【精英翻譯】的部落格

Mr. Green：That candidate seems to be a good choice.

葛林先生：那位候選人似乎是不錯選擇。

Jack：Aren’t you going to say something？

Tim：Joe should be put in jail for calling me a moron.

Jenny：Did you see the sales team going downstairs after work?

今天還這麼冷！真受不了

Jessie：Brrr! It’s already March, but it’s so cold today! I can’t stand it.

Iatetoomuchpizzatoday

Jill：Ohhh,Iatetoomuchpizzatoday.

2-World’s first floating ice cream van/世界第一部水上冰淇淋車

1-      World’s first floating ice cream van/世界第一部水上冰淇淋車

The world’s first amphibious ice cream van is touring Britain’s seaside resorts and waterways.

Girl aged 3 with IQ of 140/英3歲女童智商高達140

http://blog.xuite.net/ests924/twblog/151138862

世界上最勇敢的潛水員/世界最勇敢的跳水者

英國人贏得事件從一個驚人的27米跳躍 - 或88.5英尺

走筆至此，大家應該可以猜得到 in a compromising position 在這三起新聞事件中的意思了吧! 沒錯，那就是「正在嘿咻/炒飯/做愛」(romping)。然而，in a compromising position 的意思並沒有這麼狹隘；事實上，舉凡正在做不該做的事或正在幹不法勾當，當場被發現、逮個正著，都可以用 in a compromising position 來表示，而不僅限於「四腳獸」的行徑。

在這個片語中，compromising 意為「有損名譽的；蒙受恥辱的」，而 position 意為「姿勢」。這個新片語的使用頻率越來越高，但英文中其實早就有意思相當的片語和單詞存在，而且也相當常用，那就是 in the act (of doing something bad/wrong/illegal) 及當副詞用的 red-handed；它們通常跟動詞 catch 連用。例如：

1 - In a compromising position

乍看之下，這個片語的意思似乎是「採取妥協的立場」或「採取讓步的態度」，因為 compromising 意為「妥協的，讓步的」，而 position 就是「立場，態度」。然而，如果事情這麼簡單，筆者就沒有撰寫本文的必要了，因為現今在使用 in a compromising position 的上下文中，幾乎百分之百都不是在表達這意思。

《字詞解析》

receptionist — (n.) 接待員。stone — (n.) 英石。1 英石 = 6.35 公斤。

銀行職員克服懼汗症而減重近51公斤

Tracey, who lives in Bristol, now weighs in at just 11 stone and controls her weight through gentle exercise and slimming aids.

1- Bank worker overcomes bizarre phobia of SWEAT to lose eight-stone/銀行職員克服懼汗症而減重近51公斤

A receptionist at a bank has lost more than eight stone after conquering a bizarre phobia – of sweat.

一旦你到達名單中的會議場地，然後搜索過程就可以開始。試圖為您的會議建立一些關鍵標準，實事求是的客人數量及可能出席，但盡量不參加任何驚喜的春季會議場地。還要考慮集團間的任何要求，因為這往往是一個關鍵點較大的事件。重要的是要考慮飲食，會議地點投入更多飲食能力活動空間。為你的客人精心設計食物的類型，這也可以反映在你的組織。以應付這一點，考慮會議場地客人進食的時間及食物的容量。

Of course you may simply wish to use a booking agent to assist you with venue-sourcing. Such agents often have an excellent knowledge of the conference venues on offer in Birmingham and are easily able to recommend the right space for your event. Whatever venue you choose you can be certain that investing as much time possible in locating the right conference venue will pay dividends in the long term.

3- Finding the perfect conference venue

那裡是個有風格的場地，你可能要考慮你公司的形象，你將選擇如何反映在會場，會不會又酷及現代化或可能有更多一點的主流？開始與互聯網搜索，你很快就會確定的可能性。

Finding the perfect conference venue

數字的考慮：如何將您的代表到達會場- 乘坐汽車，或乘坐公共交通工具？如果是的話，是場地附近的公共交通如巴士總站或車站嗎？如果你開車抵達公園附近，你有任何器材需要擺放在會場前停車位？

尋找完美會議地點

When looking for a conference venue then the key starting point is often location, location, location.

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