抛砖引玉 Take your wild guess!

Phil Hand wrote:

再次证明了以单词为单位的翻译是行不通的。

为什么要把它说成 take a wild guess呢？（注：这里不能用“your”）没必要猜测，英文的意思很清楚。

Alan Wang wrote:

翻译中常见有点令人头疼的词，比如：Physical
英语中常用 physical 表示所说的某种东西至少有个特性即是有形的。除了指人的身体外，汉语中没有确当的词能“对应地”处理它。只能 take a wild guess.
You need to provide physical protection to the building against burglaries.
你应该为该楼宇装上防盗设施。
Physical 居然变成了设施。

Sihua Yang wrote:

实体防护措施/装置/设施。个人认为这里的设施并非来源于physical，而是protection本身就可以包含防护措施、装置和设施

Alan Wang wrote:

我把它在此翻译为设备或设施，才算符合汉语表达。

Alan Wang wrote:

You need to provide physical protection to the building against burglaries.
你应该为该楼宇装上防盗设施。
Physical 居然变成了设施。

wherestip wrote:



你这么翻当然可以。 不过 physical protection 是指保护 “楼房的设施”， 不是指安装“防盗的设施”。

Anyway, it's a good translation, as long as one acknowledges that a minor adjustment was made.

Alan Wang wrote:

So far, i don't see any adjustment is needed, could you please explain fully, like providing your version of the translation?

wherestip wrote:



Alan,

I'm not here to pick on your translation. What I mean is as long as you understand that you did not follow the original meaning exactly, then what you provided is totally acceptable.

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/physical-security

Alan Wang wrote:

thanks. But I am not scared being picked on, so do pick on it as much as you can.
Actually, the source is also my own creation.

http://www.themetalith.com/physicalprotection.html

Physical Protection System Identification and the Metalith

The Metalith critical infrastructure protection and force protection barriers were designed from inception do be part of an overall security system. The Metalith was designed to mitigate explosive blasts or contain blasts and provide protection from the effects of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, VBIEDs. The Metalith is the only system today that effectively provides anti-blast and anti-crash protection and can be effectively used as one of the components of a Physical Protection System (PPS).
The Physical Protection System methodology described on this page is a derivation of what had been originally developed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to protect a Department of Energy (DOE) facility's high-value assets from theft or sabotage.
A complete physical protection system provides all required functions of an effective security system including:
▪ Detection
▪ Delay
▪ Response or Interdiction
These functions should be performed in order and within a length of time that is less than the time required for the terrorist, saboteur, or even disgruntled employee, to complete their task.
A well-designed system provides protection in depth with multiple layers of security that must be defeated in sequence, minimizes the consequences of single component failure, and exhibits balanced protection no matter which path of attack the adversary chooses. Protection can be obtained through various combinations of technology (hardware and software), manpower, and procedures.

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