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　Unit 1Sony’s Hard Time;【Translation】; In gaming, Sony faces far stronger competition than it did when it launched the PlayStation 2 in 2000. The PS2 went on to sell over 100m units, giving Sony 70% of the market. But gaming is a cyclical business, and success in one round does not guarantee success in the next. Microsoft has already sold over 6m of its Xbox 360 consoles, launched a year ago, and expects to have sold 10m by the end of 2006. Nintendo, Sony’s other rival, will launch its new console, the Wii, on November 19th, and expects to sell 4m units by the end of the year. Manufacturing problems delayed the PS3’s launch from May and meant that only 93,000 consoles were available for the Japanese launch. Sony hopes to sell 2m by the end of the year, but even if it does so, it will start the race in third place.;【Version for Reference】;【Tips for Translation】;1. 准确;成语或谚语更是如此，无法对应时有时或可采用“归化”翻译法，如 Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs，如果按照字面直译成“不要教你的奶奶磕鸡蛋”，让人看了会莫名其妙。要是意译为“不要班门弄斧”，就既表达了原意，也符合汉语习惯。和汉语一样，英语的成语也很多，但其中大部分都很难对译成汉语成语，只好意译。这里再举几个例子： like talking to a brick wall对牛弹琴，瞎子点灯白费蜡 to make bricks without straw巧妇难做无米之炊 the rotten apple害群之马，败家之子 to pay back in the same coin以眼还眼，以牙还牙/以其人之道还治其人之身 to have a heart of gold有一副菩萨心肠;2. 规范化;又如： （1） It’s not easy to become a member of that club—they want people who have plenty of money to spend, not just every Tom, Dick, and Harry. 要参加那个俱乐部并非易事——他们只吸收手头阔绰的人，而不是普通百姓。（Tom、Dick、 Harry都是英美常见的人名，这里泛指任何人，相当于汉语中的“张三、李四、王五”。所以，这里不宜直译为“汤姆、迪克、哈里”。） （2） A Red Light for Scofflaws.玩忽法令之风不可长！ （这是美国《时代》周刊1983年一篇文章的标题。red light本意是红灯，指停车信号、危险信号。文中指出美国社会中蔑视法令的现象已到了触目惊心的地步，必须采取措施加以制止。译成“玩忽法令之风不可长”一目了然，言简意明。） （3） Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that holds us in. 我们的儿子一定得上学，一定要出人头地。 （“break out of the pot that holds us in”，重意不重形，译为“出人头地”比“打破这个把我们关在里面的罐子”意思来得明白简洁。）;（4） Like many other Southerners, I came to seek my fortune in one of those pot-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow factories along Euclid Avenue. 像许多其他的南方人一样