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Some translation practices

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中文翻译英文的方法：

  1. 要把中文原文，按照英文的表达习惯重新组织语言，重写中文，重新阐述中文。
    我们是老乡。 → 我们来自同一个家乡。→ 我们来自同一个地方。
    We are from the same place.

  2. 结合中英对比研究，来翻译。
    钱不是万能的，但没有钱是万万不能的。→
    钱不能给你所有想要的，但是没有钱，我们什么事情也做不了。
    Money can’t give you anything you want, but, without it, we can do nothing.
    Money is not everything, but without it, we can do nothing.

男人害怕女人唠叨，女人害怕男人沉默。
两个害怕用不同的表达方式，be tired of, don’t like

Men don’t like the women who are always nagging at others/them, women can’t stand/bear the men without (the sense of) humor.

列子:

  1. 我负责美貌如花，你负责赚钱养家。
    I try to keep beautiful, you have to make money for the family(me).

  2. 一日为师终身为父
    We should respect out teachers and treat them like out parents.

  3. 如今，中小企业普遍遇到了管理瓶颈问题，小企业做了许多年做不大，大型企业做许多年做不强。
    Nowadays, most small and medium-sized enterprises meet (are confronted with) the (management) bottleneck problem. After struggling for many years, small companies still can’t be expanded and corporations can’t become powerful and significant.

  4. 在企业中，制度没有执行力，员工没有积极性，人才留不住，没有真正的企业文化，老板的困惑越来越多。

制度没有执行力，用被动语态

In these enterprises, systems aren’t implemented strictly, employees lack enthusiasm, brain drain often occurs and there is no real Organizational culture. More and more problems puzzle (confuse) the bosses.

  1. 湖北群艺独创的积分制管理，克服了传统管理方法的弊端，解决了传统管理方法解决不了的问题，用积分调动员工的积极性，用积分建立优秀的管理团队，用积分培养员工的好习惯，用积分建立健康的企业文化，用积分增加制度的执行力，用积分解决管理中的各种困惑，产生了非常神奇的效果。

The Accumulative points management system 1 created originally by Hubeiqunyi overcomes the limitation of Traditional management ways and has solved (settled) the problems which can’t be resolved by the traditional ways. By using /adopting the Accumulative points management system, employees are motivated and get into good habits of work, excellent teams and healthy organizational culture are set up. This new way also strengthens the implementation of management systems and helps to overcome difficulties met in the management work. The Accumulative points management system has incredible effect.

  1. 索照青同学的自荐信
    尊敬的香港科技大学老师好!
    我叫索照青，毕业与山东省烟台市第一中学，这是一所年轻有活力的学校，她软硬件实力雄厚，学风优良，在素质教育方面成绩突出，是我们当地知名的学校.

My name is Suozhaoqing, I graduated from Shandong Yantai No.1 Middle School, which is a beautiful and wonderful school with a long history. It is well known in my hometown for its excellent teaching facilities and outstanding faculties. It offers us an ideal study environment and enables all its students to reach their full potential.

  1. 当面对两难的抉择时，不妨丢一枚硬币吧，并非是要靠那二分之一的机运来帮你做出抉择！而是因为当硬币被抛上空中，开始旋转的那一瞬间你会突然明白，自己想要的！

When facing a dilemma, why not toss a coin? Not because you are relying on that fifty-fifty chance to make the decision for you, but because in that moment when the coin is thrown into the air and starts spinning, you will suddenly realize what you truly want!

When you are on the horns of a dilemma, why not toss2 a coin? Not to rely on3 that fifty-fifty chance to make a decision for you! Rather4, it is because when coin is thrown up in the air and starts spinning, you will suddenly realize what you truly want!

  1. 女孩按相貌可以分为三种：一种来自天上，一种来自民间，一种来自阴间。
  2. There are three ways to describe girl’s look/appearance.
  3. From the appearance, we divide girls into three types:
  4. Girls can be divided into three different kinds by their appearance:

The first is beautiful like a goddess/fairy, the second is ordinary/plain, the last/third one is ugly.

  1. 人艰不拆
    人生已经如此艰难了，有些事情不要拆穿。
    Life is difficult, don’t make it harder by telling some terrible truths.

  2. 明明可以靠脸吃饭，偏偏要靠才华。

  • 我的: 我可以通过自己的相貌生活，但反而却用自己能力
    Instead of making a living by using my appearance, I choose to make it through my abilities.

  • 一个人本来可以依靠自身外貌的优势生活得好，而是…
    Some one could have used his/her good look, but chose to survive by ability and hard work.

  1. 初恋无限好，只是挂得早。
    初恋很美好，但是结束地很快(或者很早)。
    (one’s) first love is amazing, but it(this kind of relationship) ends too soon.
    or: It doesn’t last long.
    or: There always lies a sad and quick ending.
    or: It always come to and end soon.

  2. 教育的本质是培养人和塑造人。要以德立校，以技为能，工学结合，强化管理，让每个学生都有成为能工巧将、大国工匠的出彩机会，为企业培养更多的高素质技术技能型人才，服务经济高质量发展，积极创建最具竞争力、吸引力和影响力的品牌技工学校！
    Education is essentially to develop and shape human beings. The School which is built upon noble virtue, technique-valued culture, work-integrated learning, and strengthened management will create opportunities for each student to shine as the top technical talents, provide enterprises with competent skilled5 employees, and facilitate the high-quality development of economy. The School is dedicated to becoming the most competitive, magnetic, and influential vocational6 school.

Footnotes

  1. 专有名词 ↩

  2. to throw something carelessly: ↩

  3. to depend on or trust someone or something: You can’t rely on good weather for the whole trip. These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work. ↩

  4. on the contrary (used to suggest that the opposite of what has just been implied or stated is the case) There is no shortage of basic skills in the workplace. Rather, the problem is poor management. ↩

  5. having enough ability, experience and knowledge to be able to do sth well ↩

  6. (of an educational course or a qualification) providing knowledge and skills that prepare you for a particular job: ↩

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