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English to Chinese: The Rich and National Strength General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Finance (general)
Source text - English Our new list of the world’s richest shows how the global economic tumult knows few boundaries. We counted 332 fewer billionaires than last year, a decline of about a third. The U.S. loss of 110 members of that elite group was the largest, followed by Europe, which had 102 fewer. Even the relatively resilient Asia-Pacific region lost 81 billionaires this year compared with a year ago.
But those overall net losses, which take into account drop-offs and newcomers, conceal big differences in the distribution of pain and success. The Western industrial economies, especially the U.S., are holding up well relative to others. Some of the decade’s higher-flying developing economies are bearing the greatest declines.
Said by some to be a fading star, the U.S. still has 359 billionaires, greater than any other country and 83% more than Europe, the closest runner-up. In the past year, America’s share of the world’s billionaires has increased to 45.3% from 41.7%. That’s the highest in three years. Not only is the U.S. influence holding steady; its share of billionaire’s total wealth has increased. Of the $2.4 trillion of wealth on our list this year, 44% came from the U.S. Members. That’s larger than the 36% that U.S. billionaires accounted for last year.
Why is America on the rise, at least compared to others? The head start it has over other nations is still great, and the global scope of many businesses is relatively huge, allowing it to reap the benefits of international diversification. Technology advantages it gained at the start of the PC and Internet eras remain formidable, even during tough times. The U.S. dollar’s rise again most world currencies also helped in this U.S. dollar-dominated list.
But another factor is the fragility of some of the newer developing economies. The experience of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and mainland China) is most telling. The BRIC share of billionaires fell to 12.2% this year, down from 17.8% in 2008. Last year’s share was the lowest since 2006, when the BRICs had 10.0%.
Among the BRICs, Russia’s demise is most striking. The BRIC country with the most billionaires, Russia had only 32 billionaires this year versus 87 last year, the fewest since it has 27 back in 2005. India lost more than half of its billionaires in the past year – it has 24 in 2009, compared with a record 53 in 2008. That’s the lowest since it had 23 in 2006. Brazil’s 13 billionaires this year compare with 18 in 2007, and is the smallest number since it had only 8 in 2005. The number of billionaires in China dropped, too, from 42 to 28, amid a fall in the country’s stock market.
But China’s performance differs from the other BRICs. First, its growth remains the strongest, projected to come in at about 7-8% or so this year. Its currency is stronger than Russia, too, and it has greater manufacturing depth than India. Even though it lost 14 billionaires, this year’s figure is still the second-highest total ever. Its share of the world’s billionaires has increased to 3.5% from zero in 2003. China’s strength is reflected in another area of this year’s list: The number of newcomers from the mainland is five of 38, or 13% of the world total. For its part, the U.S. can boast 21, or 55% of the new faces. Not bad for a fading power.
So while the rich around the world are struggling this year, the losses aren’t equal. Relatively speaking, America has bounced back.
And while the once glittering BRICs have been dealt a setback, China is still a success among them.
Translation - Chinese 从我们最新揭晓的“2009年度全球富豪榜”可以看出，本轮全球经济动荡几乎不分国界。今年上榜的十亿级富豪比去年减少332名，损失了近三分之一。而尤以美国损失的该精英俱乐部成员最多，共减少110人，其次是欧洲，减少102名。即使相对乐观的亚太地区也未能幸免，与一年前相比，该地区减少了81名十亿级富豪。
English to Chinese: Attractions! General field: Marketing Detailed field: Tourism & Travel
Source text - English Tahiti. Fiji. Rarotonga. Names of a summer afternoon’s dream. Places to explore. Once hard to find and hard to get to. Now Air New Zealand gets you there easily and affordably. And because we’ve been there before you, this kind of exploring is all easy street.
FIRST STOP, TAHITI.
We suggest you begin with this sprinkling of tiny gems properly knows as the Society Islands. The language is French and, of course, English is spoken. The little stores are often run by Chinese. Someone who looks like the postman puts French bread in your mailbox. And bicycles are everywhere waiting for you to pick one up and find a beach that will make you feel like Robinson Crusoe.
Minutes after you arrive you’ll want to have your face in a diving mask staring back at fish that seem to be made of neon.
The airport at Bora Bora sits on the water. The yellow cab is white and it’s a boat. And you glide to your hotel through blue-green lagoons. It could be the most beautiful taxi ride in the world.
Translation - Chinese 塔希提岛！斐济！拉罗加汤岛！这些都是编织夏日梦幻的乐园！是探险的天堂！曾经一度很难找到也很难去到！不过现在，新西兰航空将让你花很少钱就可轻松抵达这儿！由于我们在那恭候您，这种探险对您来说现在就象逛街一样简单！
A slew of heavyweight American companies would release their performance results this week. Due to investors' concern about local firms' dim future, stock markets tumbled across Asia yesterday.
Major American companies scheduled to release Q2 performance results this week include Goldman Sach, Intel, Johnson
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