商务英语翻译_之_数字翻译课件.ppt

;;;;;;;;;4. “n times + upon/over”;;;;;By using a new process the prime cost of the television set was reduced by 3.4 times.;（八）大数字的翻译;大数字的基本译法;英文数字读法规律(从右开始读，以美式英语为例)： 第一个逗号前的数字读成thousand,??????? ????????? 1,000 = one thousand第二个逗号前的数字读成million,???????? ??????1,000,000 = one million第三逗号前的数字读成billion,????????? ?? 1,000,000,000 = one billion第四个逗号前的数字读成trillion,?? 1,000,000,000,000 = one trillion;In this region the grain output is now five times／five-fold that twenty years ago．;The speed exceeded the average speed by a factor of 2.5.;Their expense is as much again as what it was． ;