翻译技巧分析U.S. Is Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts.pptx

U.S. Is Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts 小小虾三人组 标题 U.S. Is to Billions to Bailouts The article is by Edmund L. Andrews, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mary Williams Walsh. 美国被迫“救市” 文/埃德蒙·L·安德鲁斯 安德鲁·罗斯·索金 玛丽·威廉姆斯·华什 financial help given to a person or a company that is in difficulty 紧急财政援助 Para. 1 The government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation’s biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance company, despite the billions it has already committed to rescue them. 尽管在援助本国几家最大的银行，两家最大的汽车制造商及最大的保险公司时已耗资数十亿美元，周一，美国政府仍将给予上述公司数十亿美元的财政援助，这将使美国政府面临的压力愈加增大。 1. 时间 2. 结果 Para. 2 The government’s boldest rescue to date, its $150 billion commitment for the Insurance giant American International Group, is foundering. A.I.G. indicated on Monday it was now negotiating for tens of billions of dollars in additional assistance as losses have mounted. 迄今为止，美国政府最为大胆的一次援助是对美国国际集团1500亿美元的资金援助，但事实证明这一援助目前并无显著成效。周一，该集团表示，他们正通过谈判以获得数百亿美元的额外援助资金，以弥补其巨大的损失。 v. adj. to fail after a period of time because something has gone wrong 失败 崩溃 垮掉 增补 Para. 3 Separately, the Obama administration confirmed it was in discussions to aid Citigroup, （the recipient of $45 billion so far,） （that could raise the government’s stake in the banking company to as much as 40 percent.） 此外，奥巴马政府已证实，他们正商议其对花旗集团的援助计划，此前，花旗已获得450亿美元的援助，如果该计划通过决议，政府在花旗的股份将提升至40%。 同位语转化为句子 定从 但更偏向于表示结果 Para. 4 The Treasury Department named a special adviser to work with General Motors and Chrysler, two of Detroit’s biggest automakers, which are seeking $22 billion on top of the $17 billion already granted to them. 财政部委任了一名新的特别顾问，他将与底特律两大汽车制造商——通用汽车与克莱斯勒汽车共同商讨是否应在原本承诺的170亿美元援助计划的基础上追加220亿美元。 细化含义 角度转换：公司→政府 1.on, over or coverin-g sth/sb 2.In addition to 3.Very close to sth/sb 4.In control of a situation Para. 5 All these companies’ mushrooming needs reflect just how hard it is to stanch the flow of losses as the economy deteriorates. 这些企业对财政援助愈加迫切的需求反映的恰是在经济形势恶化的背景下抑制资金损失的难度。 flo