[2010.12.29]波罗的海的赌注

引用 姜茶 2011-1-4 14:46

谢谢楼主的翻译，否则我肯定有部分不懂。

引用 mamayaya 2011-1-7 12:30

Some see hope in China’s promise to buy bonds and make “investments” in troubled European countries.
一些人从中国购买债券，“投资”身陷困境的欧洲国家的承诺中看到了曙光。
中国购买债券和“投资”的承诺让深陷麻烦的欧洲国家看到希望。

引用 ytgomes 2011-1-8 12:27

The European Commission, meanwhile, is pressing ahead with plans for close monitoring of members’ budgets and economies, with punishments for those that do not follow its therapy. This will help long-term prevention.
同时，欧盟委员会正在推行结束检查成员国的预算和经济的计划，对不遵守其救助方案的国家进行惩罚。这种做法可起到长期预防的作用。


这个close是结束的意思吗？

引用 danny0224 2011-1-8 21:53

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你指出的很对，是我理解错了。这里的CLOSE是形容词，不是动词。谢谢！

引用 danny0224 2011-1-9 22:55

摘要
On January 1st Estonia gives up the kroon and accepts the euro. The good part of it, ministers are arguing, is it will end speculation about devaluation, reduce transaction costs, lower interest rates and boost investment which could strengthen Estonia economically and politically. At the same time, euro means security to many Estonians. （加入欧元有利于爱沙尼亚）

Estonia’s economic experience in the past decade offers some lessons for troubled euro-area countries. The essence of this success is discipline in maintaining balanced or surplus budgets in good times and courage in making swift and deep cuts in bad. As a Nordic country, it has been pulled up by recovery in Germany and the Nordic countries. （爱沙尼亚的成功之处）

However, the big public-sector debts make it harder for other euro-zone countries to learn Estonia’s lessons. And the euro itself is in a crucial condition. EU has kept it alive, saving Greece and Ireland from bankruptcy and the risk of another round of bank failure. But such actions have yet to relieve the danger of contagion in enfeebled countries such as Portugal, Spain and Italy. With no cure to treat the sickly euro, Estonia’s stake is big. （欧元的危机）

引用 skittos 2011-1-12 19:30

本帖最后由 skittos 于 2011-1-12 19:31 编辑

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你的三段抓住了主要部分。结尾之处与你看法有点出入：
With no cure to treat the sickly euro, Estonia’s stake is big
文章结论说Estonia think that (even a "northern euro") makes the gamble worth taking.


摘要也可以围绕标题的问题谈：Why the fiscally prudent Estonia wants to join the troubled euro?

1.        On January 1st Estonia gives up the kroon and accepts the euro.

2.        For the past decade, Estonia's economy has been healthy, maintaining balanced or surplus budgets in good times while having the courage to make swift and deep cuts during the bad.  During the crises, it avoided strikes and riots since it was pulled up by recovery in Germany and did not have to bail-out foreign invested banks. (这段介绍fiscally prudent Estonia的背景，凑数字）

3.        Why, then, the fiscally prudent Estonia wants to join the troubled euro? Many in Estonia see that joining the euro will strengthen Estonia both economically and politically, which could end speculation about devaluation, reduce transaction costs, lower interest rates and boost investment.  To many, it could also mean security, a step moving closer to “Europe”.  

4.        Although the sickly euro may still be in a chronic condition and kept alive mainly by the ECB, Estonia has faith in it and is not afraid of austerity and structural reform.  Even the failure would mean inheriting a share of a “northern euro”, which Estonia is willing to gamble for.

引用 skittos 2011-1-12 19:39

现在这种写法，严格来说，还不是abstract or summary，因为这些都还不是自己的“造句”。我觉得一步一步的练习也不错。先练习注重做文章大意上的摘要/小结，采用作者的句子，减少英文错误；第2步再练习完全用自己的英文句子写abstract。  

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