摘自：一个明孝陵咋有三种英文名？
(2007-07-19)
http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/......shtml?id=751
王银泉告诉记者，把“风景区”译成“美人痣”属于根据中文望字翻译的中式英语，翻译者没有尊重英语的用词和语法习惯，这类错误不止一处。比如火车站出口处 就有一块路牌把“公厕向前150米”译成了“150 meters in front of wc”。“且不说‘WC’这个词现在已不提倡当作公厕的译名使用，就这句翻译本身来说，会让人误解成‘公厕前150米处’。”王银泉解释，“in front of”指的是“在……的前面”，而在这里，用“before”更适合些。
英文单词“丢三落四”让人看不明白
“international”是“国际”的意思，那么“intemational”指的是什么？在地铁新街口站“1、13、14、15”出口处一块标有“天都国际商城”的路牌上，学生们发现了这个奇怪的单词，记者翻遍字典，也没找到这个词。
Monday, July 23, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
中国1.62 亿网民（错在原文）
中国：网民年轻化 上网娱乐化
Entertainment tops Net users list
[ 2007-07-19 16:31 ]
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/......5439649.htm
According to a report released by China Internet Network Information (CNNIC) yesterday, China's Internet users totaled 162 million in the first six months of this year. The country reported 137 million users last year.
The rapid growth could be translated into almost 100 new users per minute in the past six months.
At this rate of increase, China is expected to overtake the United States, the world's leader, by the end of next year. The US had 211 million Internet users at the end of last month.
中国互联网络信息中心昨天发布的一份报告显示，今年上半年，中国的网民总数达到1.62亿人。去年这一数字为1.37亿。
在过去六个月中，中国网民的数量以每分钟近一百人的速度激增。
按照这一增速，中国有望于明年年底超过美国，成为全世界网民规模最大的国家。截至上月底，美国的网民数量达到2.11亿人。
Entertainment tops Net users list
[ 2007-07-19 16:31 ]
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/......5439649.htm
According to a report released by China Internet Network Information (CNNIC) yesterday, China's Internet users totaled 162 million in the first six months of this year. The country reported 137 million users last year.
The rapid growth could be translated into almost 100 new users per minute in the past six months.
At this rate of increase, China is expected to overtake the United States, the world's leader, by the end of next year. The US had 211 million Internet users at the end of last month.
中国互联网络信息中心昨天发布的一份报告显示，今年上半年，中国的网民总数达到1.62亿人。去年这一数字为1.37亿。
在过去六个月中，中国网民的数量以每分钟近一百人的速度激增。
按照这一增速，中国有望于明年年底超过美国，成为全世界网民规模最大的国家。截至上月底，美国的网民数量达到2.11亿人。
Monday, July 16, 2007
双语新闻：我国工资涨幅达12%？！
Salary increases not in step with rising cost of living: Survey
[ 2007-07-11 17:02 ] (Source: China Daily)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/2007-07/11/content_5433074.htm
A recent survey conducted by the China Youth Daily showed that 85 percent of those interviewed said their salary increases were less than the country's average annual growth rate: 12 percent, according to National Statistics Bureau.
《中国青年报》最近开展的一项全国性调查显示，85%的受访者认为我国工资的增幅低于国家统计局统计的工资年平均增长率12%。
Figures show the country is going through its fastest-ever period of growth since it began opening up 30 years ago.
统计数据显示，目前我国正处于改革开放30年以来发展最快的阶段。
The annual wages of an average worker rose from 12,422 yuan in 2002 to 21,001 yuan in 2006, the survey said.
调查显示，一名普通工人的年薪从2002年的12422元涨至2006年的21001元。
Going against the trend, 7 percent of those polled said their salaries had fallen over the four-year period.
另有7%的受访者称他们的工资水平在这四年内不涨反跌。
Of the 1,604 people interviewed, 64 percent said their salary rises could not match the economic development.
在1604名受访者中，64%的人认为他们的工资涨幅与经济发展不相称。
"My colleagues and I all questioned the 12 percent increase. It's just not real," Zhang, a software engineer with a leading IT company in Beijing, said.
北京一家著名IT公司的软件工程师张先生说：“我和同事对这12%的工资增幅感到很疑惑，觉得这个数据并不真实。”
"Most of us get a pay rise of about 400 yuan a year. Some haven't had a rise for two years."
“我们大多数人的工资都是一年涨400元。有些人的工资甚至两年都不涨。”
Zhang said his pay rises were nothing compared to the rising prices of consumer goods.
他说，他涨的工资与不断上涨的物价相比几乎算不得什么。
In terms of who or what contributes most to the average growth of annual salaries, the survey showed that 50 percent people pointed to monopoly industries, 41 percent to companies' management teams, and 8.1 percent to ordinary employees. According to the China Economic Times, in 2005, some 8 percent of the country's workforce, most employed by major State-owned companies, earned 55 percent of the total salaries.
调查显示，50%的受访者认为垄断行业对年平均工资涨幅的拉动最大，41%的人认为是公司的管理层，8.1%的人认为是普通员工。据《中国经济时报》，2005年，我国大约8%的劳动者挣的工资占全国工资总额的55%，其中大多数人是国企员工。
The remaining 92 percent must be those who said their salaries didn't rise.
剩下的92%应该是那些称工资未涨的人。
[ 2007-07-11 17:02 ] (Source: China Daily)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/2007-07/11/content_5433074.htm
A recent survey conducted by the China Youth Daily showed that 85 percent of those interviewed said their salary increases were less than the country's average annual growth rate: 12 percent, according to National Statistics Bureau.
《中国青年报》最近开展的一项全国性调查显示，85%的受访者认为我国工资的增幅低于国家统计局统计的工资年平均增长率12%。
Figures show the country is going through its fastest-ever period of growth since it began opening up 30 years ago.
统计数据显示，目前我国正处于改革开放30年以来发展最快的阶段。
The annual wages of an average worker rose from 12,422 yuan in 2002 to 21,001 yuan in 2006, the survey said.
调查显示，一名普通工人的年薪从2002年的12422元涨至2006年的21001元。
Going against the trend, 7 percent of those polled said their salaries had fallen over the four-year period.
另有7%的受访者称他们的工资水平在这四年内不涨反跌。
Of the 1,604 people interviewed, 64 percent said their salary rises could not match the economic development.
在1604名受访者中，64%的人认为他们的工资涨幅与经济发展不相称。
"My colleagues and I all questioned the 12 percent increase. It's just not real," Zhang, a software engineer with a leading IT company in Beijing, said.
北京一家著名IT公司的软件工程师张先生说：“我和同事对这12%的工资增幅感到很疑惑，觉得这个数据并不真实。”
"Most of us get a pay rise of about 400 yuan a year. Some haven't had a rise for two years."
“我们大多数人的工资都是一年涨400元。有些人的工资甚至两年都不涨。”
Zhang said his pay rises were nothing compared to the rising prices of consumer goods.
他说，他涨的工资与不断上涨的物价相比几乎算不得什么。
In terms of who or what contributes most to the average growth of annual salaries, the survey showed that 50 percent people pointed to monopoly industries, 41 percent to companies' management teams, and 8.1 percent to ordinary employees. According to the China Economic Times, in 2005, some 8 percent of the country's workforce, most employed by major State-owned companies, earned 55 percent of the total salaries.
调查显示，50%的受访者认为垄断行业对年平均工资涨幅的拉动最大，41%的人认为是公司的管理层，8.1%的人认为是普通员工。据《中国经济时报》，2005年，我国大约8%的劳动者挣的工资占全国工资总额的55%，其中大多数人是国企员工。
The remaining 92 percent must be those who said their salaries didn't rise.
剩下的92%应该是那些称工资未涨的人。
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
西安交大网站上校长郑南宁的英文欢迎词
http://www.xjtu.edu.cn:8080/en/aboutxjtu/
没有看到中文版，但可以推断是先有中文然后翻译过来的，所以也属于“译文纠错”范围。
Xi'an Jiaotong University will keep on the school-running tradition and school-running feature of high starting point, thick foundation, strict requirement and stressing practice, carry forward the school style of loving China and our university, pursuing truths, being diligent and steady and hard work and plain living, choose the training students as the center, teachers as the subject, administer by law, standardize management and build itself into world famous and high level university.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
很多初级错误的翻译
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http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/viewthread.php?gid=4&tid=570371
These organizations have become increasingly aggressive in their sales and monitoring efforts in recent years. Their goal is to obtain either expensive company-wide “blanket” licenses for their copyrighted materials or, failing that, information related to possible copyright infringement activities. They are not above using scare tactics, including threats of office raids and litigation, to obtain these results.
这些机构，近年以来在销售及跟踪监控上变得越来越具备侵略性.他们的目的，是针对他们的版权材料获得昂贵的全公司范围内的“概括授权”，如果不这样，信息就有可能涉及到版权侵犯行为。他们不会使用恐吓策略，包括对办公室的威胁以及提起法律诉讼，来获得上述“概括授权”。
http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/viewthread.php?gid=4&tid=570371
These organizations have become increasingly aggressive in their sales and monitoring efforts in recent years. Their goal is to obtain either expensive company-wide “blanket” licenses for their copyrighted materials or, failing that, information related to possible copyright infringement activities. They are not above using scare tactics, including threats of office raids and litigation, to obtain these results.
这些机构，近年以来在销售及跟踪监控上变得越来越具备侵略性.他们的目的，是针对他们的版权材料获得昂贵的全公司范围内的“概括授权”，如果不这样，信息就有可能涉及到版权侵犯行为。他们不会使用恐吓策略，包括对办公室的威胁以及提起法律诉讼，来获得上述“概括授权”。
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
《双语新闻》女性遭遇歧视和性骚扰
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职场调查：女性遭遇歧视和性骚扰
Women face discrimination, harassment at work - poll
[ 2007-06-26 09:29 ]
Women in the survey conducted by Harris Interactive felt they did not receive credit for their work, their concerns were not taken seriously, their ideas or input were ignored and they were being overlooked for promotion.
Haefner said managers need to do more to reduce discrimination, she added women employees also have an important role to play.
"Are we being too passive or are we not showing enough confidence in our ideas and communication style. That seems to be something to work towards," she said in an interview.
Nearly half of women who experienced discrimination did not report it because they did not think it would make a difference. They also did not want to be labeled a troublemaker or to lose their jobs.
在哈里斯互动调查公司开展的此项调查中，女性觉得她们在工作中没有得到过嘉奖、她们所关心的问题得不到认真对待、她们的想法或观点常被忽视、而且在晋升方面也总被忽视。
哈伊弗纳指出，管理人员要多做一些工作，减少歧视现象。她还说女员工也很重要。
她在接受一个采访时说：“是不是我们太被动了，或者是我们对于自己的想法和沟通方式没有表现出足够的信心。这似乎应该是我们需要改进的地方。”
近一半的遭遇歧视的女性没有去反映情况，因为她们认为即便说了也不会有什么改观。而且她们不想被说成是“事妈”，或者因此而失去工作。
职场调查：女性遭遇歧视和性骚扰
Women face discrimination, harassment at work - poll
[ 2007-06-26 09:29 ]
Women in the survey conducted by Harris Interactive felt they did not receive credit for their work, their concerns were not taken seriously, their ideas or input were ignored and they were being overlooked for promotion.
Haefner said managers need to do more to reduce discrimination, she added women employees also have an important role to play.
"Are we being too passive or are we not showing enough confidence in our ideas and communication style. That seems to be something to work towards," she said in an interview.
Nearly half of women who experienced discrimination did not report it because they did not think it would make a difference. They also did not want to be labeled a troublemaker or to lose their jobs.
在哈里斯互动调查公司开展的此项调查中，女性觉得她们在工作中没有得到过嘉奖、她们所关心的问题得不到认真对待、她们的想法或观点常被忽视、而且在晋升方面也总被忽视。
哈伊弗纳指出，管理人员要多做一些工作，减少歧视现象。她还说女员工也很重要。
她在接受一个采访时说：“是不是我们太被动了，或者是我们对于自己的想法和沟通方式没有表现出足够的信心。这似乎应该是我们需要改进的地方。”
近一半的遭遇歧视的女性没有去反映情况，因为她们认为即便说了也不会有什么改观。而且她们不想被说成是“事妈”，或者因此而失去工作。
Thursday, June 7, 2007
哥呀，路旁的野花不要采
(文化差异)有趣的“花名”
Ruby 发表于 2007-2-7 9:57:00
http://blog.cersp.com/userlog/17504/archives/2007/260862.shtml
陈德彰：北京外国语大学英语系教授。
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中国的一些民族歌舞团到美国演出时，为让美国观众了解歌曲的内容，歌词通常会配以英文字幕，并用幻灯放映出来。比如，有一句关于花的歌词：“哥呀，虽然已是百花开，路旁的野花不要采。”我想，绝大部分中国人都能明白这句歌词的含义。
从字面上看，英文翻译似乎没有错：Brother, though all kinds of flowers are in bloom, please don't pick the wild flowers lining the roads.可是老外看到这句话也许会纳闷：Are we to pick the flowers in the park?(路边的野花为什么不能采？难道去采公园里的花？)在西方人心中，“爱护公物”的意识比较强烈。
其实，用各种花的名字给女孩起名的做法在中国十分普遍。《现代汉语词典》（2005年第5版）里“花”字的第11条定义便是：“比喻年轻漂亮的女子”。形容女子漂亮的说法有“如花似玉””花容月貌”“花枝招展”等。
不过，这种现象在英语中并不普遍。英语中的flower不指代女孩，“flower girl”也不是“漂亮女孩”而是“卖花姑娘”或是婚礼中的“（女）花童”。屈指可数的几个指代女孩的花名不外乎：Lily—百合花，Lilac—紫丁香，Marigold—万寿菊，Rosalie—玫瑰（源自拉丁语），Blodwen—白色的花朵（源自威尔士语），Hyacinth—风信子花（源自希腊语）。
现在，大学里最漂亮的女学生被称作“校花”，英语称“campus belle”；流连于社交场合的女子被称为“交际花”，英语中戏称为“social butterfly”；妓女旧时在我国被称作“烟花女”，英语中委婉地称为courtesan；《三言二拍》中有个著名的妓女被称为“花魁”，用英语可以表达为“Queen of Flowers”。
在汉语中，“花”的比喻用法还同一些性文化联系在一起，如，“花街柳巷” “寻花问柳”“残花败柳”等。旧时“花柳病”是指性病，在英文中是“venereal disease”（常简化为VD）作为一种委婉的表达。
Ruby 发表于 2007-2-7 9:57:00
http://blog.cersp.com/userlog/17504/archives/2007/260862.shtml
陈德彰：北京外国语大学英语系教授。
---------------------------------
中国的一些民族歌舞团到美国演出时，为让美国观众了解歌曲的内容，歌词通常会配以英文字幕，并用幻灯放映出来。比如，有一句关于花的歌词：“哥呀，虽然已是百花开，路旁的野花不要采。”我想，绝大部分中国人都能明白这句歌词的含义。
从字面上看，英文翻译似乎没有错：Brother, though all kinds of flowers are in bloom, please don't pick the wild flowers lining the roads.可是老外看到这句话也许会纳闷：Are we to pick the flowers in the park?(路边的野花为什么不能采？难道去采公园里的花？)在西方人心中，“爱护公物”的意识比较强烈。
其实，用各种花的名字给女孩起名的做法在中国十分普遍。《现代汉语词典》（2005年第5版）里“花”字的第11条定义便是：“比喻年轻漂亮的女子”。形容女子漂亮的说法有“如花似玉””花容月貌”“花枝招展”等。
不过，这种现象在英语中并不普遍。英语中的flower不指代女孩，“flower girl”也不是“漂亮女孩”而是“卖花姑娘”或是婚礼中的“（女）花童”。屈指可数的几个指代女孩的花名不外乎：Lily—百合花，Lilac—紫丁香，Marigold—万寿菊，Rosalie—玫瑰（源自拉丁语），Blodwen—白色的花朵（源自威尔士语），Hyacinth—风信子花（源自希腊语）。
现在，大学里最漂亮的女学生被称作“校花”，英语称“campus belle”；流连于社交场合的女子被称为“交际花”，英语中戏称为“social butterfly”；妓女旧时在我国被称作“烟花女”，英语中委婉地称为courtesan；《三言二拍》中有个著名的妓女被称为“花魁”，用英语可以表达为“Queen of Flowers”。
在汉语中，“花”的比喻用法还同一些性文化联系在一起，如，“花街柳巷” “寻花问柳”“残花败柳”等。旧时“花柳病”是指性病，在英文中是“venereal disease”（常简化为VD）作为一种委婉的表达。
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