Unit2Translationofbusinessterms.pptVIP

Unit 2 Translation of business terms HUANG Ying School of Foreign Studies, CUMT I. Attend to common business terms Those words which often appear in plain English instead of business English seem especially noteworthy when they are used in business English. Particularly, you need to look them up in business English dictionaries, when you do not clearly know their meanings. For example: Often an individual must supply personal accounting information in order to buy a car or home, to qualify for a college scholarship, to secure a credit card, or to obtain a bank loan. Large corporations are accountable to their stockholders, to governmental agencies, and to the public. 译文： 通常，个人为了买车、买房，为了获得大学奖学金、申请信用卡或从银行贷款，都必须出具本人的财务资料。大公司有责任向其股东、政府机构和广大公众说明公司的财务状况。 II. Note polysemy Sometimes, the same word in different contexts may have multiple meanings. For instance: It is not surprising, then, that the world saw a return to a floating exchange rate system. Central banks were no longer required to support their own currencies. 译文：在这种情况下，世界各国又恢复浮动汇率就不足为奇了。各国中央银行也就无需维持本币的汇价了。 Floating policy is of great importance for export trade; it is, in fact, a convenient method of insuring goods where a number of similar export transactions are intended, e.g. where the insured has to supply an overseas importer under an exclusive sales agreement or maintains sales representatives or subsidiary companies abroad. 译文：统保单对出口贸易至关重要。它实际上是货物保险中的一种便利的办法，特别适用于分不同的时间出口的一批类似货物，如：当被保险方根据独家代理协议书向国外的进口方供货，或在国外委任了销售代表，设立分支机构时用之。 III. Pay special attention to attitudinal words Example: 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 company. 一个对中国既无过度好感，又无过度恶感的企业代表，在代表公司在华股权投资之前必须考虑许多因素。 IV. Differentiate between styles E.g. The home of your dreams awaits you behind this door. Whether your taste be a country manor es