2018年翻譯資格考試初級筆譯模擬題：歐元區(qū)債務(wù)危機(jī)

　　英譯漢

　　Finance staff are bracing for more job losses and wage cuts as the rolling euro-zone debt crisis dries up demand for the sector's services and forces firms to cut down on costs.

　　In a sign of what may be in store for the rest of the sector, a number of medium-sized Asian securities firms last week announced new job cuts on top of earlier moves to trim budgets as their profitability was squeezed by the spreading euro-zone crisis.

　　Daiwa Securities and Mizuho Financial have announced that they would deepen job cuts by trimming another 500 positions; while Samsung Securities said it plans to cut staff at its 100-person Hong Kongunit by more than half.

　　The announcements signal an end to an aggressive expansion by Asian brokerage firms since 2009 as they bid to compete with their Wall Street rivals for the region's business.

　　Richard Harris, independent investment consultant for institutional clients with more than three decades of experience in Asia, Europe and the United States, said asset-management companies were coming under growing competitive pressure and some were already closing.

　　Greece's prime minister scrambled yesterday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a ?30 billion (HK$1.3 trillion) rescue, after his finance minister said just hours remained before the euro zone abandons the country to its fate.

　　A technocrat appointed in November, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is trying to ensure cash-strapped Greece avoids sinking into a chaotic default when big bond redemptions come due next month.

　　His finance minister said Athens had only until last night to clinch a second financing package from lenders, after euro-zone ministers bluntly told him they were ready to abandon Greece without proof it could push through painful cuts.

　　"We are on a knife edge," Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Saturday after what he called a "very difficult" conference call with euro-zone counterparts. "The moment is very crucial."

　　Papademos's first mission yesterday was to agree at least a preliminary deal with the "troika" of foreign lenders on reforms included in the bailout, after several days of talks failed to resolve the thorny issue of cutting wages and spending.

　　參考譯文

　　歐元區(qū)債務(wù)危機(jī)導(dǎo)致對金融服務(wù)的需求減少，迫使金融業(yè)公司削減成本，進(jìn)一步裁員和減薪。

　　由于歐元區(qū)危機(jī)蔓延，亞洲多個(gè)中型證券公司利潤受創(chuàng)，早前已先后削減預(yù)算，上周再公布將進(jìn)一步裁員。

　　大和證券與瑞穗金融已宣布將再裁500人，而三星證券則表示，計(jì)劃將香港部門的一百名員工裁去多半。

　　亞洲證券機(jī)構(gòu)自2009年以來大肆擴(kuò)張，與華爾街金融企業(yè)爭奪亞太業(yè)務(wù)。裁員行動表明亞洲證券業(yè)大舉擴(kuò)張的時(shí)代告一段落。

　　在亞、歐、美有三十多年從業(yè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)、專門服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)客戶的獨(dú)立投資顧問Richard Harris表示，資產(chǎn)管理業(yè)競爭加劇，一些公司已準(zhǔn)備結(jié)業(yè)。

　　希臘財(cái)長維尼則羅斯早前警告歐元區(qū)各國有可能放棄希臘，去年十一月上任的總理帕帕季莫斯昨天竭力游說銀行和政界人士達(dá)成協(xié)議，以便獲得1300億歐元(1.3萬億港元)救助。

　　下月希臘將有大筆債券需要償付，帕帕季莫斯正力求確保希臘避免陷入債務(wù)違約。

　　維尼則羅斯表示，歐元區(qū)各國財(cái)長明言因?yàn)闆]有證據(jù)表明希臘能夠達(dá)成預(yù)算削減，已準(zhǔn)備放棄希臘。雅典當(dāng)局唯有趕在昨晚與銀行協(xié)商，力求獲得第二輪救助。

　　維尼則羅斯與歐洲同仁舉行了一個(gè)他稱之為 '異常艱難' 的會議，之后于上周六表示，希臘處于千鈞一發(fā)的邊緣。

　　經(jīng)過幾天談判，希臘各方仍未能就減薪和削減支出等棘手問題達(dá)成協(xié)議。昨天，維尼則羅斯的首個(gè)任務(wù)，是尋求與由歐洲央行、歐盟委員會和國際貨幣基金組織組成的 "三駕馬車" ，就救援方案提及的改革事宜達(dá)成初步協(xié)議。

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