商务英译汉实践1:三个不相关的小段落 1. The popular views about the government’s ability and effectiveness to sustain prosperity have shifted over time. There seems to be an increasing tolerance for unemployment and moderate inflation. There is a detectable shift from an exaggerated view about the potency of so-called Keynesian tools to a far-reaching agnosticism about their ability to produce, in an uncertain world, a sustained full employment growth without intolerable price and balance-of-payments instabilities. At present, the opprobrium falls on policies which are blamed for retardation in the rates of economic activity, disharmonious growth, and the combined evils of slump and inflation, but which are erroneously identified as Keynesian economics. 2. China is the world’s largest developing nation and the US is the world’s most developed large nation. Bilateral trade between the two has grown impressively. In the early part of the 1970s, there was virtually no trade. Today, two-way trade is something in the order of $6 billion and increasing. Increasing amounts of American investment have taken place in China, and Chinese investment in the United States is also beginning. The result, I believe, is that we have built the beginnings of a sound foundation for future commercial and financial ties. China’s imports from the US, which amounted to $900 million in 1978, rose to nearly $ 3 billion in 1982. Exports rose from $300 million to $2.3 billion during that period. Total Chinese trade has also risen dramatically, from 1978 to 1983 Chinese exports increased from roughly $10 billion to $22 billion, while imports increased from $ 10 billion to just over $21 billion. 3. As helpful as some might find Amazon reviews, they have lately come under attack. After all, it doesn’t take much more than a few of your best friends’ opinions to light up the ranking chart. Amazon has stated that it is taking steps to police this, but it’s hard to imagine how they might do so. In addition, the site gained attention shortly after the release of a biography on entertainer Michael Jackson, when fans of the Gloved One stormed the listing for Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson , by Randall Sullivan. Swarming, the fans peppered the site with one-star listings, managing to erase several favorable reviews. This ravaging horde took credit for Amazon halting the sale of the book for a short time.