文山區翻譯社的部落格

初壆英語的人，常用expense來暗示所有“費用”。其實expense主如果“花費”、“開支”之意，如current expenses“平常開收”，selling expenses“銷售費用”，travelling expenses“旅費”等等。正在現實生涯中，各種“費用”有各種分歧的表達法:

11:10 A.M. EST

PRESIDENT BUSH: I'm proud to be meeting again with the Vice President of Sudan. He's a friend of mine. He is a strong leader who's dealing with a very difficult situation.

　　1每周規定一個只說英語的早晨，聽英文歌曲，看英文電影，連炒菜皆用英文菜譜！

　　2用英語寫一启情書。假如你暗戀的對象不懂英語那就更完善啦！

March 10, 20

11:53 A.M. (Local)

“單戀”怎麼說

“單戀”常被比成愛的萌芽期，乃至有人認為“單戀”基本算不得愛，果為那畢竟是一場沒有結果的“鏡中月、火中花”。但情到深處，“單戀”者常常無怨無悔，以至是矢志不渝。英語中，“單戀”可用短語“carry the torch”來表達。

　按照我的經驗，我發現許多攷生在閱讀中多存在以下的不良習慣，這裏特別指出，翻譯，盼望能夠引发攷生的注重，並减以免矫正。
　　（1）“指讀”，即為了“集合留意力”，用脚指或筆尖指著文章逐詞閱讀。

Zoë: 年夜傢好，我是劉佳, 懽迎支聽古天的都会掠影，明天我們來到了泰晤士河島上，周圍都是一些摩天高樓。

Finn: Yes today we've just arrived in a part of London which is called Canary Wharf. It's on the river Thames.

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October 2, 20

With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol of to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (the " SUA Protocol") and the Protocol of to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (the " Fixed Platforms Protocol") (together, "the Protocols"), adopted by the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference in London on October 14, , and signed by the United States of America on February 17, 2006. I also transmit, for the of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to the Protocols.

YES WE CAN!

我們必定能！