A year later, Mr. Day is now fully focused on mending fences with the world's third-largest economy to help Canada through the global economic crisis, though he has told reporters that “everything,” including human rights, is on the table.
一年后，戴先生现在全力集中于修补与这个世界上第三个经济体的关系，以帮助加拿大度过全球经济危机，尽管他已告诉记者“所有事情”，包括人权（问题），都被搁置下来。（译者注：加拿大总理为度过经济危机，全力修被与中国的关系，先把包括人权的“所有事情”，都搁置下来。
“ is on the table” 是还在台面上的意思，人家是说人权还是要谈的。怎么就成了“被搁置下来”。
The minister, through an interpreter, thanked him politely for the invitation without commitment, then invited Mr. Day to next year's World Expo in Shanghai, which Mr. Day accepted with enthusiasm.
求真务实 理性交流万钢部长通过翻译客气地对此邀请表达谢意，但并没有发表意见，然后邀请戴先生出席明年在上海举办的世界博览会。戴先生接受了这份盛情邀请。
1。without commitment, 没有明确表示会接受邀请。
2。 accepted with enthusiasm， 热情地接受。
Then-foreign affairs minister David Emerson attended in Mr. Harper's place, but the decision left Mr. Harper in a minority among G8 leaders. Angela Merkel of Germany said the Olympics conflicted with her vacation and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attended the closing ceremony instead.
当时外交部部长大卫-爱默生代替哈珀先生出席（北京奥运会），哈珀先生留下参加少数８国峰会。德国的安吉拉-默克尔说北京的奥运会与她的假期有冲突，英国首相戈登说要参加闭幕式以代替开幕式。
but the decision left Mr. Harper in a minority among G8 leaders. 这个决定让哈珀先生成了G8集团领导人中的少数。
Though French President Nicolas Sarkozy initially threatened a boycott of the 2008 Games over the China's handling of Tibet, he later dropped his threat and joined Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, then-Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda and then-U.S. president George W. Bush in Beijing.
虽然法国总统尼古拉-萨尔科齐开始预示对中国对西藏的处理问题上，而威胁拒绝参加２００８年北京奥运会。他后来放弃了威胁（译者：萨尔科齐最终还是参加了２００８年北京奥运会开幕式），同时与俄罗斯总理弗拉基米尔普京会面。当时日本首相福田康夫和当时的美国总统布什也在北京。
he later dropped his threat and joined Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, then-Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda and then-U.S. president George W. Bush in Beijing.
BEIJING — Minister of International Trade Stockwell Day handed out informal invitations to Vancouver's Winter Olympics along with handshakes and souvenir coin sets during his rounds of Chinese Cabinet ministers in Beijing, part of his quest to bolster Canada's strained ties with the country.0 ?$ f; l0 v3 I2 Q; ?6 E4 X
北京(报道)---国际贸易部部长斯托克维尔-戴，在其于北京访问中国的高级官员一行中，握手和赠予纪念币时（向中国）发出非正式的邀请，让该国参加范库弗峰冬季奥林匹克运动会（译者注：指开幕式），以此作为寻求改善与中国的紧张关系。
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老清华 发表于 2009-4-25 21:18
A year later, Mr. Day is now fully focused on mending fences with the world's third-largest economy to help Canada through the global economic crisis, though he has told reporters that “everything,” including human rights, is on the table.
一年后，戴先生现在全力集中于修补与这个世界上第三个经济体的关系，以帮助加拿大度过全球经济危机，尽管他已告诉记者“所有事情”，包括人权（问题），都被搁置下来。（译者注：加拿大总理为度过经济危机，全力修被与中国的关系，先把包括人权的“所有事情”，都搁置下来。
“ is on the table” 是还在台面上的意思，人家是说人权还是要谈的。怎么就成了“被搁置下来”。老清华 发表于 2009-4-25 21:19
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求真务实 理性交流万钢部长通过翻译客气地对此邀请表达谢意，但并没有发表意见，然后邀请戴先生出席明年在上海举办的世界博览会。戴先生接受了这份盛情邀请。; z2 |9 X3 n! A7 |
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1。without commitment, 没有明确表示会接受邀请。bbs.m4.cn# B4 U1 F4 r$ ?( r
2。 accepted with enthusiasm， 热情地接受。
老清华 发表于 2009-4-25 21:23
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第一点：第一点更正有误，是对邀请没有发表自己意见，没有说去也没有说不去.
第二点：accept with 是接受什么，比如 accept with your plan 接受你的计划 accepted with enthusiasm 所以翻译为接受了这份盛情邀请 所以更正错误
Though French President Nicolas Sarkozy initially threatened a boycott of the 2008 Games over the China's handling of Tibet, he later dropped his threat and joined Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, then-Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda and then-U.S. president George W. Bush in Beijing.. m- I' ~& |5 o
虽然法国总统尼古拉-萨尔科齐开始预示对中国对西藏的处理问题上，而威胁拒绝参加２００８年北京奥运会。他后来放弃了威胁（译者：萨尔科齐最终还是参加了２００８年北京奥运会开幕式），同时与俄罗斯总理弗拉基米尔普京会面。当时日本首相福田康夫和当时的美国总统布什也在北京。
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he later dropped his threat and joined Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, then-Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda and then-U.S. president George W. Bush in Beijing.
他后来放弃了威胁，同俄罗斯总理弗拉基米尔普京，当时的日本首相福田康夫和当时的美国总统布什一起出现在北京。老清华 发表于 2009-4-25 21:27
The third day of Mr. Day's seven-day tour saw him promoting Canadian wood-frame and energy-efficient construction, and meeting with three Chinese ministers – Mr. Wan, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, and Minister of Transportation Li Shenglin, with whom he signed an action plan for co-operation on the Asia Pacific Gateway.
在戴先生七天的旅程的三天里，看到他在推广加拿大的木结构和高效能的建筑，同时也与三个中国部长会面—万先生，商业部长陈德明，运输部长李生林，共同为亚太门户计划合作签定行动计划。
TUESDAY, Mr. Day flies on to Sichuan province, where he is to mark the groundbreaking of a Canadian-funded centre for the elderly near the epicentre of last spring's devastating earthquake. Later, he'll unveil a plaque marking the site of a new Canadian trade office in Chengdu。
星期二，戴先生继续乘飞机到四川省，他要在那里建立一个开创一个加拿大资助中心，为在上一年春季毁灭性的地震震源附近的长者（提供帮助）。稍后，他会摘去这个名字，在成都成立一个新的加拿大贸易办公室。
a Canadian-funded centre for the elderly ＝ 加拿大投资的老年人中心。
unveil a plaque ＝ 揭幕
The third day of Mr. Day's seven-day tour saw him promoting Canadian wood-frame and energy-efficient construction, and meeting with three Chinese ministers – Mr. Wan, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, and Minister of Transportation Li Shenglin, with whom he signed an action plan for co-operation on the Asia Pacific Gateway.AC四月青年社区& V9 v( E5 e* m& b
在戴先生七天的旅程的三天里，看到他在推广加拿大的木结构和高效能的建筑，同时也与三个中国部长会面—万先生，商业部长陈德明，运输部长李生林，共同为亚太门户计划合作签定行动计划。求真务实 理性交流( I: G8 [) j0 z! q
TUESDAY, Mr. Day flies on to Sichuan province, where he is to mark the groundbreaking of a Canadian-funded centre for the elderly near the epicentre of last spring's devastating earthquake. Later, he'll unveil a plaque marking the site of a new Canadian trade office in Chengdu。
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Canadian-funded centre for the elderly ＝ 加拿大投资的老年人中心。
comunveil a plaque ＝ 揭幕
老清华 发表于 2009-4-25 22:04
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