翻译实例评析Copyright Protection.pptVIP

翻译实例评析 ? Copyright Protection A copyright is a governmental grant,1 an acknowledgment that original writings are owned by the author. A copyright is the legal recognition of the special “property rights” of an author’s work.. Copyright protection is available for almost all writings — books, short stories, magazine articles, newspaper columns, poetry, plays, screenplays, and songs. Both fictional and nonfictional works are covered, and copyright protection is even available for such writings as an index, a master’s thesis, a map, even an original directory, such as the phone book, or a name and address guide to vegetarian restaurants.2 参考译文? 版　权　保　护? 版权由政府授予——即确认原著归作者所有。版权是在法律上承认作者对其著作具有特殊“产权”。 几乎所有的著作——书、短篇小说、杂志、文章、报纸专栏、诗、戏剧、电影剧本和歌曲——都享有版权保护。虚构的和非虚构的作品都包括在内；连索引、硕士论文、地图，甚至像电话号码簿或素食馆指南那样的原始名录也都享有版权保护。 A copyright protects the specific way that you develop, detail and express your idea in writing. That is, if you have an idea for an article about nuclear-powered musical instruments of the future, you can’t obtain protection for your concept. Anyone can use your idea, and write, copyright and publish his or her own article about nuclear-powered musical instruments of the future. However, if somebody else wants to write an article dealing with the same subject or idea of your copyrighted article, that second somebody had better not lift sentences or paragraphs from your article, and had better not even paraphrase your article, or parts of it, because that would be copyright infringement. 版权所保护的，是你用书面形式对某种观点进行构思、详述并表达的那种特定的方式。这就是说，你想写一篇关于未来核动力乐器的文章，那么，你的这一设想无法获得版权保护。因为任何人都可以利用你的设想，撰写出自己关于未来核动力乐器的文章，并取得版权。 但是，如果有人写文章谈论与你拥有版权的那篇文章相同的题材或观点，那么这第二个写作者最好别从你的文章里摘句取段，甚至别诠释你的文章或其中的一部分，因为那样做就会侵犯版权。 “Words and short phrases” are not protected by copyright. A catchy slogan, a clever word — if you are using these in business as a brand name for a product, or as the name of your musical group or ot