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BBC Learning English – Ask About Britain 英国问答 About this script Please note that this is not a word for word transcript of the programme as broadcast. In the recording and editing process, changes may have been made which may not be reflected here. 关于台词的备注： 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改 变。 Signs in English 英语标志 Oliver: 大家好，欢迎收听 BBC Learning English. 我是Oliver。 Helen: Hello, I’m Helen. You’re listening to Ask About Britain, the programme where we answer your questions about how British people live their lives. Oliver: Helen，今天我们有什么好玩儿的问题吗? Helen: Yes, we have. There’s a question from Faye, a radio listener in Nanjing who got in touch with us via Nanjing Music Radio. Oliver: 来自南京音乐广播的听众，是什么问题呢？ Question Recently there have been discussions about the ways to properly translate public signage into English. I want to know how the signs are written in the UK. Oliver: 我们今天的问题就是如何准确的把公共标志翻译成英文。 Helen: We’ll try our best to give Faye some ideas about signs in the UK, but it’s a very big topic. Oliver: 让我们试试看吧。首先，从我个人经验来说，我觉得公共标志就是要清楚准 确。 It has to be clear. Helen: I couldn’t agree with you more here, signs should be simple and easy to understand for people. Insert Clear language, clearly presented, clearly written, and it just needs to say what it want you to do. “Keep off the grass” is a fairly straightforward example. It means don’t touch it, don’t walk on it. Oliver: 刚才我们听到的这位女士强调的是清楚，清楚明确的语言。 Helen: Clear language. Oliver: 清楚的描述。 Helen: Clearly presented. Oliver: 准确的书写。 Helen: Clearly written. Oliver: 她举了一个她认为是表达清晰准确的例子，就是－请勿践踏草坪。 Helen: Keep off the grass. Keep off means don’t walk on it, stay away from it. It’s an order. Do not break it. Oliver: 这是个命令的语气,