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.
# S8 R8 j' h5 K* @# J# q- [　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船沉没。
　　*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.
) P- J4 f+ c* c: {" f　　(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.
　　铁路枕木如果受白蚁侵蚀，火车就有出轨的危险。
+ Q; A6 I4 J2 D; C" K4 O% v　　*枕木: sleeper, crossties
　　*出轨：be derailed, run off the track, go off the rail
　　1.If railway sleepers were eaten away by termites, trains would be in danger of running off the track.
5 f- s4 w% i4 ?7 _3 B　　2.Trains running on termite-eaten sleepers are running the risk of going off the rails.
: }5 X8 z9 B. X　　3. Termite-eaten sleepers would derail trains.
　　白蚁这种害虫，实在是相当可恶的。
; |7 d% R$ z; h　　*可恶：abhorrent；abominable；loathsome; disgusting
　　*How disgusting pests like termites are!
% Y* V6 h6 ]) G, H　　*What disgusting pests termites are!
　　*Such pests as termites are really disgusting!
" H/ l2 |) w/ {. [! ]' m$ O　　在我们的社会里, 则有另一种“白蚁”。
　　1. There is another kind of “termites” in our society.
( A! s6 |# ^7 a! N$ X　　2. “Termites” of a different kind can also be found in our society.
7 z6 Y: b) @+ Y% ?1 e# x( w2 ~　　前些日子报载
3 G; z$ y6 m! i　　*前些日子：即最近、近来 a few days ago, the other day, lately, recently
　　*报载：it was reported on the newspaper that; according to a newspaper; according to a press report
! z% f: R" m( Y　　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？
5 [' i& \+ x- T8 j! ]1 L4 B. x3 g　　* 外贸局：Foreign Trade Bureau
　　*吉林省外贸局: Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau
" A2 I% y- ]0 T- |0 N; y" ~2 S　　* 副局长：vice-director; deputy chief
- f4 {& b. q- r$ J# O8 E　　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？
　　* 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
　　*利用：use; utilize; employ; exploit; take advantage of; (滥用)abuse
+ M/ V) _" `! o" m$ I　　*职权：power; authority
8 i. m% S4 c1 X, ~　　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？
! V/ ?" e2 v5 X　　* 慷慨：大量给予，这里是反话，大量使用，挥霍spend/expend wastefully; squander
* a% v3 e3 O. k. W　　* （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）
　　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
　　*大慷国家之慨：expend money at the expense of the state; squander large amounts of government money …
　　*吃喝玩乐：wining, dining and other pleasure-seeking
　　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？
1 K3 T( M  _, S; b　　*请客：entertain guests; give a dinner party; invite… to dinner; treat
( o" J4 w" |' r; O" @* T7 Y- _　　*送礼: present / give … gift or present
, ~" G1 L: t4 p& m6 v: \　　*不也是：难道不是Aren’t they/Isn’t it…
* _  F3 U  }- n  y- k6 d/ H　　*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”。
8 V4 z* E% K+ b$ t　　*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?