商务英语翻译资料(4)

He is a complicated man—moody, mercurial, with a melancholy streak. 他是一个性格复杂的人—喜怒无常，反复多变，有些犹豫寡欢。

He allowed the father to be overruled by the judge, and declared his own son guilty. 他让法官的职责战胜父子的私情，而判决他儿子有罪。

Flowers bloom all over the yard. 朵朵鲜花开满了庭院。

The lion is the king of animals. 狮是百兽之王。

The ASIAN countries have designated 1992 as “Asian Tourism Year”, and are cooperating in a drive to convince the world’s pleasure-and-culture-seekers of their attractions. 亚洲几个国家将1992年指定为“亚洲旅游年”，携手合作发起一场宣传攻势，旨在让世界各地的那些猎奇探

胜的游客确信，他们这些国家也有许多引人入胜的旅游景观。

A red sun rose slowly from the calm sea. 一轮红日从风平浪静的海面冉冉升起。

A stream is winding its way through the valley into the river. 一弯溪水蜿蜒流过山谷，汇合到江里去了。

Sino-British links have multiplied—political, commercial, educational, cultural, defense, science and technology. 中英两国在政治、商务、教育、文化、国防和科技方面的联系进一步加强了。

The thesis summed up the new achievements made in electronic computers, artificial satellites and rockets. 论文总结了电子计算机，人造卫星，和火箭三方面的新成就。

Yes, I like Chinese food. Lots of people do these days, sort of fashion. 不错，我喜欢中国菜。现在很多人喜欢中国菜，这种情况算是有点赶时髦吧。

Any excuse will serve if one has not a mind to do it. 如果不想干，总会找到借口。

We assure you of our reciprocation your courtesy at any time. 贵行的好意我方保证随时回报。

He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. 他耸耸肩，摇摇头，两眼看天，一句话不说。

It was just growing dark, as she shut the garden gate. 她关上园门时，已是暮色苍茫了。 It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house. 他费了不少劲才找到了回家的路。

He looked gloomy and troubled. 他看上去有些忧愁不安。

Because departure is not easy we made it brief. 告别这件事难得很，我们就做得简单一些。 China is changing, and the changes in China, if they continue, may profoundly change the world.中国在发生变化，这种变化如果持续下去，就可能真正（彻底）（深刻）地改变全世界。

Smoking is prohibited in public places. 公共场所不准吸烟。

On the 13th of May, 1956, I became a civilian again. 1956年5月13号，我又是一个老百姓了。

University applicants who had worked at a job would receive preference over those who had not.报考大学的人，有工作经验的优先录取。

Domestic lighting circuits should be at least two in number. 家用照明电路至少用该是两条。

We have to analyze and solve problems. 我们必须分析问题，解决问题。

Marketing economy is itself the product of long course of development, of a series of revolutions in the modes of production and of exchange. 市场经济本身是一个长期发展过程的产物，是生产方式和交换方式一系列变革的产物。

We talked of ourselves, of our prospects, of the journey, of the weather, of each other—of everything but our host and hostess. 我们谈到自己，谈到前途，谈到旅程，谈到天气，谈到彼此的情况——谈到一切，只是不谈我们的男女主人。

You may go with them if you want to. 你愿意去的话，也可以和他们一起去。

He needs assistants in his research work, but he hasn’t yet got a competent one. 他的研究工作需要助手，可是他至今还没有找到一个能胜任的助手。

In spite of the growth of other kinds of transport, railroads continue to be, as they used to be over years, the backbone of the transportation industry. 尽管其他各种交通工具都发展了，铁路仍然是运输业的骨干，正如它多年来一直是运输业的骨干一样。

The developed countries are full of skilled labor and capital, while developing countries which are lack of skilled workers and capital need to import technology-intensive products from these countries.发达国家拥有大量的熟练劳动力和资本，而缺乏熟练工人和资本的发展中国家需要从这些国家进口技术密集型产品。

You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in marrying.你完全不懂你在婚姻方面承担的责任。

The following plan may become available during the next decade. 下列计划在10年间可能实现。

It is all very well, again, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter altogether.当然油箱里装满优质汽油倒是好事，但是驾驶室里要是坐着横冲直撞的司机就完全是另一回事了。

Every life has its roses and thorns. 生活有甜有苦。

If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter. 吃得苦中苦方为人上人。

A number of activities will still have to occur before the goods reach the consumer. 商品要经过许多环节才能最终到达客户手中。

The administration was free from corruption. 这届政府没有腐败现象。

We waited in suspense to hear the end of the ghost story. 鬼故事的结尾让我们的心悬到嗓子眼。（我们悬着一颗心等着听故事的结局。）

It’s hard to begin any serious adult project because you know the kids are going to interrupt you in a few minutes—you can’t even count on nap time to read a book. 大人真正想要干的事。因为你知道孩子一会儿就回来打扰——连孩子午睡的时候都看不成书。

Capital punishment is more humane because the criminal does not suffer the torture of life imprisonment. 相比较而言，死刑更人道，因为犯人无需忍受终身监禁的折磨。

It is not only Japan that has experienced the shock of the new. 遭受新经济冲击的不仅仅是日本。