Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
often in many different countries
Chinese translation:
经常在许多不同国家
Added to glossary by
Ritchest
Oct 23, 2004 01:39
19 yrs ago
English term
China
often in many different countries
English to Chinese
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The embarrassment felt by the insurance industry is acute. But how did the problems arise? Few people outside the industry understand either its structure or how it has evolved in recent years. Essentially brokers are classic middlemen. They stand between companies that want to buy insurance and the insurers that sell it, taking a commission for services rendered. But the broker's job is no longer one of simply finding the lowest price. These days brokers help companies to prepare complex evaluations of their insurance needs, often in many different countries.
修饰哪个？companies？还是insurance needs？
修饰哪个？companies？还是insurance needs？
Proposed translations
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| 4 | another two possibilties |
Ritchest
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| 5 | insurance needs |
ysun
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| 4 | FYI |
Mark Xiang
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| 3 | 口语, their insurance needs, (which by the way are) often in many countries. |
chica nueva
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Proposed translations
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another two possibilties
another two possibilties : adverbial phrase 修饰 companies to prepare complex evaluations or 修饰 These days brokers help companies
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Comment: "谢谢！
是修饰help。
试译：如今，经纪公司经常在许多不同国家，帮助公司准备对保险需求进行复杂评估的工作。"
9 hrs
Mark Xiang
Native in Chinese
20 YRS AS MECHANICAL/TECHNICAL ENGINEER!
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
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FYI
=to prepare, often in many different countries, complex evaluations of their insurance needs.
Pay attention to "OFTEN".
Pay attention to "OFTEN".
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These days brokers help companies to prepare complex evaluations of their insurance needs, often in many different countries.
These days brokers help companies, often in many different countries, to prepare complex evaluations of their insurance needs.
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Note added at 13 hrs 1 min (2004-10-23 14:41:32 GMT)
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Please see: http://202.186.86.35/services/printerfriendly.asp?file=/2004...
\"Generally, the position of an adverbial phrase (or adverb) in a given sentence can be altered but, for best effects and clarity, some people may argue, it is always best to keep it nearest possible to the entity which it describes.\"
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Note added at 15 hrs 16 mins (2004-10-23 16:56:26 GMT)
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If the phrase modifies “prepare”, the sentence should be:
“These days brokers help companies to prepare, often in many different countries, complex evaluations of their insurance needs.”
On the other hand, in the era of communications, those brokers don\'t have to be physically present in those different countries in order to do their jobs.
Please see another example, in which the same phrase modifies \"people\" (a noun), at http://www.arwacc.org/2002_archive/0048.html
\"None of these things would have happened unless thousands and thousands of people, often in many different countries, had come together to assert their rights, and to agitate for change.\"
These days brokers help companies to prepare complex evaluations of their insurance needs, often in many different countries.
These days brokers help companies, often in many different countries, to prepare complex evaluations of their insurance needs.
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Note added at 13 hrs 1 min (2004-10-23 14:41:32 GMT)
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Please see: http://202.186.86.35/services/printerfriendly.asp?file=/2004...
\"Generally, the position of an adverbial phrase (or adverb) in a given sentence can be altered but, for best effects and clarity, some people may argue, it is always best to keep it nearest possible to the entity which it describes.\"
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Note added at 15 hrs 16 mins (2004-10-23 16:56:26 GMT)
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If the phrase modifies “prepare”, the sentence should be:
“These days brokers help companies to prepare, often in many different countries, complex evaluations of their insurance needs.”
On the other hand, in the era of communications, those brokers don\'t have to be physically present in those different countries in order to do their jobs.
Please see another example, in which the same phrase modifies \"people\" (a noun), at http://www.arwacc.org/2002_archive/0048.html
\"None of these things would have happened unless thousands and thousands of people, often in many different countries, had come together to assert their rights, and to agitate for change.\"
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chica nueva
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Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
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口语, their insurance needs, (which by the way are) often in many countries.
It's an add-on. You can imagine the writer speaking. He/She's added this to make an additional point.
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