英语八级汉译英练习：白蚁之害（2）

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　　*Wire poles would have to be replaced at two or three years’ interval due to damage by termites.
　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船沉没。
; z( }  F: N5 u2 x" s- f; ~9 L　　*此句可以理解为:如果白蚁在船上轻微泛滥, 货物会被蛀烂, 如果严重泛滥, 会使船沉没.
　　(1.) If slightly damaged by termite eating, goods on a boat might decay; if heavily damaged, the boat might sink.
　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船沉没。
　　*(2.) Minor damage to a boat by termites would very likely ruin the freight on board while severe destruction might well lead to the sinking of the boat.
! o$ g/ X  l2 r" V　　铁路枕木如果受白蚁侵蚀，火车就有出轨的危险。
　　*枕木: sleeper, crossties
　　*出轨：be derailed, run off the track, go off the rail
  K6 g$ ], Y# }, G. w# J3 y　　1.If railway sleepers were eaten away by termites, trains would be in danger of running off the track.
　　2.Trains running on termite-eaten sleepers are running the risk of going off the rails.
+ Q4 H+ @0 G6 a6 o: ]- A　　3. Termite-eaten sleepers would derail trains.
* k& T3 L9 c% ^2 p  Z　　白蚁这种害虫，实在是相当可恶的。
　　*可恶：abhorrent；abominable；loathsome; disgusting
: v- T+ P0 u1 m. x, c　　*How disgusting pests like termites are!
9 P$ M2 w( @  N; O0 T9 h. X　　*What disgusting pests termites are!
: }" X$ @0 `6 D7 }: A/ I　　*Such pests as termites are really disgusting!
$ A" h. }9 V. h  t9 @　　在我们的社会里, 则有另一种“白蚁”。
1 b( i9 @8 ?" P. u$ f* f　　1. There is another kind of “termites” in our society.
　　2. “Termites” of a different kind can also be found in our society.
　　前些日子报载
" Q9 X0 u2 ?0 `; w+ e& ]! H　　*前些日子：即最近、近来 a few days ago, the other day, lately, recently
4 `* y" Q3 b! q% ?+ B( |1 h　　*报载：it was reported on the newspaper that; according to a newspaper; according to a press report
0 {9 B( T: h+ S　　吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？
8 J) L  ]! U% o7 ~　　* 外贸局：Foreign Trade Bureau
$ Q# t( l$ j( M( J, T　　*吉林省外贸局: Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau
. E$ P4 h6 @& s) k& B5 z$ b# c　　* 副局长：vice-director; deputy chief
　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？
' K- c( N' g2 S  h" y4 }　　* 吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇：Wang Zhenyu, former（因已经下台）deputy director of Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau
$ z' f& {7 H) H0 |6 t; B　　*利用：use; utilize; employ; exploit; take advantage of; (滥用)abuse
/ Z! [& L- |; h. L　　*职权：power; authority
　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？
! V8 J$ M9 z9 }' n　　* 慷慨：大量给予，这里是反话，大量使用，挥霍spend/expend wastefully; squander
　　* （慷慨：滥用职权的具体表现，所以使用abuse his power by squandering 的结构更好）
, r! G( I1 t% F; c3 o　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？
　　* 国家：government, state
$ I0 q1 L& V" w　　*大慷国家之慨：expend money at the expense of the state; squander large amounts of government money …
5 i3 ~' r) i5 c  [8 Z　　*吃喝玩乐：wining, dining and other pleasure-seeking
( c9 `$ d( M# U) Q  e5 F6 `　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？
　　*请客：entertain guests; give a dinner party; invite… to dinner; treat
　　*送礼: present / give … gift or present
" L2 l4 y* ]# |) n( Z　　*不也是：难道不是Aren’t they/Isn’t it…
0 M8 \- e, j& r$ @- [! ?　　*按照英文习惯，这段文字处理成“浪费大量资金用于吃喝玩乐、请客送礼，这一切全部出自国家腰包”。
　　*According to a recent press report, Wang Zhenyu, former vice director of Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau, abused his power by squandering a grotesque amount of money wining , dining, holding dinner parties, giving gifts and seeking other pleasures, all at the expense of the state. Isn’t he as destructive as “termites” too?