金融法：财经数据表达翻译

金融法 财经数据表达翻译 泛瑞翻译 翻译实践过程中 我们经常会碰到各类经济数据的表达和处理 法律英语文书 中 各类财经数据出现的频率也很高 因为某些法律权利和义务往往是以各种 具体的数据来量化确定的 掌握一些地道的英文财经数据表达方式 对法律文书翻译以及其他门类的翻译 都有一定的帮助 另外 英语习惯对同一意义采用不同词语和不同句式 以避 免相邻句子词语和句式的雷同 这就要求我们译者必须要掌握一定数量的近义 词 I 数据的静态表达数据的静态表达 为了把问题说清楚一些 姑且将财经指标数据表达分为静态表达和动态表达 这里所谓静态表达即描述某一经济指标在某一时间点 或在某一时间段内达到 某一特定数量 动态表达就是描述某一经济指标在特定时间内的变化幅度 静态表达句子中 结构通常比较简单 常用的大致有如下两种 第一种 指标名称 主语 表示处于 达到 超过某一水平的动词 谓语 数据 单位 宾语 地点或时间状语 例句 The netpany s net assets totaled RMB80million as of the end ofJune 2007 此种表达结构中 可以变换使用的是谓语动词 下面就可以使用在此种结构中 常用的谓语动词作一个小结 1 达到 处于某一指标数据 含有达到 处于 某一指标数据 意义并且能担任谓语功能的词汇很多 我这 里略举几个常用的 be reach amount to total stand at run into run to nete out at average hit 这几个单词 后面都可以直接跟数据 但意义也稍有出入 下面 我们通过一些例句对各自的意义和用法作一个稍微 直观的了解 Be 这个词类似万金油 在不能灵活应用其它词汇的情况下 可以用这个 简单明 了 WireTech s net profits for the first quarter of 2008 were 125million with operating revenues of 1 125million Amount to 合计为 相当于 The netpany s debts amounted to RMB55million as of the end ofMarch 2007 His yearly innete amounts to USD80 000 Total 总计为 The netpany s net assets totaled RMB800 million as of the end ofJune 2005 The construction spending in 2006 totaled USD2 5 trillion Stand at 达到 The foreign currency assets increased by 20 to stand at USD80million The country s foreign exchange reserve stood at USD50 billion atthe end of October 2001 Run into 总计达 The total volume of direct foreign investments in the economy ofthis region in 2008 will run into USD 1 9 billion His innete runs into five figures Run to 达到 不过这个意项用的不多 The loss is expected to run to a pretty amount Come out at 总数或平均数达 The consumer confidence will nete out at around 108 5 Average 平均达 平均为 The ages of the people of this group average 39 Hit 达到 Oil price may hit USD 200 per barrel The country s export hit USD 2 billion in the first eight monthsof 2006 The yen yesterday hit a 3 year low against the US dollar 2 超过 某数量 表示超过 某数量 并且能够担任谓语功能的常用动词有 exceed top beat Exceed 超过 This netpany s net profits achieved in the first three quartersexceeded its full year target Top 超出 突破 Our exports have topped the 8 million mark Beat 突破 超过 不过这个不是正式用语 Last year Australia s GDP rose 1 6 per cent andeasily beat the forecast of a 1 2 per cent increase 第二种 指标的相关主体名称 比如某企业 地区 国家等 表示取得 获得等意义 的动词 含有特定数据的指标 时间状语 例句 ABC Co Ltd achieved operating revenues ofRMB1 million in the first quarter of this year 上述第二种 指标的相关主体名称 比如某企业 地区 国家等 表示取得 获得等意义的动词 含有特定数据的指标 时间状语 在此种表达方式中 动词的运用同样也是非常灵活 我常见到有 achieve attain make record obtain earn gain 等等 1 ABC Co Ltd recorded operating revenues of USD80m for the first nine months of 2008 achieving 80 per cent of its full year target 2 The netpany made net profits of RMB30min the first quarter of this year 要提醒一下的是 上述两种结构中时间状语的引导 接时间段的一般用 for in 等介词引导 接时间点的一般用 at as of 等词引导 II 数据的动态表达数据的动态表达 这里所谓动态表达 就是对财经或经济指标变动 上升 下降或某种趋势 的 表达 表达经济指标量上升的词语最常见的如下 Up grow rise jump increase rocket go up surge soar climb 等 表达经济指标量下降的词语最常见如下 Down fall plunge tumble plummet drop decline shrink dip slip contract 等 一般情况下 经济指标量的表达都是动静结合 也就是说 在说明某经济指标 具体数据的同时 将其于某一时刻或某一时段的相应数据作一对比 上升或下 降了多少 1 The netpany s net assets totaled RMB13m as of the end of June2009 up 10 per cent on against or from six months ago 2 The country s foreign trade reached USD100bn in 2006 up 7 5 per cent on the previous year 3 China imported 1 650 vacuum cleaners in July1999 down 19 per cent year on year 4 The country s trade surplus stood at USD12bn in 2007 down 6 5 per cent from the previous year 上面几句请注意比较时间点的经济量和时间段的经济量 时间点的经济指标数 额要确定在某一时间点 时间段的经济指标数额要确定某一特定时间段 另外 注意引导的介词 下面的例子是表示变化的词汇充当谓语 5 ABC Co s revenues rose by 10 year on year to USD80m in thefirst quarter of 2009 6 The country s export value growth rate dropped from 15 inthe year 2005 to 5 in 2008 7 After trading in a range of 115 125to the dollar for most of the year the currency fell by 7 inDecember to 132 its lowest for more thanthree years 8 The country s fourth quarter GDP grew by 3 per cent year onyear 9 The sales to Japan remained weak and slipped from USD100m toUSD90m 10 The net polished diamonds from Israel climbed 19 5 per centfrom USD465 8m in January 2006 to USD556 5m in the period this year 11 US new home sales tumble 11 percent to record low 12 Chinese equities continued their downward trend andplummeted more than 5 percent in intra day trading Monday 13 Car production rockets 64 per cent 14 China s December Exports Surge 17 7 Percent 15 Online banking fraud surged by 14 percent in 2009 says the UK Cards Association 需要引起注意的是 上述词作动词时 引导后面变化幅度的百分比可以用 by 也可以不用 by 直接接百分比 上述表示变化的词汇有时用作名词 在此类表达中充当宾语 在这类句子中 引导宾语的谓语动词常见的有 record witness see 等等 16 AAA Co Ltd recorded a 10 per centyear on year rise in operating revenues to USD80m for the first quarter of2009 17 Australian vocational colleges witness 38 percent drop instudent visa applications 18 European retail sales witness the highest drop in 8 months 19 Indian Entertainment and Media industry will witness adouble digit growth in 2010 20 While European carriers saw a demand decline of 3 inOctober it is an improvement from the 4 2 in September 21 Kenya the world s biggest grower of blacktea may see a 10 percent rise in output of the leaves in Januaryfollowing torrential rains 上述词汇中 rise drop growth fall 等有时作名词在此类表达中做补语 22 The figure for the first quarter this year was 994 a 10 percent rise from the 903 in the same period in 2006 23 ABC electric netmissione