上海中級(jí)口譯教程

Unit4InterpretingInterviews

4-1行在美國TravelinAmerican4-2話說口譯OnInterpretationandInterpreting4-3經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagement4-4音樂天才AGiftedMusician4-1：行在美國TravelinAmerican

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據(jù)說：itissaid;由汽車驅(qū)動(dòng)的國家：acountrydrivenbyautomobiles夸張的說法：anexaggerationcorrectobservation：正確看法wayoflife：生活方式drive-inbank：免下車銀行internationaldriver’slicense：國際駕照行車限速：speedlimitfederalexpressways：地方或州際高速公路VocabularyWorkminimum/maximumspeed：最小/大速度出公差：onabusinesstrip租車服務(wù)業(yè)：carrentalservice付款方式：wayofpaycreditcard：信用卡MasterCard：萬事達(dá)信用卡Visa：威薩AmericanExpress：美國運(yùn)通deposit：保證金specialoffer：特惠Amtrak：全國客運(yùn)火車passengerrailservice：客運(yùn)火車VocabularyWorkGreyhound：灰狗長途汽車公司longdistancecoachcompany：長途汽車公司Monthlypass：月票regulateprice：統(tǒng)一價(jià)lowerrates：降低利率shuttleandcommuterflights：往返飛機(jī)不盡如人意：notdesirablesubway：地鐵cab/cabby：出租車/出租車司機(jī)makespecialoffer：自行削價(jià)YellowPages：黃頁telephonedirectory：電話目錄4-1：行在美國TravelinAmericanThisisbasicallyacorrectobservation，whichsayssomethingabouttheAmericanwayoflife.這種看法基本正確，它反映了美國人的生活方式4-1：行在美國TravelinAmericanEachstatehasitsowntrafficlaws，andadriverfromanotherstateisexpectedtoknowandunderstandthelocallaws.各州都有自己的交通法規(guī)，外州來的開車人應(yīng)該了解當(dāng)?shù)氐姆ㄒ?guī)。4-1:行在美國TravelinAmericanMycountryhasthemostdevelopedcarrentalindustryintheworld，soyoumayverywellwanttoreserveacarthroughyourtravelagentinyourowncountryifyouintendtodrivewhiletravelinginmycountry.我國有世界上最發(fā)達(dá)的租車業(yè)，你若打算在我國開車旅行，完全可以通過自己國家的旅行社板栗租車業(yè)務(wù)預(yù)定事宜。4-1行在美國TravelinAmericanAirfareinthiscountryisnotregulated，andairlinesoftenmakespecialoffersinordertoattractcustomers.這個(gè)國家沒有統(tǒng)一的飛機(jī)票價(jià)，各航空公司經(jīng)常以競(jìng)相削價(jià)的方式來吸引更多的旅客。4-1:行在美國TravelinAmerican聽說美國城市的交通可不盡如人意，有沒有這回事？ItissaidthatthepublictransportationofAmericancitiesisnotverydesirable，isn’tit？4-1:行在美國TravelinAmerican司機(jī)在高速公路上開車時(shí)必須將自己的行車速度控制在標(biāo)牌規(guī)定的最高速度與最低速度之間。Whendrivingonexpressways，thedrivermustcontrolhisorherspeedwithintherangeofthepostedmaximumandminimumspeed.4-2話說口譯

OnInterpretationandInterpreting

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targetaudience：目標(biāo)受眾modeofinterpretation：口譯模式taketurnsdoingsth.：輪流做audiosystemwithheadsets：帶耳機(jī)的音頻系統(tǒng)soundproofbooth：同傳廂tuneintolisten：調(diào)到。。來收聽openavenueofdialogue：對(duì)話機(jī)會(huì)VocabularyWorkrephrase：轉(zhuǎn)化措辭meetthedeadline：在最后期限之前workinnuance：精細(xì)活fine-tuning：潤色skiptotheendofaspeech：先應(yīng)付后面的內(nèi)容mentalstrain/fatigue：精神壓力、疲勞highlyindividualistic：因人而異VocabularyWorkfastdrainlikesprinting：像沖刺一樣的快速消耗運(yùn)動(dòng)stretchbothmemoryandintellect：考驗(yàn)記憶能力和思維能力personalobservations：個(gè)人看法connectionfee：電話接通費(fèi)advisory：咨詢公司double-check：復(fù)核Bonappétit：祝你們好胃口4-2：OnInterpretationandInterpretingIt’sactuallyeasiertocallataxicompanylistedintheYellowPagesofatelephonedirectoryandaskthemtosendacaborpickyouupatyourdoorstep.事實(shí)上一種更為便利的做法是按電話簿黃頁部分所列的出租車公司的號(hào)碼打電話叫車，讓他們派車上門來接你。4-2：OnInterpretationandInterpretingInterpretationisacommunicativeactivity.Specifically，itisaverbaltranslationofthespeaker’slanguagetothelanguageofthetargetaudiencetoachievethepurposebilingualormultilingualcommunicationinvarioussituations.口譯是一種交際活動(dòng)，具體來說，是將發(fā)言者的說話內(nèi)容口頭翻譯成目標(biāo)聽眾的語言，以達(dá)到雙語或多語的交際目的。4-2：OnInterpretationandInterpretingSimultaneoustranslationrequiresaspecializedaudiosystemwithheadsetsfortheaudience，asoundproofboothfortheteamoftheinterpretersandtwointerpretersperlanguage.同聲傳譯要求配備專門的音頻系統(tǒng)，要為聽眾提供耳機(jī)，為譯員小組提供隔音的同傳廂，并為每種語言配備兩名譯員。4-2：OnInterpretationandInterpretingTheinterpreterhastodohisutmosttoremembereverythingthat’sbeensaidandisbeingsaid.Holdingallthestuffintheheadwhileatthesametimefiguringouthowtoorallytranslateitinthelanguageofthetargetaudience，theinterpreterfacesatremendousmentaltaskthatreallystretchesbothmemoryandintellect.口譯人員必須竭盡所能記住講話者已說過或正在說的內(nèi)容，同時(shí)還要考慮如何以目標(biāo)語言傳譯給目標(biāo)聽眾，這對(duì)人的記憶能力和思維能力都是莫大的考驗(yàn)。4-2：OnInterpretationandInterpreting一直聽說您很忙，很高興能把您請(qǐng)來談一次翻譯，尤其是談一下口譯。Weknowthatyou’realwaysonabusyschedule，andwe’reverydelightedtohaveyouherewithusandtalkabouttranslationandinparticularinterpretationandinterpreting.4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagement

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businesscommunicationstyle：商務(wù)溝通方式workethic：職業(yè)道德counterpart：職務(wù)相當(dāng)?shù)娜藀rospectivebusinesscontacts：將要與之打交道的商人the“get-down-to-business-first”mentality：公務(wù)為先bottomup：自下而上top-down：自上而下VocabularyWorktopmanagement：高層管理董事會(huì)businesspractice：商業(yè)慣例咄咄逼人：aggressivestraightforward：直截了當(dāng)管理模式：typeofmanagementefficiency：效率givepriorityto：優(yōu)先考慮frustrate：使沮喪fulfillment：成就感VocabularyWorkmembership:團(tuán)體中的一份子senseofbelonginginacommunity：Individual-oriented：個(gè)體取向性accomplishment：過程dedication：奉獻(xiàn)精神利與弊：meritsanddemeritstheOrientalwayofmanagement：人情味更濃管理方式humane：人道的executive：管理人士4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagementIthinkChinesebusinesspeopletendtohavebusinessnegotiationsinaratherindirectmanner，asopposedtothemoredirectstyleofAmericanbusinesspeople，whoaresaidtoworkwiththe“get-to-business-first”mentally.我認(rèn)為中國人在商務(wù)談判時(shí)傾向于使用一種迂回婉轉(zhuǎn)的方式，而那些被認(rèn)為在工作時(shí)具有一種“公務(wù)為先”心態(tài)的美國人則往往表現(xiàn)出比較直截了當(dāng)?shù)淖黠L(fēng)。4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagementTheChinese-typemanagementencouragescooperationamongemployees；betweenthelaborandthemanagement，andgivesemployeesajoyofparticipationandfulfillment，aswellasasenseofprideintheirwork.中國式的管理方式鼓勵(lì)員工之間的合作，也鼓勵(lì)普通員工和管理人員之間的合作，使員工有一種喜悅的參與感和成就感，使他們對(duì)自己的工作產(chǎn)生一種自豪感。4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagement

IthinkmostChinesetrytofindthemeaningoflifethroughworkingintheirjobs，andviewworkasessentialforhavingmembershipinacommunity.我認(rèn)為，大多數(shù)中國人想從工作中找到生活的意義，他們將工作視為能使自己成為團(tuán)體一份子的必不可缺的條件。4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagementPutitinanotherway，manyChinesepeopleregardworkasprerequisitetogainsocialacceptanceinthecommunity.換言之，許多中國人認(rèn)為工作是使自己得到社會(huì)認(rèn)可的先決條件。4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagement美式經(jīng)營之道在我們中國人看來常常顯得咄咄逼人。TheAmericanwayofbusinesspracticeoftenappearstousChinesetobeveryaggressive.4-3：經(jīng)營之道BusinessManagement我們應(yīng)該承認(rèn)我們之間的文化差異，應(yīng)該尊重這些差異，以免產(chǎn)生誤解。Wehavetorecognizeandrespectourculturaldifferences，soastopreventanypossiblemisunderstandings.4-4音樂天才：AGiftedMusician

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debutalbum：首張音樂專輯忌諱：wishthemediawouldn'taskinquiry：提問thepresspeople：新聞?dòng)浾攉I(xiàn)給…的音樂專輯：Dedicatealbumtosb.vocalist：歌唱家tremendousindividual：非常優(yōu)秀VocabularyWorkmelodic：旋律中心思想：commonmessagetheicingonthecake：錦上添花creativeavenueandoutlet：創(chuàng)造途經(jīng)，方法sortoutone’semoti