[2012.04.28] 正确的人选，错误的工作

引用 悠悠万事97 2012-4-29 06:38

IT IS one of the world’s great cities这是世界上最伟大的城市之一
“最”？

London’s immigrants, who give the capital its energy, 伦敦的移民人群虽然给它带来活力，
Capital漏/错译

Sadly few of London’s difficulties, or its greatness, are evoked by the race to become the city’s next mayor. 但是遗憾的是，伦敦的困难或伟大几乎都不是由于下任市长选举引起的。
感觉这里的evoke不到位。我认为是“描绘”的意思，即这些困难和伟大在竞选中都没有提到。供参考。

But his party has grown toxic in London. The vote should be close. 但是他的党派在伦敦却声名狼藉。二人得票应该会势均力敌。
但是他的党的声望在伦敦却在下跌。二人得票数应该很接近。

He has a habit of fastening on social problems, setting up an advisory group, then losing interest. 他习惯关注社会问题，建立顾问团，然后就对问题失去兴趣了。
感觉这里的语气有些不妥。建议：
他的习惯是：关注社会问题、建立顾问团、然后就对该问题失去兴趣了。

Mr Johnson occasionally appears to forget where the levers are. 约翰逊先生时不时就会忘记杠杆在哪儿。
Levers直接译成“杠杆”？窃以为是“解决问题的手段/方法”appears？

引用 judycapricorn 2012-4-29 22:41

mark

引用 latifah 2012-5-2 12:30

里面的“Red Ken”还有 an English-accented Michael Bloomberg都不太明白这两个的寓意呢，求高人解释

引用 xjding 2012-5-3 21:37

latifah 发表于 2012-5-2 12:30
里面的“Red Ken”还有 an English-accented Michael Bloomberg都不太明白这两个的寓意呢，求高人解释 ...

1. Kenneth Robert Livingstone, known colloquially as Red Ken, (born 17 June 1945) is a British socialist[3] politician. He has twice held the leading political role in London local government: firstly as leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986 by the government of Margaret Thatcher, and secondly as the first Mayor of London, a post he held from its creation in 2000 until 2008. He also served as Labour Party Member of Parliament for Brent East between 1987 and 2001.

注意下  He is a British socialist politician.
socialist 应该可以解释 他问什么叫 red ken （百度百科）

2.  Michael Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City.

引用 xjding 2012-5-3 22:13

本帖最后由 xjding 于 2012-5-3 22:22 编辑

Sadly few of London’s difficulties, or its greatness, are evoked by the race to become the city’s next mayor.
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探讨：不过遗憾的是，在下届伦敦市长的竞选中，几乎没人提到这座城市的重重困难或伟大非凡。

use of a (legal) tax-avoidance vehicle
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探讨：使用（合法）避税购买的车辆

he can wilt
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探讨：他可能一蹶不振

and cosied up to the City
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并拉拢取悦《城市》杂志

Mr Livingstone has gradually conformed to the “Red Ken” stereotype.
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探讨：利文斯通先生越发显出典型“铁血左派”的风格了。

This would be unattractive in any politician.
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探讨：这对于任何从政者来说都绝非好现象。

In the mayor of a diverse and occasionally tense city, it is intolerable.
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探讨：而身为伦敦这样一个族群众多并间或爆发种族紧张局势的一市之长，就更不能让人容忍了。

Give him something important to do
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探讨：委于重任

If the mayoralty is to become a serious job, attracting serious candidates, this must change.
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探讨：如果要把伦敦市长一职变成一份能被认真对待的工作，吸引真正有实力的人参与竞选，那么就需要对现状做出改变。

power is rightly being devolved by local authorities to individual schools, but Westminster still keeps too much to itself.
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探讨：当局已将教育权转交给了各个学校自行行使，这没有问题；但议会依然保留了过多的权利未与下放。

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