<转>Talking about “股权分置改革”怎么翻译好?
最近,股权分置改革成为各界议论的热题。国内的一些英文报纸和媒体,如《中国日报》和《人民日报》的英文网络版对此均有报道,前者用了一个split-share structure reform,后者最早甚至“独创了”一个equity division reform的表达方法。其实,这种望文生义的翻译很有问题,极有可能让外国读者(甚至本国读者)不知所云。 我看了英美一些媒体关于这个问题的报道,它们使用最普遍也是最简单明了的表达方式就是:nontradable shares reform(sales)。 下面的文章是道琼斯通讯社的,由香港《英文虎报》转载。类似的文章在主要美国报纸比比皆是,就不一一列举了。
Jinniu sweetens offer in trial share sale May 31, 2005 Hebei Jinniu Energy & Resources , one of the four companies participating in a trial sale of nontradable shares, is improving its compensation package for those holding tradable shares. The coal firm said in a statement Monday it has set a bottom price of 8.71 yuan (HK$8.19) for Xingtai Mining (Group), which holds all the 520 million nontradable Jinniu shares, to sell its nontradable shares. And Xingtai Mining must hold the Jinniu shares for at least 24 months once they become tradable, it said. The lockup period was 18 months in the original plan. The number of shares given to existing shareholders will remain unchanged at 2.5 for every 10 tradable shares they hold. Jinniu made the revision ``after active communication with tradable shareholders'' and it is aimed at ensuring ``the smooth launch of its nontradable share reform plan,'' it said. The plan will be discussed at a shareholders meeting on June 17. Jinniu said its net profit will be at least 500 million yuan this year, and its earnings per share will be more than 0.64 yuan. Jinniu's revised plan follows a similar announcement last week by another company in the trial, transportation equipment maker Sany Heavy Industry Sany plans to improve its compensation package by giving 3½ nontradable shares, instead of three, for every 10 tradable shares. The moves by Hebei Jinniu and Sany came after the securities regulator this month included the two firms among four taking part in the trial of the share reform. The other two companies are manufacturer Shanghai Zijiang Enterprise Group and computer service provider Tsinghua Tongfang. Jinniu and Sany shares are still suspended. Computer maker Tsinghua Tongfang inched up 0.1 percent to 9.52 yuan while packaging manufacturer Shanghai Zijiang Enterprise rose by 1percent to 3.04 yuan. Nontradable shares, mostly in government hands, account for two-thirds of China's stock market capitalization. DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Copyright 2005, The Standard, Sing Tao Newspaper Group and Global China Group. All rights reserved. No content may be redistributed or republished, either electronically or in print, without express written consent of The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Markets/GE31Ag04.html