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1、语篇中的数字口译,（一）表达倍数的关系,相当 as.as两倍 double/twice三倍 three times/triple四倍 four times/fourfold/quardruple五倍 five times/fivefold/quintuple六倍 six times/sixfold.十五倍 fifteen times,英语倍数无论在何种句型中都表示“乘”的关系，即包括基数在内的倍数。,1）A is N times larger(longer,heavier.)than B.2)A is larger(longer,heavier)than B byN times.3)A is
2、N times as large(long,heavy.)as B.A的大小（长度、重量.）是B的N倍，或“A比B大（长、重.）N-1倍”,1）The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.地球的大小是月亮的49倍。（或地球比月亮大48倍）,2）USA GDP for 2005 was about 12.36 trillion dollars,more than 5 times larger than China.美国2005的国内生产总值大约为123 600亿美元，是中国的5倍多。,3）Although London covers less than
3、400,000 acres,it needs nearly 50 million acres-125 times its area-to provide it with food,timber,and other resources,and to absorb its pollution.虽然伦敦占地不到40万英亩，却需要近5000万英亩的土地即125倍于它本身的面积来给它供给食品、原木和其它资源，并吸收它产生的污染物。,汉语倍数的表示法,1.“是（原来的）几倍”、“几倍于（原数）”或“增加到（原数的）几倍”：表示包括基数在内的倍数，与英语倍数表示的含义相同。N times,Eg:中国城镇居民
4、人均居住面积由1978年的3.6平方米提高到1997年的8.8平方米，增加1.4倍。The per capita living space for urban residents in China expanded from 3.6 square meters in 1978 to 8.8 square meters in 1997,a rise of 1.4 times,2“(比原数)大几倍”或“（比原数）增加了几倍”表示净增倍数。（N1）times,1）过去20年中，中国的国内生产总值增长了近5倍。In the past 20 years,Chinas gross domestic pro
5、duct increased nearly six times.,2)我们公司在本市的投资增长了近5倍。Our company has increased its investment in this city by five times.,（二）表示增减的趋势,1）单纯表示“增/减了.%”可以用一下几种方式表达：increase/rise/grow/be up.%decrease/drop/fall/sink/be down.%或者increase/rise/go up by/be up by.%decrease/drop/fall/go down/be down by.%,In those
6、 two years,Nikes sales dropped 18 percent and profits sank by more than 40 percent as a result of competition with Reebok.那两年，与锐步竞争的结果是耐克（鞋）的销售下降了18，利润下降了40%多。,Procter&Gamble just raised prices on its paper products by as much as 8%.(美国)P&G 公司刚刚把他们的纸制品价格提高了8。,2）表示“与.相比，增、减了.%”increase/rise/grow/go u
7、p by/be up by.%(as)compared with/as against/as opposed to/over.decrease/drop/fall/go down by/be down by.%compared with/as against/as opposed to/cover.,同1997年相比，1998年工业排污减少了11.6%;家庭排污增加了2.6%。Compared wit 1997,the discharde of industrial wastewater dropped by 11.6 percent,while that of domestic sewage
8、 rose by 2.6 percent in 1998.,因受亚洲金融危机的冲击，1998年中国进出口总额比上年下降0.4,其中进口总额下降1.5%;出口总额增长0.5%。As a result of Asian finacial crises,Chinas total volume of import and export in 1998 dropped by 0.4 percent over the previous year,of which the volume of import went down by 1.5 percent,and the volume of export w
9、ent up by 0.5 percent.,表示“增长率为.”be.%increase/rise/growth.be.%decrease/drop/decline.an increase/a rise/a growth rate of.%a decrease/drop/decline of.%be.%up/downbe up/down.%,1998年，中国全年海外海外游客入境人数6 348万人次，比上年增长10.2%,国际旅游收入达126亿美元，增长4.4%。In 1998,China received 63.48 million tourists from overseas,up by 10.2 percent.Income of foregin exchange from tourism reached 12.6billion US dollars,up 4.4 percent.,2具体数字的增/减,“增减了.(具体多少)”英译时可用“by+具体数字”来表示。Eg:由于低温多雨的影响，我国夏粮减产 1 460万吨。Chinas output of summer grain declined by 14.6 million tons due to low temperature and rainy days during the growing period.,
