词汇翻译练习

Name & No.: Exercises for Business English Translation

练习 之 词义选择（1）

１. Thank you for your letter reference DT/Zi No. 102, of 29th, March.

２. We have had only one order from ABC Co., Ltd., so we regret we cannot give you a reference from long experience.

３. Reference is made to your Sales Confirmation No. 1529.

４. The Buyer asks for credit and has given the Bank of China, Beijing as a reference. ５. The Sales Company is given the same power with reference to apportioning the commission.

６. A reference to your records will show that we have more than once asked you to establish L/C against S/C No. 2523.

7. The time limit for inspection and claim is 60 days after discharge of the cargo at the port of destination.

8. Party B agrees that the expiration of this license shall not discharge party B from its obligation.

9. Routine duties of the Joint Venture Company are to be discharged by the general manager appointed by the Board of Directors.

10. Party B shall check the quality of each discharge in accordance with the Contract. 11. Just as in that year, when those catastrophes were followed by substantial increases in insurance premiums, insurers are already lobbying for rate relief.

12. During the 1980’s the large premiums paid in acquisition often resulted in prices that greatly exceeded the value of tangible assets.

练习 之 词类引申（2）

1． Vietnam was his entrée to the new Administration, his third incarnation as a foreign

policy consultant. 2． There was no provocation for such an angry letter.

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3． Fatty’s Restaurant had become an institution in his life in the last seven years. 4． The trunk was big and awkward and loaded with books. But his case was a different

proposition. 5． The invention of machinery had brought into the world a new era---the Industrial Age.

Money had become King. 6． Shocking disclosures of unsanitary conditions in meat-packing plants, the use of

poisonous preservatives and dyes in foods, and cure-all claims for worthless and dangerous patent medicines were the major problems leading to the enactment of these laws.

练习之词类转换（3）

1. There is a popular belief among consumers that goods are no longer in high quality as

before. 2. His acceptance of bribes led to his arrest.

3. The sight of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games filled me with special

longing. 4. Sorry, I can’t teach you swimming. I think my little brother is a better teacher than I. 5. Man is becoming fully aware of the importance of safeguarding environment. 6. You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in this insurance policy. 7. The selling plan may become available during the next year.

8. “Coming!” Away she skimmed over the lawn, up the path, up the steps, across the

veranda, and into the porch. 9. I’m all for the resolution of directors.

10. The plane flew straight ahead, across the harbor and over the sea.

11. With China’s entry to the WTO and Beijing’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic

Games, learning English is more important than ever before. 12. The reform and opening policy is supported by the whole Chinese people. 13. The soup tastes good.

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14. Satellites, however, must be closely watched, for they are constantly being tugged at by

the gravitational attraction of the sun, moon and earth. 15. Formality has always characterized their relationship.

16. The young man, who looks and talks like John, is Li Ming’s boss. 17. Tom was eloquent and elegant but soft. 18. They were considered sincere.

19. They did their best to help the sick, the young, and the old. 20. The light was on, the TV was playing, but nobody was in. 21. Tom is physically strong but mentally weak.

22. All the students should develop morally, intellectually, and physically. 23. The pallor of her face indicated clearly how she was feeling at the moment.

24. The security of buying the products of the world famous business companies is

wonderful. 25. He is a perfect stranger in business. 26. Independence is a necessity in her life.

27. Our president had prepared meticulously for his journey to Europe. 28. From then on, they lived very happily for the rest of their lives.

29. He looked at the Letter of Credit given to him by ABC Group in surprise.

30. It was a clear and unemotional exposition of our President’s reasons for willingness to

begin a new dialogue between two corporations. 31. The new boss earned some appreciation by the courtesy of coming to visit his clerks.

练 习 之 视角转化（4）

1. The old man lay awake almost the whole night. 2. The teacher really has an open mind.

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3. He is strange to compliment.

4. I'll see you dead before I accept your term.

5. Only that I know you might be wanted，I should detain you a little longer. 6. Not for nothing does a weasel come to a chicken and give New Year greetings.

7. In 1954, MILLER PESTICIDE AMENDMENT spells out procedures for setting safety limits for pesticide residues on raw agricultural commodities. 8. Offering these benefits did not make him widely popular with his stockholders. 9. Born into postwar uncertainties, in 1946, he grew up with a sense of vocation.

10.There is too much to be desired for the government to crack down bribery and corruption. 11. Casual, not so close, friendships are preferable in business.

12. Few Americans have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie's generosity.

练 习 之 增减法（5）

1. A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper. 2. Success is often just an idea away.

3. English language learners should often watch the English programs of CCTV in order to

raise their listening comprehension abilities. 4. The price offered by John is much cheaper than that of Mark.

5. Speed and reliability are the chief advantages of the electronic computers. 6. You were, you are, and you remain to be the consumers of our products.

7. The inflation distorts our economic decisions, penalizes the thrift and crushes the

struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike. 8 The Chinese government has always attached great importance to environmental protection.

9. You will be staying in this hotel during your visit in Beijing.

10. In spite of the fact that his initial experiments had failed, Prof. White persisted in his

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research.

11. Stainless steel possesses good hardness and high strength.

12. Planning and market forces are both means of regulating economic activities. 13. Let us know the detailed information on your market. 14. On condition that you sign this receipt, I’11 pay the money.

练习之重复法（6）

1. The child doesn't like this book. Show him a more interesting one. 2. We don’t want any more money. We’ve had enough. 3. Our company is in this building and theirs is in that one. 4. This reception room is lighter than the one next door.

5. The price offered by ABC Group is quite cheaper than that by CAP Group. 6. The best watches are those made in Switzerland. 7. John speaks German as fluently as Mary does. 8. He can run 100 meters within 14 seconds, so do I.

9. I went to the headquarters of that company because 1 wanted to. 10. “Have we got enough money?” “I think so.” 11. Mary is in London and John is there too.

12．You should help him since you promised to do so.

13. He spoke for the first motion of the directors and against the second.

14. They are all excellent entrepreneurs, and Kerry is the most excellent I’ve ever seen. 15. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

16. John won the first round and Jim the second.

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17. Among the four oil paintings, two appear to be real, others false.

练习之数字翻译（7）

1. The output was reduced to 25%.

2. By the year 2020 the world’s annual oil output is expected to fall to 50%. 3. The error probability of the equipment was reduced by 2.5 times.

4. This year, the production of this kind of machine in our plant is estimated to increase to 3

times compared with 2006. 5. Johnson finished the 200-meter dash in 22 seconds flat. 6. Doctor Smith treated cool 30 patients that day.

7. The explosion is complete in a few thousandths of a second.

8. Hundreds of tall buildings have sprung up in the metropolitan city of Nanjing this year. 9. Tens of millions of Yuan (RMB) have gone into the building of this auditorium with modern electronic facilities. 10. The renovated model of lathe turns twenty percent faster than the previous one.

11. There is an about 100% increase of steel in this steel works in 2006 as compared with 2005.

12. The principal advantage over the old model of refrigerator is a four-fold reduction of both noise and weight.

13. Ten to one, we will over-fulfill our production plan for this month. 14. Let’s go fifty-fifty on the dinner check.

15. The Royalty rates indicated in Attachment of Contract shall be applicable for five years following the date of receipt of the technology, after which, they will be reduced by 1% per annum. 16. In addition to the payments under the preceding paragraph, Employer will make commission payments to the Employee based on 2.50% of gross sales. This commission will be paid monthly on the last day of the following month.

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17. The total volume of state purchase in the first quarter rose by 5 percent, compared with

the same period of last year.

词汇翻译 之 综合练习

一、翻译下列句子，并指出划线词汇在一般语篇和商务语篇中的词义区别.

1. We hereby engage the bills shall be duly honored on presentation. 2. He became as exhilarated as if his tender for building a mansion had been accepted. 3. The total of our current assets and fixed assets comes to 15 billion US dollars. 4. The company has an absolute interest in the building. 5. Managers with stock options may be using their firms’ resources to increase the short-term value of their own holdings.

6. It treats futures and futures options uniformly while recognizing the unique features of options.

7. The group is the largest of the four companies, with 15 production facilities throughout the country.

8. The team is directed by senior management from the Audit, Clearing, Legal, Market Surveillance, Research and Trading Floor Department of the CME. 9. Mr. Smith is the artificial person of the company. 10. At the end of April this year, China had 1,170 listed companies with a total stock market capitalization of 4,546.223 billion RMB.

二、翻译下列句子，并注意划线词汇的翻译技巧。

1. Here the exporter’s assets (the money due from the overseas buyers) will always match his liability (his foreign currency borrowings).

2.... And for good reason: Lenders worry that they’ll be throwing money to a black hole. 3. Its acquisition of the group will allow it to gain access to France’s railway business. 4. The unit cost is $ 98, but in view of the size of the order, we can offer a 5% discount. 5. Tobacco and smoking were the subject of 413 broadcast news stories during the year. 6. The products are exported to these densely populated countries. 7. And no wander: being foreign makes his already complicated life as a mobile telecoms executive more complicated still. 8. About 22 percent of the European Union’s exports go to, and 20 percent of its imports come from, developing countries.

9. I bought the book from a self-service bookstand.

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10. We should be grateful if you would give us further details of American computers at the earliest time.

词语翻译 之 补充练习

尽量用成语或谚语翻译下列英文： 1. To take French leave 3. At one's fingertips 5. As mute as a fish

7. To shut one's eyes against 9. To turn a deaf ear to 11. To face the music 13. To be dead drunk

15. tweedledum and Tweedledee

17. To look for a needle in a haystack 19. To show one's colors 21. More haste, less speed 23. To pick holes in

25. To be at the end of one's rope 27. To turn over a new leaf

29. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. 31. great contributions 33. ingratitude

35. eternal glory to 37. hesitate

39. grotesque 41. in chaos

2. A stony heart

4. To have a hand like a foot 6. To return good for evil 8. To talk black into white 10. Practice makes perfect 12. plain sailing 14. Laugh and grow fat 16. To fly into a rage 18. A leap in the dark

20. To make a noise in the world 22. Neither fish nor flesh 24. To mind one's P's and Q's 26. To flog a dead horse rope 28. To put all one's eggs in on basket 30. Out of sight, out of mind. 32. gratitude 34. prosperity 36. vivid 38. arrogance 40. careless

42. street gossip

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43. rumors 44.To laugh off one's head 45. To be out at elbows

46. At sixes and sevens

47. While there is life, there is hope.

48. Deal with a man as he deals with you. (Pay sb. back in his own coin.) 49. One can never succeed without making great efforts.

50. How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?

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