[2011.05.26] 交界处的交通

引用 vegeLisa 2011-5-27 22:00

本帖最后由 vegeLisa 于 2011-5-27 22:01 编辑

仔细拜读了楼主的译文~~因为我本来是想选这篇的，后来怕贪多嚼不烂所以没选~~事实证明我是明智的，因为这是我最不擅长的经济类文章，呵呵~~辛苦楼主了！

在以下几处，我的意见不同楼主~~

1、二段结尾处November 2008中November漏译了~~小问题啦~~

2、第四段In services the pessimism expressed about the coming year was reminiscent of mid-2009, before the recovery had picked up any speed at all.
楼主译为“在服务业方面，悲观人士认为明年将使人们会想起2009年中期的情景，当时复苏还未见任何起色。”
我认为此句主语为pessimism，expressed about the coming year是过去分词结构，作为pessimism的定语从句，而该句真实的宾语其实是was，表语为reminiscent。所以换作是我，我可能会译为：
“在服务业方面，对来年形势的悲观态度让人们想起2009年中期的情景，当时复苏还未见任何起色。”

3、But China had outages then because its power stations could not make enough power
楼主译为“中国当时愤怒不已是因为发电站没有发出足够的电”
楼主可能看错了一个词——outages(中断供应)，而不是outrages(愤怒)~~So~~你懂的，呵呵~~

4、The Chinese economy is either too hot or too cold, but never just right.
楼主译为“中国经济不冷也不热，但是也从未刚刚好过。”
这句译文本身就前后矛盾——既不冷也不热，还未刚刚好过。这是因为楼主可能对一个词组看走眼了：either...or~~而不是neither...nor。所以换作是我，我可能会译为：
“中国的经济不是过冷就是过热，就是从未恰到好处。”

若有不妥，欢迎指正~~

再次感谢楼主的努力！！

引用 sailor 2011-5-28 06:52

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谢谢指正，太粗心，这么多地方看花眼，呵呵！

引用 sunisthetime 2011-5-29 11:00

Good stuff。
除了。标题：
十字路口的中国经济？

个人意见，请勿见怪

引用 volver 2011-5-30 09:00

GOOD work!

引用 xbx_lee 2011-5-30 09:23

often getting in each other’s way

时常相互阻挡。

引用 sailor 2011-5-30 13:39

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我觉得全文来看，也不是这个意思。这里应该是一个比喻，描述的是中国和世界经济增长的现状。

引用 BTnuts 2011-5-30 21:04

Any deal to raise the limit would almost certainly require spending reductions.
提高债务上限的任何协议几乎必定需要削减开支。
spending reductions是指要花本来削减掉的开支吧？

引用 BTnuts 2011-5-30 21:04

Any deal to raise the limit would almost certainly require spending reductions.
提高债务上限的任何协议几乎必定需要削减开支。
spending reductions是指要花本来削减掉的开支吧？

引用 BTnuts 2011-5-30 21:04

Any deal to raise the limit would almost certainly require spending reductions.
提高债务上限的任何协议几乎必定需要削减开支。
spending reductions是指要花本来削减掉的开支吧？

引用 sailor 2011-5-30 21:40

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不是这个意思，是党派斗争中共和党提出的要求，需要削减开支。

引用 BTnuts 2011-5-30 21:44

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哦，对对。呵呵，我晕了。我把spending和reduction分开看了。见笑啦~

引用 chuck_norris 2011-5-31 16:22

本帖最后由 chuck_norris 于 2011-5-31 16:24 编辑

Their “flash” (ie, preliminary) index for the euro-area economy fell sharply from 57.8 in April to 55.4 in May

这个index指的不是经济指数，是pmi，即采购经理人指数
前文有提示，图表有标明。
此处flash（ie，preliminary）的意思是brief，简要的，初步的

引用 wonder041111 2011-6-1 10:10

本帖最后由 wonder041111 于 2011-6-1 10:12 编辑

sunisthetime 发表于 2011-5-29 11:00
Good stuff。
除了。标题：
十字路口的中国经济？

比较同意译者意见

引用 sunisthetime 2011-6-2 16:19

本帖最后由 sunisthetime 于 2011-6-2 16:34 编辑

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谢谢回应。
文中提到：
第一段：世界经济放慢，对中国是个好消息。
后面：由于面临通胀，zf通过政策来抑制通胀，经济增速趋缓，但还在增长中（pmi超过50%，cpi5.3%），比1994年那次cpi 25%的情况要好很多。
受人关注的房贷问题，其中蕴藏的风险不如想象得那么大。
结尾：中国经济没人们预期地那么好，但也没那么差。

个人怀疑标题来自Jimi Hendrix 的《Crosstown Traffic 》
Jimi Hendrix Crosstown Traffic

You jump in front of my car when you,
You know all the time that
Ninety miles an hour, girl, is the speed I drive
You tell me it's alright, you don't mind a little pain
You say you just want me to take you for a ride

You're just like crosstown traffic
So hard to get through to you
Crosstown traffic
I don't need to run over you
Crosstown traffic
All you do is slow me down
And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town

I'm not the only soul who's accused of hit and run
Tire tracks all across your back
I can see you had your fun
But darlin' can't you see my signals turn from green to red
And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead

You're just like crosstown traffic
So hard to get through to you
Crosstown traffic
I don't need to run over you
Crosstown traffic
All you do is slow me down
And I got better things on the other side of town

结合通篇观点：谨慎看好中国经济，
标题试翻译为：中国经济：艰难中前行。
请多指教。

By the way,
找到一篇有关 Goldilocks的童话，with the 3 bears（ but not with 2 pandas）。
如果panda是中国的隐喻，那么这个童话的寓意大概类似于小马过河，和结尾相呼应。

BTW：The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks.  She  went for a walk in the forest.  Pretty soon, she came upon a house.  She knocked and, when no one answered, she walked right in.

At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry.  She tasted the porridge from the first bowl.

"This porridge is too hot!" she exclaimed.

So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl.

"This porridge is too cold," she said

So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.

"Ahhh, this porridge is just right," she said happily and she ate it all up.

After she'd eaten the three bears' breakfasts she decided she was feeling a little tired.  So, she walked into the living room where she saw three chairs.  Goldilocks sat in the first chair to rest her feet.   

"This chair is too big!" she exclaimed.

So she sat in the second chair.

"This chair is too big, too!"  she whined.

So she tried the last and smallest chair.

"Ahhh, this chair is just right," she sighed.  But just as she settled down into the chair to rest, it broke into pieces!

Goldilocks was very tired by this time, so she went upstairs to the bedroom.  She lay down in the first bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay in the second bed, but it was too soft. Then she lay down in the third bed and it was just right.  Goldilocks fell asleep.

As she was sleeping, the three bears came home.

"Someone's been eating my porridge," growled the Papa bear.

"Someone's been eating my porridge," said the Mama bear.

"Someone's been eating my porridge and they ate it all up!" cried the Baby bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair," growled the Papa bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair," said the Mama bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair and they've broken it all to pieces," cried the Baby bear.

They decided to look around some more and when they got upstairs to the bedroom, Papa bear growled, "Someone's been sleeping in my bed,"

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed, too" said the Mama bear

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed and she's still there!" exclaimed Baby bear.

Just then, Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears.  She screamed, "Help!"  And she jumped up and ran out of the room.  Goldilocks ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran away into the forest.  And she never returned to the home of the three bears.

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