TRA3105 Handout17A MTSkills Part2 PreEd
TRA3105 Computer and Business Translation 1
Handout 17
MT Skills (Part 3): Pre-editing Skills for English-Chinese MT
A. Practice 1
1. a tax on cigarettes
2. They arrive on Tuesday.
3. She read the novel from beginning to end.
4. The logistics industry has flourished in recent years.
5. The car park at the Hong Kong Wetland Park is full now.
6. A tall woman in fine clothes got out of the carriage.
7. For enquiries about the election, please call 2780 8432, by e-mail to pdocpc1@edb.gov.hk or by mail to Room 702, 7/F, Kowloon Government Offices, 405 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
8. Dinosaurs were primeval vertebrates which appeared on earth as early as 220 million years ago and became extinct about 66 million years ago.
9. The overall law and order situation in Hong Kong marked a further improvement in 2013 with a decrease of four per cent in the overall crime over 2012, according to the Commissioner of Police, Mr Tsang Wai-hung.
10. The 2014 Bun Carnival is coming soon. The Bun Scrambling Competition, which is the finale of the event, will be held at the soccer pitch of Pak Tai Temple Playground on Cheung Chau on the night of May 6.
B. Practice 2
Territory-wide flag day today
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Christian Family Service Centre will hold a territory-wide flag sale from 7am to 12.30pm today (February 15), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said. For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.
Handout 17
MT Skills (Part 3): Pre-editing Skills for English-Chinese MT
A. Practice 1
1. a tax on cigarettes
2. They arrive on Tuesday.
3. She read the novel from beginning to end.
4. The logistics industry has flourished in recent years.
5. The car park at the Hong Kong Wetland Park is full now.
6. A tall woman in fine clothes got out of the carriage.
7. For enquiries about the election, please call 2780 8432, by e-mail to pdocpc1@edb.gov.hk or by mail to Room 702, 7/F, Kowloon Government Offices, 405 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
8. Dinosaurs were primeval vertebrates which appeared on earth as early as 220 million years ago and became extinct about 66 million years ago.
9. The overall law and order situation in Hong Kong marked a further improvement in 2013 with a decrease of four per cent in the overall crime over 2012, according to the Commissioner of Police, Mr Tsang Wai-hung.
10. The 2014 Bun Carnival is coming soon. The Bun Scrambling Competition, which is the finale of the event, will be held at the soccer pitch of Pak Tai Temple Playground on Cheung Chau on the night of May 6.
B. Practice 2
Territory-wide flag day today
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Christian Family Service Centre will hold a territory-wide flag sale from 7am to 12.30pm today (February 15), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said. For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.