1. There is, as Robert Rubin, the treasury secretary, says, a “disjunction” between the mass of business anecdote that points to a leap in productivity and the picture reflected by the statistics.

【詞匯突破】the treasury secretary 財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)(美)

anecdote 軼聞，趣聞，傳聞

statistics 數(shù)據(jù)(還有一個(gè)我們不熟悉的意思：表格)

picture 情況，事態(tài)，局面，狀況，情形，形勢(shì)

mass of business anecdote 通常我們不翻譯為商業(yè)軼事的大量，而翻譯為大量的商業(yè)軼事，這樣更符合中文的習(xí)慣

disjuncton 脫節(jié)

【主干識(shí)別】There is a disjunction between A and B.

在A和B之間存在著脫節(jié);

【譯文賞析】正如財(cái)長(zhǎng)魯賓所說，在表明生產(chǎn)力飛躍發(fā)展的商業(yè)佚事和實(shí)際數(shù)據(jù)所反映的情況之間存在著脫節(jié)。也可以這樣改進(jìn)：

有大量的商業(yè)佚事說生產(chǎn)力飛躍發(fā)展了，但是財(cái)長(zhǎng)羅伯特.魯賓認(rèn)為現(xiàn)實(shí)數(shù)據(jù)表明的情況并不能支持這些傳奇。

2. Steering such deposits through MaxMyInterest allows the banks to save money while appearing more concerned with their customers’ fortunes than their own.

【詞匯突破】steer vt.& vi.駕駛;操縱，控制;引導(dǎo)

deposit 存款

appear 呈現(xiàn)+表語(yǔ)

fortune 財(cái)富，命運(yùn)

concern with 關(guān)心

【譯文賞析】 通過MaxMyInterest轉(zhuǎn)出存款使得銀行可以節(jié)省支出，同時(shí)顯得更關(guān)心客戶而非自己的財(cái)富。

3. Although it has been possible to infer from the goods and services actually produced what manufactures and servicing trades thought their customers wanted, only a study of relevant personal documents written by actual consumers will provide a precise picture of who wanted what.

【詞匯突破】manufactures制造商

servicing trades服務(wù)業(yè)

precise準(zhǔn)確的

【主干識(shí)別】a study will provide a precise picture.

【譯文賞析】 盡管我們有可能從實(shí)際生產(chǎn)的商品和服務(wù)中推斷出制造商和服務(wù)行業(yè)對(duì)于顧客需求的想法，但是只有對(duì)那些由實(shí)際的消費(fèi)者所寫就的相關(guān)個(gè)人記錄進(jìn)行研究才能精確地描述出到底是“誰(shuí)”想要“什么”。

(但是只有對(duì)真正顧客所寫的相關(guān)個(gè)人記錄的研究才能對(duì)什么人需要什么東西提供一個(gè)精確的描述。)

4. Civil rights activists have long argued that one of the principal reasons why Blacks , Hispanics, and other minority groups have difficulty establishing themselves in business is that they lack access to the sizable orders and subcontracts that are generated by large companies.

【詞匯突破】civil rights activists 人權(quán)活動(dòng)者

Hispanics 拉美裔

minority groups 少數(shù)族裔

principal reason主要原因

lack access to 沒有獲得...的途徑

subcontracts 分包合同

sizable orders 大額訂單

【主干識(shí)別】 Civil rights activists have long argued that

【譯文賞析】人權(quán)主義者一直認(rèn)為，黑人，拉美裔人士和其他少數(shù)族裔的美國(guó)人之所以在商界難有所為，主要原因是他們?nèi)狈ν緩饺カ@得大額訂單和大公司產(chǎn)生的分包合同。

5. But with online security frequently breached and personal data plundered, Mr Balkan is not alone in thinking there will be a big market for privacy products. Other new ventures are meant to appeal to an audience believed to have grown indignant at the gathering of personal data for commercial purposes by industry giants like Google and Facebook.

【詞匯突破】breach 破壞

plunder 竊取

venture 企業(yè)

appeal to 吸引

【譯文賞析】由于網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全經(jīng)常被破壞，個(gè)人數(shù)據(jù)經(jīng)常被竊取，所以不只是Mr Balkan一個(gè)人認(rèn)為保護(hù)隱私類的產(chǎn)品將會(huì)有巨大的市場(chǎng)。其他一些新的企業(yè)，也準(zhǔn)備去吸引這樣一些用戶，大家認(rèn)為這些用戶對(duì)于一些行業(yè)巨頭如谷歌和Facebook出于商業(yè)目的收集用戶個(gè)人數(shù)據(jù)的行為越來(lái)越憤怒。

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