商务英语翻译资料(7)

司继续在前进的道路上建起一座座里程碑。Siemens maintains its own production facilities in 35 countries and operates a world-wide sales network. 西门子公司在35个国家拥有生产设施（生产线）并且构建了一个全球性的销售网络。With more than 300,000 employees, it is one of the largest companies in the world electrical/electronics industry, having recorded annual sales of DM 54 billion in the 1986/87 fiscal year. 它拥有30多万雇员，是世界电气、电子工业中最大的公司之一。其1986至1987财政年度销售额为540亿德国马克（为当时最高水平）。Reliable and farsighted management is united with the youthful dynamism and zest for innovation that typify the company. 远见卓识和坚实可靠的管理与朝气蓬勃的活力和改革创新的热情相结合，这就是西门子公司的特点。

AG (German, meaning: ""stock company"") is a corporation with a separate legal personality which must have at least five partners. The firm name usually reflects the activities of the company and must include ""AG."" 15 P.113 ? BBC World Service is the world’s biggest radio network, with 140 million listeners across the globe, broadcasting in 44 languages, heard on short-wave, medium-wave, FM and satellite. 英国广播公司国际广播电台是世界上最大的广播网，在全球拥有1.4亿听众，可以通过短波、中波、调频和微行勇种语言进行节目广播（向全球进行广播）。

We have an ambitious plan for the brand new technology of Digital Broadcasting by Satellite, due to start next year. The appearance of the Internet has taken us broadcasters all by surprise. 我们又依稀那个雄心勃勃（宏伟）的计划，即明年起是用全新的卫星数码技术进行广播。国际互联网的出现使我们这些广播人措手不及。

The Internet has enabled any radio station anywhere to become an international broadcaster with only a minor investment.有了互联网，世界上任何一个地方的广播电台都可以以很小的投资变成一家国际广播站。Although its sound quality is far from perfect, it excels that of short-wave. Internet radio does not only mean competition but also great opportunities. 虽然它的音质远非完善，但却胜于短波。互联网电台的出现不仅意味着竞争，同时也提供了机会。The BBC is taking the Internet very seriously, for it’s a cheap way of getting a reasonable quality signal to places in the world that even our short-wave transmitters can’t adequately reach. 英国广播公司非常认真地对待互联网广播一事，因为互联网广播可以用较少的投资将音质不劣的信号传达到短波都无法传达的地区。Very recently, we launched “BBC On-Line”, which incorporate a 24-hour news service. And the users can hear programmers in Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish and Russian. 最近我们开通了一条包括24小时新闻联播在内的BBC在线频道。用户可以收听到汉语、阿拉伯语、西班牙语和俄语的广播节目。

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science. 自然科学有时候会把自己和人文科学结合起来， 就像人文科学有时候会把自己和自然科学结合起来一样。所以最后只会存在一种科学。

Business was rather slow last month. 上个月生意不太景气。

The book is rather slow. 这本书很乏味（不精彩）。

You’d better go slow in reaching a conclusion. 你最好不要急于下结论。

He is slow of understanding. 他理解力较差。

He is so slow that I have to explain everything several times. 他太迟钝，所有的事我都得解释好几遍。

Be slow to promise but quick to practice. 不要轻易许诺，但一旦许诺要尽快实践。 He is slow at speech with women yet. 跟女人说话，他还有点笨嘴拙舌。