经济学家,以及他们如何传达他们的消息对其他人,上了一课,纯科学家应该学习。 Economics?has?inexactitudes?and?vagueness?built?into?it.?The?general?lack?of?reliable?data?about?past?events?makes?virtually?impossible?the?accurate?measurement?of?even?the?most?basic?economic?variables,?such?as?the?total?volume?of?output?in?a?country,?or?the?path?of?consumer?spending,?or?inflation.? 经济学是由不精确性和模糊性建成的。?普遍缺乏对过去事件的可靠的数据使得几乎不可能有准确的测量,即使是最基本的经济变量,如一个国家的输出总量,或者消费支出的路径,或通货膨胀。 If?economists?are?hazy?about?what?is?going?right?now,?they?are?even?less?sure?about?the?future.?Due?to?the?general?measurement?difficulties,?as?well?as?unforeseen?events?such?as?wars?or?natural?disasters,?economic?forecasts?are?almost?always?wrong,?sometimes?by?wide?margins.?As?for?economic?theories,?they?change?almost?according?to?fashion,?with?economists?allowed?to?move?effortlessly?between?them,?sometimes?holding?several?contrasting?points?of?view?at?the?same?time.? 如果经济学家朦胧的关于什么将会发生,现在他们更不确定的未来。由于通用测量困难,以及不可预见的事件,如战争或自然灾害,经济预测几乎总是错的,有时是由宽的利润率。至于经济理论,他们改变几乎根据时尚,经济学家可以毫不费力地移动它们之间,有时在同一时间持有多种截然相反的观点。 The?contrast?with?scientists?could?not?be?starker.?The?tools?of?an?economists?trade?are?muddy?data,?loose?theorising?and?a?shambling?approach?to?causality?which?says?.?that?a?set?of?interactions?between?A,?B?and?C?MIGHT?lead?to?a?conclusion?Z? and?only?via?a?roundabout?route?which?takes?in?P,?Q?and?R?as?well ?.?Scientists?have?a?harder-edged?way?of?looking?at?the?