《每日一句汉译英》一周汇总 (30)

《北京日报》周二报道说，北京市人民政府外事办公室(简称：市外办)和北京市民讲外语活动组委会联合出版了一本有关中国菜名英文翻译的官方指导书《美食译苑──中文菜单英文译法》，为2,158道中餐饭菜“正名”。

The Beijing Foreign Affairs Office and the Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Program have jointly published a book offering official guidance on the translation of Chinese restaurant menus featuring 'proper' English translations for 2,158 Chinese dishes, the state-run Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday.

中国官方媒体报导说，在这个月的人大和政协“两会”期间，北京一些高档商店的奢侈品被一扫而空。

Chinese state media are reporting some high-end stores in Beijing were cleaned out of luxury goods during this month's meetings of the nation's legislature and top advisory body.

 
怀旧片称霸上周末北美票房榜。 电影制片厂的初步估计显示，改编自上世纪80年代电视剧的《龙虎少年队》(21 Jump Street)名列上周末票房榜首位。

Nostalgia ruled the weekend as an adaptation of the 1980s television show '21 Jump Street' topped the weekend box-office chart, according to early studio estimates.

nos·tal·gia/nɑˈstælʤə/noun

[noncount] : pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again
▪ A wave of nostalgia swept over me when I saw my childhood home.▪ He was filled with nostalgia for his college days.

新加坡开国总理李光耀(Lee Kuan Yew)在周五发表的报纸专栏文章中说，由于中国高度依赖对欧元区的出口，它应该寻求投资困境中的欧洲资产，如欧元债券。

China should look to invest in distressed European assets such as euro bonds given the nation's high export exposure to the euro zone, Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, said in a newspaper column published Friday.

col·umn /ˈkɑ:ləm/noun
plural col·umns

 3: an article in a newspaper or magazine that appears regularly and that is written by a particular writer or deals with a particular subject
▪ a sports/gossip column▪ She writes a weekly column for the paper. — see also advice column 

advice columnnoun
plural ∼ -umns
 
[count] US: an article in a newspaper or magazine that offers advice to people who write to ask for help with a problem —called also (Brit) agony column

中国政府这星期早些时候说，将把汽油价格上调6.5%，柴油价格上调7%，这是将近3年来的最大上调幅度。

The (Chinese) government said earlier this week that it was raising gas prices by 6.5 percent and diesel by 7 percent -- the biggest price hike in China in nearly three years.

 
hike noun

plural hikes

[count] 1: a usually long walk especially for pleasure or exercise
▪ We went for a hike around the lake.▪ a 10-mile hike
 
2: a usually sudden increase in the cost, level, or amount of something
▪ The school lost a number of students after the tuition hike.▪ a price/tax/wage hike
 
 
加州大学圣巴巴拉分校(University of California, Santa Barbara)的乔纳森•斯库勒(Jonathan Schooler)领导的一项研究发现，爱做白日梦的人在各种创造力测试中得分更高。

Research led by Jonathan Schooler at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has found that people who daydream more score higher on various tests of creativity.