第六章 修辞与金融英语翻译.pptVIP

第六章修辞与金融英语翻译Rhetorics and Financial English Translation 第一节 比喻 comparison Indeed, with the banks now holding some $600 billion worth of property loans at home and tens of billions more abroad, these mammoth lenders “seems to have turned into financial basket cases overnight”. 实际上，现在银行发放国内房地产贷款6000亿美圆，国外数百亿元，这些放款巨头“似乎一夜之间变成了金融瘸子，寸步难行。” The relationship with Wal-Mart, says one former high-ranking executive, is “what killed the brand”. Working with the chain, he says, was like “dancing with a gorilla, and suddenly you’re married to it.” 一位前任高级经理说，该公司同沃而玛的关系正是“其产品砸牌的根源”。他说，同这个连锁店合作，就像“与一个暴徒跳舞，一不小心就被他结合了”。 Clinton and his top health-care strategist, Ira Magaziner, have been selling health-care reform as a four-course free lunch. Everyone will be covered. It won’t require new taxes. 克林顿和他的医疗工作顾问艾拉·玛格齐尔一直在把医疗改革当成一顿四道菜的免费午餐竭力兜售。人人有份，不要求新增税款。 中银大厦是由著名美籍华裔建筑师贝聿铭先生设计的，灵感来自竹子一节高一节，象征着锐意进取的精神，也寓意着中国银行的未来发展。 The Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong was designed by the famous American Architect Mr. I. M. Pei. The inspiration for this design is derived from the Chinese bamboo with its sectioned trunk being propelled higher and higher by each new growth. The building is a symbol of the progressive spirit and prosperous future development of the Bank of China. 暗喻 metaphor This kind of comparison always consists of phrases like these—to be, to become, to turn into, to change to/into. Examples: In the global economy, knowledge is king. 在世界经济里，知识至上。 2）Yet political attention is riveted on U.S.-Japanese trade. It is said that our bilateral deficit with Japan stubbornly refuses to shrink because their markets are closed. Is it true? The Japanese are surely no angels. 然而政界的注意力却紧盯住美日贸易。据说我们与日本的双边贸易逆差很难缩小是由于日本紧闭其国内市场的结果，果真如此吗？日本人绝非天使（决不是心怀善意的）。 3）During the 21st century, I expect that we will be able to increase human productivity by 300 percent as we automate routine office activities and affload brain and eyeball work onto our electronic bulldozers. 21世纪，随着日常办公活动的自动化，大脑和眼睛的工作交给了电子“推土