[2011.11.03] 这次它们动真格了

引用 yannanchen 2011-11-4 01:00

THE G20 group of nations, which is meeting this week in the French city of Cannes, is a big improvement over the G7 because it takes emerging economies seriously. But do the emerging economies themselves take the G20 seriously? At last year's summit in Seoul, members made a host of commitments on exchange rates, trade, financial reform and so on. Some countries stuck to these commitments better than others, according to the latest ranking by the G20 Research Group, based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs. Five of the top seven countries in their ranking are members of the G7. Conversely, the bottom six places were all occupied by emerging economies. This suggests the members of the old club are taking the new club more seriously than the countries it was designed to include. The gap between word and deed was greatest in Argentina, which has imposed no fewer than 21 trade barriers since the Seoul summit, covering a range of imports from apples and pears to Christmas trees and burglar alarms.
than the countries it was designed to include 的翻译似乎有问题。
问题是it 指什么？从全文看， 应是THE G20 group of nations， 这段的it 出现两次。 第一次是because it takes emerging economies seriously. 第二次的it 也应是同义。

引用 migmig 2011-11-4 08:19

yannanchen 发表于 2011-11-4 01:00
THE G20 group of nations, which is meeting this week in the French city of Cannes, is a big improvem ...

我觉得第二个it是the members of the old club=7国集团啊。

引用 stonefishs 2011-11-4 10:14

It looks promising but it turns out to be nothing. Always.

引用 angleyu2007 2011-11-4 11:18

第二个it是20国集团
the countries it was designed to include    这个countries是新兴经济体国家，并且是20国集团里的新兴经济体国家
7国集团没有包含这些新兴经济体

引用 angleyu2007 2011-11-4 11:22

本帖最后由 angleyu2007 于 2011-11-4 11:23 编辑

This suggests the members of the old club are taking the new club more seriously than the countries it was designed to include
这表明7国集团成员国对待20国集团要比那些指定囊括进来的新兴经济体要认真的多。

这表明，G7比G20中的新兴经济体对待G20要认真的多。

引用 migmig 2011-11-4 11:35

angleyu2007 发表于 2011-11-4 11:18
第二个it是20国集团
the countries it was designed to include    这个countries是新兴经济体国家，并且是 ...

7国集团是没有那些新兴经济体，所以它 designed to  include啊。
design：When someone designs a survey, policy, or system, they plan and prepare it, and decide on all the details of it.

引用 yannanchen 2011-11-4 13:26

it = G20 = the new club

G7 = the old club,  which was designed to comprise the seven industrialized countries.
G20, or the new club, was designed to include the emerging economies over and beyond the old club.

引用 migmig 2011-11-4 14:19

yannanchen 发表于 2011-11-4 13:26
it = G20 = the new club

G7 = the old club,  which was designed to comprise the seven industrialize ...

design理解为“设计用来”的话，那应该是G20。
即G20是设计用来包含新兴经济体的一个集团。

design to 理解为 “旨在”的话，说it是G7似乎也说的过去，
即G7旨在（designed to）将新兴经济体收入囊中（include），扩充为G20。

引用 yannanchen 2011-11-4 21:00

This suggests the members of the old club are taking the new club more seriously than the countries it was designed to include

我试着直译：

这就提示了，在对待这个新俱乐部的态度上，那些老俱乐部的成员国要比设计这个新俱乐部借以罗致的（新兴经济）国家要来得严肃认真。

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