標(biāo)題: 新聞英語:“幸福指數(shù)”怎么翻 [打印本頁] 作者: 華夏宏峰 時間: 2012-4-1 04:27 標(biāo)題: 新聞英語:“幸福指數(shù)”怎么翻 句子:央視調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示,2010年我國人民的幸福指數(shù)為44.7。# I/ Q3 j% b) t5 J
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誤譯:The result of a survey by CCTV shows that the people’s happiness quotient in our country was 44.7 in 2010. l! B6 z6 v9 L
( N$ ]1 K5 j3 o 正譯:The result of a survey by CCTV shows that the people’s happiness index in our country was 44.7 in 2010. 4 A* W1 S+ H" n/ s. R8 j 0 e+ s; m5 G: d3 _ 解釋:quotient 的意思是 a number which is the result when one number is divided by another,是一個數(shù)被另一個數(shù)所除的結(jié)果,即“商數(shù)”或“商”,與“指數(shù)”是不同的概念?!靶腋V笖?shù)”應(yīng)譯為 happiness index。例如:6 U; ], r9 E9 R" K3 T' C5 S4 J
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1. 當(dāng)6被2 除時,商是3。When six is divided by two, the quotient is three。 " f* i+ D" E/ E# z ], q3 W3 p; J* m. m3 C$ Y4 m/ G
“指數(shù)”的第一個意思是純數(shù)學(xué)概念,表示“一個數(shù)目自乘若干次的數(shù)字”。英語可以譯為 index, index number, exponent, power。例如:5 w; M! M. J! G* S
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2. 指數(shù)是一個數(shù)學(xué)符號,表明一個數(shù)目自乘若干次的數(shù)字。 An exponent is a mathematical notation that implies the number of times a number is to be multiplied by itself。' H; J+ P" k) I( Y% Q% E
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“指數(shù)”的第二個意思是經(jīng)濟學(xué)概念,表明“經(jīng)濟現(xiàn)象變動的程度”。英語可以譯為 index,其復(fù)數(shù)形式為 indexes或 indices。例如:3. 三月份中國經(jīng)濟繼續(xù)快速增長,而其通脹指數(shù)攀升至32個月的新高。 & H1 h& v9 r% V $ d/ g4 U4 n2 H1 j; p$ R China's economy continued its rapid expansion in March as the inflation index climbed to a 32-month high。 + A- x) ?3 _ s- c _) w ; T K" Q! w2 C 4. 居民消費價格指數(shù),衡量通脹的主要依據(jù),在三月份同比增長5.4%。The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose by 5.4 percent year-on-year in March。 ! X- }$ x3 z9 h- A 3 K% \2 |) s- G" k* C, [ 5. 在這個亞洲國家,工業(yè)生產(chǎn)指數(shù)自2005年一直在增長。The industrial production index has been rising since 2005 in this Asian country。0 N3 t1 w( A! p( X! D, M+ }
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6. 今天上午道瓊斯指數(shù)跌了15點。The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning。5 |, L* v1 G E2 [9 N3 B7 N
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7. 在這個歐洲國家,就業(yè)指數(shù)在過去三個月里從48.4 降到 43.6。In this European country, employment index has fallen from 48.4 to 43.6 over the past three months.▲(