Lesson6Chapter5PartI数词的翻译程序.ppt

EST Translation Chapter 5 Part I Translation 1 You should also get used to saving your work as often as possible. PCs in general are not the most stable, and with video editing you have to be extra careful. 应养成经常保存文件的习惯。个人电脑一般不太稳定，所以进行视频编辑时就须加倍小心。 2 China is rich in antimony, tungsten, manganese, iron, etc. They are useful and necessary metals for heavy industry. 中国富有锑，钨，锰，铁等。这些都是重工业有用而必须的金属。 3 It seems that these two branches of science are mutually dependent and interacting. 看来这两个科学分支是互相依存，互相作用的。 4 Some atomic nuclei undergo spontaneous disintegration while others do not. 有些原子核会自发裂变，而另外一些则不会。 5 所有的物质都有不同的热容量，而水的热容量在所有物质中最大。 All substances have different heat capacities, but water has one of the greatest of all. Numerical Expressions in EST 1 Fraction 1/2 1/3 1/4 3/4 3/5 1/10 1/100 a/ one half a/ one third a/ one quarter (/fourth) three fourths/ three quarters three fifths a/ one tenth a/ one hundredth 1/1000 113/300 1/2234 1 1/2 64 38/483 a/ one thousandth one hundred and thirteen over three hundred one over two thousand two hundred and thirty-four One and a half Sixty four and thirty-eight over four hundred eighty-three 2 Decimal 0.125 0.046 3.14 zero /naught point one two five (naught) point naught four six / zero point zero four six three point one four 基本数目的常用前缀 数量数据翻译的基本规则 1)英美等国家的出版社在排版时遵循一条原则，即1至10用单词表示，10以上的数目用阿拉伯数字表示。 That test bench measures three meters by two. 那个测试台长3米，宽2米。 The test persisted 12 hours. 测试持续了12个小时。 2)人数用阿拉伯数字表示，但不定数量、近似值用单词表示。 There are 384 voters on the electoral rolls. 选举名单上有384人投票。 Nearly one hundred procedures are stored in this computer. 计算机中储存了近100个测试程序。 表示一个大约数，可用：tens of , dozens of ,scores of ,hundreds of ,thousands of ,millions of …。 3)遇到日期、百分比、带单位的特殊数字，通常用阿拉伯数字。 2nd May 1998 1998年5月2日 the 1990s = the 1990’s = the nineteen nineties 20世纪90年代 a discount of 10 percent 10%的折扣 2 gallon oil 2加仑油 4)在科技文章中，数字频繁出现，多用阿拉伯数字表示。 The new engine has a capacity of 4.3 liters and an output power of 153 kilowatts at 4400 rev