新聞文本漢譯英的主要原則(9)

　　(9)南水北調(diào)divert water from the Yangtze River to North China

　　胡子工程long drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded)

　　計(jì)劃單列市city with economic planning directly supervised by the State Council

　　內(nèi)轉(zhuǎn)外export products and technologies originally targeted at the domestic market

　　“豆腐渣”工程beancurd projects, so named because they are too poor in quality to last out / jerry-built project

　　農(nóng)業(yè)要搞“一優(yōu)兩高”Attention should be paid to high yields, better quality and greater efficiency in agriculture.

　　上例中的詞語(yǔ)與中國(guó)國(guó)情密切相關(guān)，不增補(bǔ)相關(guān)的背景知識(shí)就難以為譯文讀者所接受，因此譯者通過(guò)解釋性的翻譯補(bǔ)足了理解詞語(yǔ)意義必備的背景知識(shí)。