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council的翻译
council的翻译
council的翻译
讨论:
从字面上看,council 的意思很简单,就是“理事会”的意思。剑桥词典上也是这么说
的:
a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on
a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or
to run a particular organization
委员会;理事会
例如: the United Nations Security Council 联合国安全理事会
This play is supported by a grant from the local arts council.这出戏由当地
艺术委员会出资赞助。
但是,这个词还有一个意思:
the group of people elected to govern a particular area, town, or city,
and organize services for it
(地区、镇、市的)政务委员会;地方议会
例如:Edinburgh City Council 爱丁堡市政会
The town/city council is/are responsible for keeping the streets clean.镇/市
政会负责保持街道清洁。
UK The local council has/have decided not to allocate funds for the project.当
地市政会决定不给这项工程拨款。
在澳大利亚的社区翻译文件中,council 的文件占相当大的比例。
那么,city council 是否如很多翻译文件那样翻译成“市议会”就可以了呢? 从中文意义上
说, “议会”是个讨论问题的场所,而不是管理机构。而很多情况下,city council 指的是
“(地方)市政府”这个管理机构。
这里我们不妨说说 Council 这个词的翻译历史。在上海近代历史上,曾经有过租界,当时为
了管理租界,就成立了 Municipal Council, 译名“工部局”。维基百科上是这样描述的:
工部局(Municipal Council,意为“市政委员会”),是设置于近代中国租界的
一种地方自治市政机构,也是租界的最高议政和行政机关。“工部局”这一中文名
称源自对英语 Board of Works 或 Works Board(意为“工程委员会”,英语国
家地方市政机构的通名)的晚清风格的直译,因为 19 世纪的自治市政机构主要负
责城市的公共工程建设,与中国之工部职权类似。
从这里我们也可以看出,council 是指市政机构。所以翻译成“市政府”或“市政厅”是
完全合理的。
更多范例
The local council has remained deaf to all the objections to its proposals.
The local council has decreed that the hospital should close.
The council is encouraging the development of the property for
both employment and recreation.
They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.
The council is to examine ways of reducing traffic in the city centre.
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zhs/%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD-
%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E7%AE%80%E4%BD%93/council)
n 1987 the council chambers and library building were completed, replacing the old council building at
the present art gallery site.
市政局大楼与图书馆于 1987 年修建完毕,现在的艺术画廊就是被替换的旧市政局大楼的旧址。