[2013.01.12]创新大辩论

引用 幸福、_找不到 2013-1-11 10:09

With its clean lines and intuitive user interface, the humble loo transformed the lives of billions of people.
它改变了数千万人的生活
billions of

Yet nobody recently has come up with an invention half as useful as that depicted on our cover
试译：然而，本期封面的发明--马桶的用途之广远超出近年来的所有发明

But sustained increases in output per person, which are necessary to raise incomes and welfare, entail using the stuff we already have in better ways—innovating, in other words.
但要想增加收入和福利，必须持续扩大人均产出，这就需要提高生产效率，即创新

other things being equal, will our growth rate
other things being equal 其他条件不变的情况下

资金仍就应当投入像碳收集及储存这样的基础研究。

引用 amin 2013-1-12 09:55

1、The productivity gains after electrification came not smoothly, but in spurts
虽说生产力提高是在电气化普及之后才实现的，但却是一点一点实现的；
电气化后的生产力，并不是以缓慢的的方式，而是急剧地提高的。
2、American and European inventors have been joined in the race to produce cool new stuff by Japanese, Brazilian, Indian and Chinese ones (see article).
在发明新品的过程中，美国和欧洲已经有了来自日本、巴西、印度和中国的竞争。
3、But officialdom tends to write far more rules than are necessary for the public good;
“public good”是指公共利益
4、The state has also notably failed to open itself up to innovation.
“实施……态度”不妥
5、Even in these straightened times,
甚至在这些急功近利的时代
6、get out of the way of entrepreneurs
比较下 get out of the way 跟 pave the way 的区别

引用 坏娃娃 2013-1-12 16:53

WITH the pace of technological change making heads spin,
个人认为这里其实可以不必把因果关系明确表现出来，make heads spin，我觉得译成 头晕目眩会不会好一些？

, the implications are huge
试译：意味深长

引用 nzholmes 2013-1-13 02:31

Economies can generate growth by adding more stuff
经济能够通过增加更多的生产资料带来增长
add此处译为投入更好

Productivity is mostly stagnant in the public sector.
公共部门的生产力大部分都是僵化的。
生产力僵化这个搭配用的少，译为停滞好一点

引用 Puff，dragon 2013-1-16 10:34

With its clean lines and intuitive user interface, the humble loo transformed the lives of billions of people. And it wasn't just modern sanitation that sprang from late-19th and early-20th-century brains: they produced cars, planes, the telephone, radio and antibiotics.
这里的user interface是否引申为外观设计？说马桶的用户界面感觉译的很奇怪。后一句是否译为：19世纪晚期和20世纪早期发明家不仅仅开创了现代卫生设备，他们还发明了汽车、飞机、电话、收音机和抗生素。

引用 inzonfon 2013-1-16 12:46

Fears that innovation is slowing are exaggerated, but governments need to help it along

引用 zhutingxinyue 2013-2-7 22:22

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