《每日一句汉译英》一周汇总 (26) -- YuGong

在欧盟最高领导人访问北京之际，倍受打击的欧洲共同货币欧元得到中国的支持。

China has given a boost to the battered European common currency during a visit to Beijing by top European Union leaders.

中国中央银行行长周小川星期三表示，中国对欧元充满信心，并且将继续投资于欧盟国家的政府债券以及证券。

Central Bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said Wednesday that China has confidence in the euro and will continue to invest in bonds and other securities issued by EU countries.

舒德伟(Mr. Shoemaker)说，NBA正“千方百计”地满足中国内地对林书豪和尼克斯队特许商品的火热需求。

The NBA is also 'doing everything possible' to meet 'furious' demand for Lin and Knicks merchandise in China, Mr. Shoemaker said.

虽然电视转播计划早就定好了，但舒德伟说NBA正在同一些中文电视台以及新浪等网络门户合作，以增加纽约尼克斯队比赛的转播次数。

Though TV schedules were long ago set, Mr. Shoemaker said the NBA is working with Chinese-language TV stations, as well as web portals like Sina, to add individual Knicks games.

周二晚上，林书豪，目前美国职业篮球联盟(NBA)最炙手可热的篮球运动员，把全球最引人入胜的体坛故事推上了又一个顶峰。距比赛结束只剩下不到一秒钟的时间，林书豪以一记三分球绝杀对手，纽约尼克斯队(New York Knicks)取得六连胜。

The NBA's hottest basketball player pushed the world's most captivating sports story to another level Tuesday night, hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer with less than a second left on the clock to propel the New York Knicks to their sixth victory in as many games.

根据NBA官方的说法，上周五，中国新浪网在线直播的纽约尼克斯队与洛杉矶湖人队(Los Angeles Lakers)之间比赛的观看者数量创下了新高。（新浪与NBA已经签署了视频直播协议。）在这场比赛中，林书豪拿下了38分，令湖人队球星科比·布莱恩特(Kobe Bryant)黯然失色。

According to the NBA, last Friday's game between the Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers --- a contest in which Lin scored 38 points while outplaying Lakers' star Kobe Bryant --- set a viewership record for live programming on China's Sina web portal, which has a live streaming agreement with the NBA.

中国表示已向日本提出正式交涉。在此之前，日本名古屋市长再次否认第二次世界大战前日本军队于1937年屠杀了成千上万名中国平民，尽管有详实的记录记载这次屠杀。

China says it has lodged an official complaint with Tokyo, after the mayor of a Japanese city again denied the well-documented pre-World War Two massacre of several hundred thousand Chinese civilians by Japanese troops in 1937.

运动装备巨头耐克(Nike Inc.)在全球建立了乔丹(Michael Jordan)等体育明星冠名的运动鞋和服装的特许经营权。如今耐克正在加紧利用其签约新星、纽约尼克斯队的林书豪(Jeremy Lin)带来的机遇。

Athletic-gear giant Nike Inc., which built its global franchise around the signature shoes and apparel of celebrity athletes like Michael Jordan, is working hard on opportunities for the latest star in its stable, New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.

¹fran·chise/ˈfrænˌtʃaɪz/noun

plural fran·chis·es

 

[count] 1: the right to sell a company's goods or services in a particular area
▪ She was granted an exclusive franchise in the city's west end. ; also: a business that is given such a right
▪ They just opened a new fast-food franchise down the street.

 

 

2: the right to vote
▪ The U.S. did not extend the franchise to women until the early 20th century.

 

 

3 US, sports: a team that is a member of a professional sports league
▪ He's the best player in the history of the franchise. ◊In U.S. and Canadian English, a franchise player is the best and most important player on a particular professional sports team.

 

ap·par·el/əˈperəl/noun

 

[noncount] formal: clothing of a particular kind
▪ fine apparel— used chiefly in U.S. English to refer to clothing that is being sold in stores ▪ a new line of children's/ladies'/men's apparel▪ All athletic apparel [=all clothing for exercising or playing sports] is now on sale.▪ intimate apparel [=underwear and clothes for sleeping]