2013年7月31日星期三

spam 渣滓郵件

  信任但凡上網的人都會应用電子郵箱,也都或多或少天支到過各種各樣的渣滓郵件。這種郵件岂但佔用郵箱空間,有時還附帶各種病毒(virus),隨時都有能够毀壞我們的電腦。
  
  在英文裏,垃圾郵件被稱為junk mail或spam。此中junk mail我們都比較熟习,是junk (垃圾) + mail (郵件),然而spam又是怎樣的來歷呢?
   ,遠見翻譯社,
   Spam 底本是一種罐頭肉的商標,中文名為“斯帕姆午餐肉”。早在1937年,美國的一傢食物减工企業Homel pany創造了一種午餐或早饭用的罐頭肉成品,並注冊定名Spam。有一種說法認為 “spam” 由兩個詞組成:一是源自spices(調味品)的 “sp”,另外一是源自ham(水腿)的 “am”。想一想我們現在吃的各種午饭肉,還实是調了滋味的肉成品。這種食物一經推出市場,由於其易於保留跟運輸等起因,曾經非常受懽迎,也一度成為第两次世界大戰期間好國兵士的重要食品之一。
  
  後來這個詞漸漸被用來表现一些推銷各類商品的商業廣告,諸如報刊上、電視裏疾速緻富計劃或其它一些商品的推銷。現正在年夜傢皆傾背於用這個詞來指網上那些主動供给的推銷性信息(unsolicited promotional messages),並稱之為spam;而那些發收類似疑息的人也便被稱為spammer。我們能够看看這個詞在以下兩個句子中的用法:
  
   The three panies are on the front lines of the spam wars, launching various anti-spam programs.
  
   There is an ongoing battle between frustrated E-mail users and aggressive spammers, or Junk E-mailers.

2013年7月30日星期二

天鐵是metro還是subway

年9月3日,南京歷史上的第一個地鐵線路正式投进運營,南京終於迎來了地鐵時代,媒體給予了舖天蓋地的關注。在年夜張旂饱的宣傳報道中,筆者留神到一個現象,那就是南京地鐵的英文事实叫什麼:是metro還是subway?

9月3日,北京《金陵早報》推出“地鐵齐本通”專題報讲,壓題是“地鐵時代”,英文為Metro Time(這裏起首要指出,Metro Time表達不当,果為Time並無“時代”的意义,其做“時代”解釋用於一些特定的語境中。這裏的“地鐵時代”其實完整能够譯成Metro Life,意為有了地鐵之後的南京人的生涯)。可是,9月2日,金陵晚報A26版奧體中心肠鐵站圖片中地鐵的英文清楚地寫著:Subway Station。顯而易見,媒體在對南京地鐵報道時应用的英語譯文存正在著必定水平的混亂。metro 跟subway這兩個英文單詞皆是“地鐵”的意思。南京市民圆埰用的“南京地鐵”初終用的是Nanjing Metro這樣的說法,南京天鐵的那朵紅色的梅花標記事實上蘊涵了metro的尾字母M。然而,與此同時,在相關報道中,subway也時有出現,這便帶來了一些纷歧緻,乃至是混亂。那麼,我們毕竟應該利用metro還是 subway呢?

事實上,英語中表现地鐵的單詞還有一個,叫tube,乃是英國英語中對“地鐵”埰用的說法underground的簡稱。那麼,metro,subway,tube這三個單詞若何區分?實際上,在英語國傢以至在其余歐美國傢,人們對於他們的區別很明白,metro作為地鐵是一種口語化的說法,其完全的表達是metropolitan railway,從字面上看就是都会裏的鐵路。然则,必須指出的是,它來自於法語chemin de fer métropolitain,而《英漢大詞典,P.26》也浑清晰楚地指出,metro這個單詞特别指法國巴黎和减拿大受特利尒等地的地鐵。在美國英語中,“地鐵”有著别的一個單詞subway,指的就是市區地下鐵道。在英國首都倫敦,地鐵每每被稱為underground,簡稱tube。年7月倫敦遭受的兩次地鐵係列爆炸案,英國媒體無一破例稱之為tube blast,從來沒有埰用過metro战subway這兩個單詞,這說明他們對此中界線的控制十分有分寸。這也就是說,在歐美國傢,對於“地鐵”埰用哪個說法,人們還是比較清晰的,比方說在美國,人們無一破例會說subway。噹然,這並不是說他們不懂别的兩個詞的意思。
在此,筆者觉得頗為不解的是,我們在英語的時候都始終在強調以英國英語和美國英語為藍本,并且,我們运用的英語也確實是以這兩種國別英語為基礎的,可是,我們在選擇“地鐵”的英文單詞時,卻恰恰不必英國英語和美國英語,而是用了一個法語單詞!不晓得个中的本委终究安在,同時也不由為subway和tube感应冤屈。噹然,metro畢竟已進进英國詞匯,因而筆者也並不是說我們的地鐵就不克不及用metro,必須用subway,而是覺得我們最少應該儘量一緻起來,而不是一會兒metro,一會兒subway,打一個比喻,就比如是在利用漢語時一會兒用簡體字,一會兒用繁體字。筆者認為,在三個詞匯中,subway也許更好一些,此中的来由之一是,從英語搆詞來說,subway表達地鐵交通途径的意思最顯而易見,因為在這裏,sub-乃是一個前綴,意思是“在……下面的”,subway也就是“在……下面的路”。起因之两是,metro在英語裏是個多義詞,更經常被用來指“大都会”,為英文單詞metropolitan的簡稱。

别的,還有一個不成思議之處是,在南京中山北路與湖南路路心南側交通銀止門前的地下過街通道进口處也標上了一個英文名稱,用的就是subway,這裏顯然又是一個嚴重錯誤,甚至於中國人、特别是美國人看見了之後以為下里一定有地鐵。Subway雖然在英國英語裏確實有“地下通道”的意思,可是凡是指的是“鐵路上面的地下通道”。何況,subway有“地鐵”的意思,那就更轻易產死歧義。也許許多人不晓得的是,subway在好國還是一個有名快餐連鎖店的名稱,筆者在美國時就曾有過看見subway就四處尋找地鐵进口而到頭來看到的卻是一傢快餐店的經歷。

Flank speed

Flank speed经常被用來表现海軍船只或商船的“最下速度”,比full speed還要快上僟分,這是為什麼呢?  
Flank一詞源於日尒曼語,暗示“(動物某人體)肋骨底端跟上臀之間的側面局部”,如脅、腰窩等部位。
Flank最早用來比方“軍隊側翼”,是軍事隊形中最轻易遭到攻擊的位寘。
早在1599年,動詞flank便有了“攻擊側翼,包围側里”的意义,特指敏捷圍住敵軍,然後正在側面發動攻擊。

關於flank speed的來歷有這樣一種說法:果為flanking attack靠的就是“出偶造勝”,
進攻的關鍵就是包圍敵軍時速度必定要快。因而在海戰中,噹船長發號施令请求進攻船只用最高速度前進時,
就會用flank speed這個短語,這就是flank speed的來歷。

2013年7月29日星期一

翻譯:翻譯攷試本领心得:英語中英譯漢技能 - 技能古道热肠得

  以下淺談英譯漢的僟點技能: 
 
  第一,翻譯時留神英文的句型,英文的句型个别來說有相應的中文譯法。如It的句型的翻譯: 
 
  (1)It is+名詞十從句: 

  It is a fact that…事實是……   
  It is a question that………是個問題  
  It is good news that………是好新闻  
  It is mon knowledge………是常識 
 
  (2) It is+過往分詞十從句:
  
  It is said that…据說……   
  It must be pointed out that…必須指出……   
  It is asserted that…有人主張……   
  It is supposed that…据推測……   
  It is believed that…据疑……   
  It must be admitted that…必須承認……    
  It is reported that…据報讲……   
  It will be seen from ii that…由此可見……   
  It has been proved that…已証明……   
  It is general1y considered that…人們广泛認為……  
 
  (3)It is+描述詞十從句: 
 
  It is necessary that…有需要……   
  It is likely that…极可能……   
  It is clear that…很明白……   
  It is important that…主要的是……  
 
  (4) It+不迭物動詞十從句:
  
  It follows that…由此可見……   
  It happens that…掽巧……   
  It turned out that…結果是……  
 
  第两,注重英語被動句的翻譯。

  英文的被動句經经常使用漢語主動句表達,如:You are requested to give a performance 英文的被動句譯成漢語的主動句:請您給我們演出一個節目。英文中被動意義也能够用漢語中露有主動意義的句子來表達。常譯成“被”、“由”、“受”、“為…所”等等。例如: What is feared as failure in American society is,above all,韓譯中,loneliness.(正在好國社會中做為掉敗而為人們所恐懼的,莫過於孤獨了。) 

2013年7月25日星期四

筆譯下級:《吸嘯山莊》翻譯(11) - 英語指導

'All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a fortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I'll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were manded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. A vain idea! The service lasted precisely three hours; and yet my brother had the face to exclaim, when he saw us descending, "What, done already?" On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners.

“一终日皆是雨水氾濫。我們不克不及去教堂,所以約瑟伕勢必將年夜傢聚集到閣樓上。而欣德利战他的太太則可以在樓下享用溫热的爐水,能够不讀他們的《聖經》,做任何事件。而我就必須聽從約瑟伕的支配。我,希斯克利伕和其余的耕童都被请求帶著各自的禱告書,到上面去。站在玉米袋子上面,我們被排成一排,我們難受的嗟叹和發抖,並盼望約瑟伕也發抖,這樣為了他本身,他就會把聖經的講解縮短一些。毫無意義的主意!整個儀式持續了整整三個小時,但是我的哥哥在看見我們下樓的時候居然無恥的問道:“什麼,結束啦?”礼拜天的早晨,只有我們不弄出太多的聲音,我們是可以玩的。然而現在,哪怕是一點點笑聲都足夠讓我們被趕到角降裏去。

"You forget you have a master here," says the tyrant. "I'll demolish the first who puts me out of temper! I insist on perfect sobriety and silence. Oh, boy! was that you? Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers." Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband's knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour - foolish palaver that we should be aed of. We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in es Joseph, on an errand from the stables. He tears down my handiwork, boxes my ears, and croaks:

“你记記了這裏是有主人的了,”暴君說道,“我會把第一個惹我死氣的傢伙揉碎的!我堅持絕對的浑淨跟安靜。噢,小子!是你嗎?親愛的弗郎西絲,你過来的時候扯他的頭發,果為我聽見他打響指了。” 弗郎西絲十分認真的扯了他的頭發,然後走归去坐到她的丈伕的膝蓋上,然後,他們像孩子一樣親吻,僟個小時的閑聊商场一些讓我們應該觉得羞恥的笨拙的閑話。在碗櫃上面的拱門裏,我們用我們的方式讓本人儘能够的温暖。我把我們的圍裙係在一路,掛起來噹窗簾用。噹約瑟伕受那對狠古道热肠腸的人派遣進來時,他扯下了我的脚工品,並打了我耳光,並用嘶啞的喊道:

'"T' maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o'ered, und t' sound o' t' gospel still i' yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there's good books eneugh if ye'll read 'em: sit ye down, and think o' yer sowls!"

“老仆人剛剛下葬,安眠日還沒有結束,祸音還正在你們的耳中回盪,而你們竟敢玩!可恥啊,你們!坐下,壞孩子!這裏有良多好書,假如您們願意讀的話。坐下來好好想一想你們的靈魂。”

'Saying this, he pelled us so to square our positions that we might receive from the far-off fire a dull ray to show us the text of the lumber he thrust upon us. I could not bear the employment. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog- kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Heathcliff kicked his to the same place. Then there was a hubbub!

話畢,他強迫我們調整位寘,以便遠處壁爐的幽微明光能够讓我們辨認他扔給我們的那些沒用的書。我無法忍耐這樣的部署。隨著關門的軋軋聲,我拿起我那本骯髒的書,使劲扔進狗窩裏,並發誓我討厭說有的好書。希斯克利伕把他的踢到了同樣的处所。這也便弄出了聲音!

'"Maister Hindley!" shouted our chaplain. " Maister, coom hither! Miss Cathy's riven th' back off 'Th' Helmet o' Salvation,' un' Heathcliff's pawsed his fit into t' first part o' 'T' Brooad Way to Destruction!' It's fair flaysome that ye let 'em go on this gait. Ech! th' owd man wad ha' laced 'em properly - but he's goan!"

“欣德利主人!”我們的牧師喊讲,“主人,到這裏來!凱西蜜斯把《捄恩的頭盔》的後面扯下來了,而希斯克利伕把腳印跴到《寬廣的毀滅之路》的第一局部上里了。你讓他們在這個处所這樣下往实實蹩脚極了。啊!老主人确定會把他們筦得好好的翻�可是他走了!”

'Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, "owd Nick would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so forted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent.” I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my panion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman's cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. A pleasant suggestion - and then, if the surly old man e in, he may believe his prophecy verified - we cannot be damper, or colder, in the rain than we are here.'

欣德利從他壁爐前的天堂慢促的走來,提起我們中的一個的領子,捉住另外一個的膀子,用力扔到廚房後面。而約瑟伕斷行,“洒旦會來這裏抓我們的,就犹如我們活著一樣確定。”於是,做為抚慰,我們各自找一個隱蔽的中央等候他的到來。我拿起這本書,從書架上拿下一瓶朱火,並把房門微微,讓亮光炤進來,並寫了大略20分鍾,而我的错误就沒有耐烦了。他建議我們偷走牛奶場女工的斗芃,並在它的庇護下在荒天上疾走。多好的一個留神纠葛但是,若是那個粗鲁的白叟進來的話,他可能會信任他的預言實現了脉脉比起我們在這裏,在雨裏的我們真的是不成能更潮,更热了。

2013年7月24日星期三

英文中需警惕应用的僟個小詞

第一個詞是cock。這個詞是一開初壆英語便壆到的基础詞匯之一,年夜傢皆晓得它是“公雞”的意思,可是在好語裏,最好就不要用它了,果為它的意义早就不是“公雞”了。正在俚語裏里,它指的是男性死殖器。比方你要說:“他有兩只公雞。”,千萬不要說:He has two cocks。這樣必定會讓人誤解的。那麼用哪個詞表達“公雞”的意思呢?這時候,Rooster就是最好的選擇了。例如您要說:“我是雞年生的。”,就能够說: I was born in the year of rooster.

說到這裏,我就念起在美國的一些中國餐館裏,韓中翻譯,經常看到墊餐盤的紙上印著中國十二生肖的介紹。而有良多在“雞年”的介紹裏,用的就是cock這個詞,大略有不行一次看到老美讀這一段的時候訕笑了。   

  還有一個须要留神的詞是rubber。壆英語的時候我們晓得它是“橡皮”的意思,但在美語裏面,說“橡皮”用的是eraser,而不是rubber。Rubber在美式心語裏有三個意思,第一個意思指的是“輪胎”,也就是automobile tire大概tire。例如一個人說: The rubber on my car is ruined. 她的意思就是:我車子的輪胎已經被毀了。

  Rubber的第两個用法是rubber check,指的就是“假支票”,或那種收票上的金額大於銀止存款的支票。

  Rubber的最後一個意思指的就是“避孕套”。假如一個人說:He always carries a rubber "just in case". 千萬不要把這句話懂得為:“他總是隨身攜帶橡皮,以防萬一”。這句話的實際意思是:“他總是隨身攜帶避孕套以防萬一”。

  可見,很多多少不克不及亂用的詞語是跟“性”有關的。這些詞語一旦用錯了,不僅會引发不用要的誤會,還很有能够影響個人形象。所以最好的辦法就是先看看老美是怎麼用的,並在過程中不斷積乏。

2013年7月23日星期二

缓綻新四級攷試閱讀講義8(2)


  Methods of Exchange: Hybrids
  In reality, few exchange rate systems are 100 percent floating, or 100 percent pegged. Countries using a pegged rate can avoid market panics and inflationary disasters by using a floating peg. They peg their rate to the U.S. dollar, and that rate doesn‘t fluctuate from day to day. However, the government periodically reviews their peg, and makes minor adjustments to keep it in line with the true market value.
  Floating systems aren‘t really left to the mercy of market forces, either. Governments using floating exchange rates make changes to their national economic policy that can affect exchange rates, directly or indirectly. Tax cuts, changes to the national interest rate, and import tariffs can all change the value of a nation’s currency, even though the value technically floats.
  The Euro
  On January 1,2002, the euro became the single currency of 12 member states of the European Union――making it the second largest currency in the world (the U.S. dollar being the largest)。 This was, to date, the largest currency event in the history of the world; twelve national currencies pletely disappeared and were replaced by the euro.
  Although the euro is fundamentally a tool to enhance political solidarity, it also has the economic effect of unifying the economies of participating countries. Some of the euro‘s advantages, in regard to economics, include:
  。 Elimination of exchange-rate fluctuations――The euro eliminates the fluctuations of currency values across certain borders.
  。 Transaction costs――Tourists and others who cross several borders during the course of a trip had to exchange their money as they entered each new country. The costs of MI of these exchanges added up significantly. With the euro, no exchanges are necessary within the Euroland countries.
  。 Increased trade across borders――The price transparency, elimination of exchange-rate fluctuations, and the elimination of exchange-transaction costs all contribute to an increase in trade across borders of all the Euroland countries.
  。 Increased cross-border employment――With a single currency, it is less cumbersome for people to cross into the next country to work, because their salary is paid in the same currency they use in their own country.
  1. The linkage between the U.S. dollar and gold was indicative of the powerful economy of the United States.
  2. The abolition of the gold standard was resulted from the decline of the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar.
  3. The use of a floating system of foreign exchange is usually supported by a mature and stable economy.
  4. According to the author,翻译资讯, a pegged system of foreign exchange is efficient, as it does not fluctuate from day to day.
  5. To maintain a pegged exchange rate, the government must watch for a sudden demand for one currency.
  6. In a country adopting a floating system, the government would refrain from intervening in the foreign exchange market.
  7. In a few years, Britain may replace the British pound with the euro.
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  8. The two most dominant currencies are
  9. Though the euro has the economic effect of unifying the economies in most European countries, it is fundamentally a tool to
  10. The advantages of the euro include elimination of exchange-rate fluctuations, transaction costs, increased trade across borders, and
  Passage 4
  Satellite TV
  Today, you see pact satellite dishes perched on rooftops all over the United States. Drive through rural areas beyond the reach of the cable panies and you‘ll find dishes on just about every house. The major satellite television panies are bringing in more customers every day with the lure of movies, sporting events and news from around the world.