Nov 26, 2008 23:40
15 yrs ago
English term

foreign investors sought the relative safety of government debt

English to Chinese Bus/Financial Finance (general)
does it mean that foreign investors invested in government bonds?
is it correct to translate this as 外国投资者投资于公债??
and what about the translation of "relative safety"?
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Proposed translations

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相对安全性

外国投资者看重国债的相对安全性

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Note added at 20 mins (2008-11-27 00:00:59 GMT)
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看重=〉追求, probably is better.
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agree LoyalTrans
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外國投資者尋求相對安全的政府債券

“government debt”在這裡等同於“government bond”
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agree clearwater
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外国投资者看重政府债务的相对安全性

在原句中,"sought"的宾语是“relative safety",不是"goverment debt","goverment debt"是用于限定"relative safety".

goverment debt的原意是指“政府债务”,除非由于上下文另有要求,我觉得可以翻译为"政府债务,而非“政府债券’,两者包涵的内容是不相同的。

因此,我觉得可以翻译为“外国投资者看重政府债务的相对安全性”。
Peer comment(s):

agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 分析正确,应该是政府公债债务的相对安全性,那才是外国投资者所注重的。政府的债信和国家的生产力就是那个相对安全性的保障。
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