英文新闻翻译与分析 Border agreement to boost ties..pptVIP

* The worlds two most populous nations will try to remove a long-term irritant in their relations by signing a border agreement. 翻译：世界上人口最多的两个国家将签署边界协定，解决他们关系中的长期存在的问题。 分析：Irritant是“刺激物、刺激因素”的意思，在柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典中，还有“令人生气的事”的意思。另外，词典里并没有讲有“问题、麻烦”的意思，但是例句里有这样翻译的，如“He said the issue was not a major irritant.他说那个问题不是什么大问题。\ Firefox , too , is more than a minor irritant. 同样,Firefox并不只是个小麻烦.”，所以就翻译为“问题”了。 The Border Defense Cooperation Agreement may be signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs visit to China, which starts on Tuesday, Press Trust of India said. 据印度报业托拉斯报道，印度总理曼莫汉·辛格将从这周二开始访华