翻译备考 | 关键词汉译英 | 030 | "泡沫"
泡沫
汉语关键词
泡沬、股市泡沬、房地产泡沬、互联网泡沬、经济泡沬、泡沫经济
英语关键词
bubble, foam, stock market bubble，real estate bubble, Internet bubble,
economic bubble，bubble economy，foamy economy
句子
这篇论文讨论我们从泡沬经济破灭中吸取的教训。
误译
This thesis deals with the lessons drawn from the breakout of foamy economy.
正译
This thesis deals with the lessons drawn from the vanishing of foamy economy.
to break out 的意思是“突然爆发”，指一个过程的开始。而“破灭”指 —个过程的结束。表示泡沬经济（bubble economy)破灭，可以用to end，to vanish, to burst, to evaporate, to collapse 等词。
“泡沬”的第一个意思是“聚在一起的许多小泡”。英语可以译为bubble， foam。例如：
1.泡泳只有在爆裂之时才会消失。
Bubble disappears only when it bursts.
2.这个孩子喜欢用麦杆吸管往水里吹泡泡。
The child likes to blow bubbles into water through a straw.
3.这些孩子常常吹肥皂泡而使自己开心。
The kids often amuse themselves by blowing bubbles with the soap solution.
4.据说香槟酒的泡沫能更快地使你喝醉。
It is said that champagne bubbles get you drunk more quickly.
5.这杯啤酒上面有厚厚一层泡沫。
The glass of beer has a good head of foam.
6.这个灭火器充满了化学泡沫。
The fire extinguisher is filled with chemical foam.
“泡沬”的第二个意思是比喻"某一事物所存在的表面上繁荣兴旺，而实际上虚浮不实的成分"。英语可以译为bubble。例如：
股市泡沫 stock market bubble
房地产泡沬/楼市泡沬 real estate bubble
互联网泡沬/网络泡沬 Internet bubble
又如：
7. 泡沫可以分为理性泡沫和非理性泡沫。
Bubble can be divided into rational bubble and irrational bubble.
8.股市泡沫正在形成，投资者应该防范风险。
As a stock market bubble is taking shape, the investors should take precautions against the risks.
9.我国股民最近经历了股市泡沫。
The stock investors inour country have recently experienced a stock market bubble.
10.房地产泡沫一旦突然破灭, 将对我们的经济和社会产生难以估计的损害。
Once there appears a sudden burst of the real estate bubble，it will make an inestimable damage to our economy and society.
11. 2000年3月, 互联网泡沫突然爆裂。
In March of 2000, the Internet bubble suddenly burst.
“经济泡沬"译为economic bubble。而"泡沫经济”译为bubble economy 或 foamy economy。例如：
12.房地产泡沫是本地或全球房地产市场周期性发生的一种经济泡沫。
A real estate bubble is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or global real estate markets.
13.泡沫经济通常以虚假繁荣开始，以危机爆发告终。
Bubble economy usually starts with false prosperity and ends in a breakout of crises.
14.日本经历了长达10年之久的称作“泡沫经济”的经济过热，它在 1991年12月突然停止了。
Japan experienced a decade-long economic overheat called a bubble economy，which suddenly ended in December 1991.
15.幸运的是，上世纪90年代的泡沫经济没有像20年代的泡沫经济那样接着发生了大萧条。
Luckily, the bubble economy of the 1990s wasn’t followed by a depression like the one in 1920.
16.许多研究日本经济的学者反思了关于日本泡沫经济如何崩溃的历史。
Many scholars who studied Japanese economy reflected upon the history about how Japanese foamy economy had collapsed.
17.为什么在上世纪90年代初曰本的泡沫经济蒸发了?
Why did Japanese foamy economy evaporate in early 1990s?
推荐阅读：
【翻译技术】实用翻译工具Search and Replace
【寒假专辑】BBC最新史诗纪录片《地球脉动》（Planet Earth）
篇篇有干货，天天有惊喜
对公众号有建议或者好想法
请添加：563730218 随时勾搭
点赞是鼓励，分享增知识！