《钱江晚报》有奖翻译大赛第110期题目

Everyone knows, or has long suspected, that the purse strings are held by women. It's oft repeated that they make 85% of the buying decisions or are the chief purchasing officers of their households. The difference today — one that has enormous consequences across global economies — is that women are also the earners. In October 2009, the U.S. workforce became nearly half female: women held 49.9% of all nonfarm labor jobs and 51.5% of high-paying management and professional positions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is not likely to be a blip. For every two guys who graduate from college or get a higher degree, three women do. This is almost the exact opposite of the graduation ratio that existed when the baby boomers entered college.

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人人都知道，或已习以为常地同意，女性是家庭财政大权的掌握者。我们经常听到的一个说法就是：女性是一个家庭的首席采购官，85%的家庭购物都是由她们决定的。如今这一情况并未改变，不同的是，她们在花钱的同时也成为了主要的赚钱者（这一点或许将对世界经济产生重大影响)。根据美国劳工部劳工统计局的数据，在2009年10月，美国劳动力中女性占了将近一半：49.9%的非农劳动岗位为女性持有，高薪管理和专业岗位中的数据则51.5%。而且这似乎不仅仅只是一个暂时现象。因为获得大学本科或以上文凭的毕业生中，男女比例为2：3。这一比例与婴儿潮一族就读大学时几乎恰好相反。

点评：在理解原文时，如果从词的选择上来看，我们发现作者其实带点性别歧视，这主要体现在suspect和consequence两词中。至于具体的翻译，这两个词所在的句子也是难点，如suspect一词有“怀疑”的意思，但在此应该按照剑桥词典中“to think or believe something to be true or probable”的意思来理解。另一句的翻译，由于篇幅有限，请参考以上范文。（施强国际 陈一锋）

第110期获奖名单：陈向丽