城市化

CET6-2015.6-A Translation

原文

2011年¹是中国城市化(urbanization)进程中的历史性时刻²，其城市人口首次超过农村人口。在未来20年里，预计³约有3.5亿农村人口将移居到⁴城市。如此规模⁵的城市发展对城市交通来说既是挑战，也是机遇⁶。中国政府一直提倡⁷“以人为本⁸”的发展理念，强调⁹人们以公交而不是私家车出行。它还号召建设“资源节约和环境友好型¹⁰”社会。有了这个明确的目标¹¹，中国城市就可以更好地规划其发展，并把大量¹²投资转向¹³安全、清洁和经济型交通系统的发展。

译文

It's a historical time for China's urbanization process in 2011, for China's urban population firstly exceed suburb one. In future 20 years, it's forecasted that there are approximately 350 million suburb population will migrant to cities. Such an amount of urban development is not only a challenge but also a opportunity for urban transit. China's government has been advocating the develop 理念 based on human beings, suggesting people commute by public transports instead of cars. It also advocate to build resource recycle and environment society. With this specific goal, China's cities can design their development better and focus a large amount of investment on safe, clean and economic transport system.

参考译文

The year of 2011, in which the urban population surpassed the rural one for the first time, marked the historical moment in China's urbanization precess.^① In the coming 20 years, it is estimated that about 350 million rural people will migrate to cities. Such large-scale urbanization is both a challenge and an opportunity to the urban transportation. Chinese government has always been advocating people-oriented developing concepts, stressing that people should travel in public vehicles instead of private cars. It also calls for constructing "resource-saving and environmental-friendly" society. With this specific goal, China's cities can make better plans for their development and convert massive investment to the development of safe, clean and economical transport system.

笔记

1. …年作主语：the year of ...
2. 是…的时刻：mark the moment
   历史性时刻：historical moment
3. 预计：predict ／ estimate
   预计后接句子：It is estimated / predicted that ...
4. 移居到：migrate / move to
5. 如此规模的：such large-scale
6. 对…既是挑战也是机遇：is both a challenge and an opportunity to ...
7. 一直：翻译为现在完成进行时
   提倡：advocate
8. 以人为本的：people-oriented
9. 强调：stress
10. 资源节约和环境友好型：resource-saving and environmental-friendly
11. 有了这个明确的目标：with this specific goal
12. 大量的：massive
13. 转向：convert / divert

① 分清主干和补充说明部分，活用非限制性定语从句