標(biāo)題: 新聞英語：“幸福指數(shù)”怎么翻 [打印本頁] 作者: 華夏宏峰 時間: 2012-4-1 04:27 標(biāo)題: 新聞英語：“幸福指數(shù)”怎么翻 句子：央視調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，2010年我國人民的幸福指數(shù)為44.7。 ( M5 U7 r. ^. Q' V0 e: f* Z2 `, F( }: Z- z }$ ~
誤譯：The result of a survey by CCTV shows that the people’s happiness quotient in our country was 44.7 in 2010.& V; U9 |9 L, n! }1 W
3 W$ U' ^+ y5 a/ _$ V6 i$ ] 正譯：The result of a survey by CCTV shows that the people’s happiness index in our country was 44.7 in 2010. s1 h: }3 y; o; I) w9 c8 G% N# H# v ! w: Q8 \5 m, i) w' n4 K3 G 解釋：quotient 的意思是 a number which is the result when one number is divided by another，是一個數(shù)被另一個數(shù)所除的結(jié)果，即“商數(shù)”或“商”，與“指數(shù)”是不同的概念?！靶腋Ｖ笖?shù)”應(yīng)譯為 happiness index。例如： 1 K4 D" H' `. [- V) A0 M2 @5 a9 Y' H; F; I3 ~
1. 當(dāng)6被2 除時，商是3。When six is divided by two, the quotient is three。 ) G2 R0 X2 N3 @% _3 }8 S" o. b" l( x7 E. y$ u' ]- n
“指數(shù)”的第一個意思是純數(shù)學(xué)概念，表示“一個數(shù)目自乘若干次的數(shù)字”。英語可以譯為 index, index number, exponent, power。例如：. F+ J: }- M5 Z+ {( s8 g [% E$ j
1 g2 A ^3 w% d2 b 2. 指數(shù)是一個數(shù)學(xué)符號，表明一個數(shù)目自乘若干次的數(shù)字。 An exponent is a mathematical notation that implies the number of times a number is to be multiplied by itself。 - `# W) s8 |/ g; _6 K- Q; q+ X) X0 c- H- ?
“指數(shù)”的第二個意思是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)概念，表明“經(jīng)濟(jì)現(xiàn)象變動的程度”。英語可以譯為 index，其復(fù)數(shù)形式為 indexes或 indices。例如：3. 三月份中國經(jīng)濟(jì)繼續(xù)快速增長，而其通脹指數(shù)攀升至32個月的新高。, f5 G% r4 H" v9 ~) D7 o& p
" p- Z+ S( Y- I; q China's economy continued its rapid expansion in March as the inflation index climbed to a 32-month high。/ Q4 o4 g8 [3 p C
- x, q& l5 k% a# | 4. 居民消費(fèi)價格指數(shù)，衡量通脹的主要依據(jù)，在三月份同比增長5.4%。The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose by 5.4 percent year-on-year in March。8 g5 _! h4 F* t9 z6 G
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5. 在這個亞洲國家，工業(yè)生產(chǎn)指數(shù)自2005年一直在增長。The industrial production index has been rising since 2005 in this Asian country。 - K1 y2 S2 J/ b3 \2 j6 x2 [' M0 ]3 o2 n3 O6 C( i5 k
6. 今天上午道瓊斯指數(shù)跌了15點。The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning。8 i+ q. m6 Q$ q
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7. 在這個歐洲國家，就業(yè)指數(shù)在過去三個月里從48.4 降到 43.6。In this European country, employment index has fallen from 48.4 to 43.6 over the past three months.▲(