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WEEK 12 AFTER-CLASS TASKS
Please translate the following sentences into English, and then consider what translation method or technique to be adopted.
应当承认, 每个民族都有它的长处, 不然它为什么能存在? 为什么能发展?
农民的生活水平不断提高,大部分农民已解决了温饱问题,不少农民已过上小康生活。
这种经营方式的特点是共同投资,共同管理,共负盈亏,可使双方的关系更为密切,协作更为加强,对双方都是有利的。
我们工厂引进了最先进的工艺和设备来提高印花行业的技术,我们倡导高科技和高生产力,产品质量稳定,花样美观,另外我们还坚持高产低耗的原则。
appreciate and analyze the following translations and discuss the application of translation techniques.
1) 你们的人参酒质量很好,但包装较差,瓶子易碎,纸盒太薄,对我们今后的订货,请每瓶套一只泡沫塑料套,并装在较厚的纸盒内,否则我们只能放弃这个业务。
The quality of your Ginseng Wine is fine, but its packing is rather poor. Bottles are subject to breakage and the paper boxes are too thin. In our future orders, please put each bottle in a foamed plastic bag before placing it into the cardboard box. Otherwise, we will have to give up this business.
2) 中国学生很灵, 一挥而就, 洋教师阅后,评出了最佳作文一篇, 学生们听后大为不解, 这种文章怎么能被评为“最佳”?
His Chinese students , quick at writing , finished the homework at one go and turned it in very soon. He went through the papers and picked the one that he thought the best . When he read it out to the studen