中译英

　　近日，国内的一些航空公司纷纷推出"随心飞"机票折扣套餐，希望收复现金流。

　　参考译文：Domestic airlines in China rolled out ticket discount packages under the banner of "fly at will" one after another recently, in the hope of recouping money.

　　解析："随心飞"作为一个专用名词以及一个行业及商业性的名称，有时需要参考一下行业的翻译规范。"随心飞"这个词的英文如果没有航空公司自己官方的版本，fly at will是基本达义的。另外，“收复”的原意是“谓夺回已失去的东西。多指夺回失地。”不过，在这一句里，应该理解为“提升现金流”，或“恢复原有的收入”，用recoupe还是挺贴切的。Recoup的意思是“弥补、重新拿回”，即If you recoup a sum of money that you have spent or lost, you get it back. 例如：Insurance companies are trying to recoup their losses by increasing premiums./保险公司正试图通过提高保费来弥补损失。

　　英译中

　　Because the playing field is not level, foreign firms seem to be shifting from owning their own subsidiaries to taking passive stakes in well-connected local firms instead.

　　参考译文：由于(印度)市场竞争环境不佳，外国企业不再倾向于全资控股，转而参股关系良好的本地企业。

　　解析：这一个英文句子里，有两个词的用法不走寻常路：一个是playing field，另一个则是level。通常，playing field的意思是“操场;运动场”即A playing field is a large area of grass where people play sports. 例如：the playing fields of the girls' Grammar School. /女子文法学校的运动场。不过，在财经文本里，这个词组还有另外一个意思：“公平竞争的环境;机会均等的环境”，即You talk about a level playing field to mean a situation that is fair, because no competitor or opponent in it has an advantage over another. 例如：We ask for a level playing field when we compete with foreign companies./我们寻求一个能与外国公司公平竞争的环境。Level这个词通常可以作名词或动词，不过，在这里是作了一个形容词，意思是“等高的，齐平的”，即If one thing is level with another thing, it is at the same height as it. 例如：He leaned over the counter so his face was almost level with the boy's./他倾身伏在柜台上，一张脸几乎凑到小男孩的面前。又如：Amy knelt down so that their eyes were level./埃米屈膝在地，两人目光相对平视。此外，stake的意思是“(企业等中的)股本，股份”，即If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you. 例如：He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts./他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色，那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。Take passive stake的意思是“投资”，不过，这个投资并不是positive的方式，而是passive的方式——不控股，而是参股，做小股东。这也与前面的the playing field is not level相呼应：在坑坑洼洼的球场上，怎么可能与对手有一个公平较量的环境呢?既然没有公平的机会，那就做“小弟”呗!

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