2014年大学英语四级考试中英翻译：外贸发展

　　外贸发展

　　在过去20年中，世界上没有任何一个国家的外贸发展速度像中国那么快。日本用了20多年时间才将其外贸总额翻了一番而中国却翻了两番。中国现在已是全球第三大电器生产国，并且正在成为全球电器市场上的主角。中国还是世界上劳动密集型(labor-intensive)产品的主要生产国。间才将其外贸总额翻了一番，而中国却翻了两番。

　　参考译文

　　Over the last twodecades, no country in the world has expanded its foreign trade as fast asChina. Japan took more than 20 years to double its foreign trade, while China,for the same length of time, has quadrupled its foreign trade (has increasedits foreign trade by three times .. Already the world' s third largest producerof electric appliances, China is now playing a major role in the global marketof the electric wares. China has also become a major producer oflabor-intensive manufactured goods in the world.