分析欠妥處,望各位不吝搶槍唱賜教。黃底色:註解對象;藍色:註解;其他顏色:句子或子句的主謂部分。
(中文原文:二零零九年四月消費物價指數,譯文來源:Consumer Price Index for April 2009)
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI for April 2009 rose by 2.45% year-on-year to 125.40, of which the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages went up by 11.75% and 6.70% respectively.
- Composite CPI 綜合消費物價指數
- indices是 index的複數, indexes也是。後接兩個類別(衣履、食品與非酒精飲品)所以用複數。
- of which = whose,較多人用的語序是 the N + of which,但由於長度關係,譯者選擇把of which 置前。關係詞(which, whom等)前的介詞由被修飾的詞或後接的動詞決定,這裡被修飾的是 Composite CPI。當然,很多時名為修飾,實為提供其他訊息。
- 那個;應改為逗號。
Among the subgroups of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, notable increase was observed in the price indices of fresh fish (+32.28%) and fruit (+11.75%). For the subgroups of Clothing & Footwear, price indices of women’s clothing (+10.82%) and footwear (+16.76%) registered marked increase. Meanwhile, the price index of Miscellaneous Goods & Services increased by 4.75% due to dearer prices of articles and products for personal care.
- registered 是動詞,marked是形容詞,解"錄得顯著..."
- increased by 與 上一段的 rose by, went up 及後面的 up, 均解上升
On the contrary, price index of Transport registered a year-on-year decrease of 10.06% on account of falling prices of gasoline.
- on account of 與上段的 due to,後段的 attributable to 意思都是 "由於"。
The CPI-A and CPI-B for April 2009 were 127.25 and 124.86 respectively, up by 2.49% and 2.50% year-on-year.
The Composite CPI for April 2009 dropped slightly by 0.01% month-to-month, with the price index of Housing & Fuels decreasing by 0.64%, attributable to the continuous electricity subsidy provided by the Government, reduced tariff clause adjustment on electricity charges and lower rentals for housing. However, arrivals of Summer clothings drove up the price index of Clothing & Footwear by 4.93%. Moreover, the CPI-A decreased by 0.23% whereas the CPI-B increased by 0.02% month-to-month.
- provided 是 which was provided 的簡化,這點不知也不重要,重要的是懂得怎樣用此種後修飾法,被動用ed,主動用 ing, 例: The book written by Gary is awful. The man writing an awful book is Gary.
- 比對 provided, reduced是前修飾。
The average Composite CPI for the first four months of 2009 went up by 3.09% year-on-year. For the 12 months ended April 2009, the average Composite CPI rose by 6.58% over the preceding period.
- year-on-year 與去年同期相比,也作 year-over-year, year-to-year。
例:The CPI in April rose by 2.45% year-on-year/over the preceding period/compared with a year ago.
- month-to-month 與上月相比,也如上項有類同的三種組合。
例:The CPI was reported down 0.01% month-to-month/between March and April.
The Composite CPI reflects the impact of price changes on the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 49% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP3,000 to MOP9,999. The CPI-B relates to about 31% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP10,000 to MOP19,999.



