[译者无疆] 翻译大比拼 第一期
[quote][size=4][font=Tahoma](This passage was written in 1978.)[/font]
[font=Tahoma] Recent years have brought minority-owned businesses in the United States unprecedented opportunities—as well as new and significant risks. Civil rights activists have long argued that one of the principal reasons why Blacks, Hispanics, and other minority groups have difficulty establishing themselves in business is that they lack access to the sizable orders and subcontracts that are generated by large companies. Now Congress, in apparent agreement, has required by law that businesses awarded federal contracts of more than $500,000 do their best to find minority subcontractors and record their efforts to do so on forms filed with the government. Indeed, some federal and local agencies have gone so far as to set specific percentage goals for apportioning parts of public works contracts to minority enterprises.[/font]
[font=Tahoma] Corporate response appears to have been substantial. According to figures collected in 1977, the total of corporate contracts with minority businesses rose from $77 million in 1972 to $1.1 billion in 1977. The projected total of corporate contracts with minority businesses for the early 1980’s is estimated to be over 53 billion per year with no letup anticipated in the next decade. Promising as it is for minority businesses, this increased patronage poses dangers for them, too. First, minority firms risk expanding too fast and overextending themselves financially, since most are small concerns and, unlike large businesses, they often need to make substantial investments in new plants, staff, equipment, and the like in order to perform work subcontracted to them. If, thereafter, their subcontracts are for some reason reduced, such firms can face potentially crippling fixed expenses. The world of corporate purchasing can be frustrating for small entrepreneurs who get requests for elaborate formal estimates and bids. Both consume valuable time and resources, and a small company’s efforts must soon result in orders, or both the morale and the financial health of the business will suffer.[/font]
[font=Tahoma] A second risk is that White-owned companies may seek to cash in on the increasing apportionments through formation of joint ventures with minority-owned concerns. Of course, in many instances there are legitimate reasons for joint ventures; clearly, White and minority enterprises can [color=green]team up (team up: v.([/color][/font][font=宋体]使[/font][font=Tahoma])[/font][font=宋体]结成一队[/font][font=Tahoma], [/font][font=宋体]合作[/font][font=Tahoma], [/font][font=宋体]协作[/font][font=Tahoma]) to acquire business that neither could acquire alone. But civil rights groups and minority business owners have complained to Congress about minorities being set up as “[color=green]fronts (a person, group, or thing used to mask the identity or true character or activity of the actual controlling agent)[/color]” with White backing, rather than being accepted as full partners in legitimate joint ventures.[/font]
[font=Tahoma] Third, a minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often runs the danger of becoming—and remaining—dependent. Even in the best of circumstances, fierce competition from larger, more established companies makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases: when such firms have nearly guaranteed orders from a single corporate benefactor, they may truly have to struggle against complacency arising from their current success.[/font]
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大家跟帖翻译即可 可选其中某一段
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[em06] 很不幸 这几天系统挂了 等整好了 一定积极参加翻译工作 虽然很措 但是热情还是有的[em13] [em13] 很经济～好多词汇不知道该怎么翻译～～ 虽然投票时我投了赞同票，可是……[em17] 占个坑，有空发 [quote]原帖由 [i]mongolia[/i] 于 2008-4-17 22:55 发表 [url=http://bbs.ghtt.net/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=1193995&ptid=102028][img]http://bbs.ghtt.net/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
很经济～好多词汇不知道该怎么翻译～～ [/quote]
不会的用英文哈 考得是你对文章整体的理解 细节不可能全部理解的 [size=3]第一段：
近年来美国的少数族裔获得了前所未有的机会——同时也有新挑战与大冒险。非洲裔、拉美裔和其他少数族裔之所以在商业活动中难以成功，其中一个主要原因是他们很少有机会接触到大公司的大宗订货和承包业务。人权分子讨论上述话题为时已久。现在议会以压倒性投票立法要求，超过50万美元的联邦政府合同应尽力寻求少数族裔开发商并将记录在案，以与政府的步调一致。事实上，一些联邦和地方机构为将公众建设的工作指定给少数族裔所建企业，甚至已制定了确定的目标配额。[/size]
有的句子没大看明白，见谅[em13]
[[i] 本帖最后由 雪小禅 于 2008-4-19 12:37 编辑 [/i]] GMAT 的阅读~~
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不错不错哈 继续努力回复 9# 的帖子
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可以哈 回头我直接抄袭蒙古大哥滴[em26] 发现翻译能力亟待提高～～英文看得懂，说不出来啥意思～～
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能看懂就不错啦～要做题检验下不 嘿嘿 原题已找到了～谢谢～～ 有些奖励措施才好
不然这么长的东西懒得整
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看了从第二段开始的，经济上的玩意太多了，不过翻译个大概是可以的The world of corporate purchasing can be frustrating for small entrepreneurs who get requests for elaborate formal estimates and bids. Both consume valuable time and resources, and a small company’s efforts must soon result in orders, or both the morale and the financial health of the business will suffer.
这句是不是语法错了？
both那里
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