2019年初级剑桥商务英语翻译练习题（12）

　　1. Having sold his ￡7,000 of stock in the company, he later bought back in at the top of the boom and down for ￡20,000.

　　译文：他卖掉了自己在该公司占有的七千英镑的股份，后来在股票上扬的时候买进，亏损了两万英镑。

　　2. In market research and social surveys questions are usually read out by an interviewer. Interviewers are usually trained to read the questions out and then record the answers in a machine-like manner.

　　译文：在市场调查和社会调查中，通常由采访者提问。采访者往往要接受培训才能更好地提问并准确地记录答案。

　　3. When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a great man, it always first frustrates his spirit and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes him to starvation and poverty, harasses him by troubles and setbacks so as to stimulate his spirit.

　　译文：天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行佛乱其所为，所以动心忍性，增益其所不能。

　　4. Available at the hotel is a variety of Chinese, Japanese and Western food restaurants, in addition to a complete set of service facilities including ballroom, physical fitness center, beauty salon, sauna, swimming pool, bar, shopping arcade and taxi service, etc.

　　译文：饭店设有可供应各种中西菜肴和日本风味饭菜的餐厅。还有一整套的服务设施，包括舞厅、健身中心、美容厅、桑拿浴室、游泳池、酒吧、商场及出租车服务等等。

　　5. Senior policy-makers are politicians, senior government officers, senior institutional managers and others with the power and resources to influence events.

　　译文：高级决策者指政治家、政府高级官员、机构上层管理者，及其他那些手握权力、掌控资源、左右局势的人。