口译双语必备：发展强劲人民币就要升值？

2010-07-09 00:00:00来源：福州新东方学校

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　　I told Milton in Stockholm in 1991, on the occasion of Coase’s Nobel Prize, that the world would soon see an introduction of one to two billion cheap workers into international trade, and the structure of the global economy would be very different in 20 years. That competition has arrived, and my concern for China is that wage rates in the country, though low, are now substantially higher than places like India and Vietnam. I am delighted to see these countries, too, are developing strongly, for the simple reason that the richer they are, the more money China will make trading with them. However, appreciating the RMB in effect amounts to offering a handicap. How could Chinese peasants gain a higher standard of living with a sharply rising RMB, when even today many of them have not seen a real plane flying?

　　一九九一年在斯德哥尔摩，参加高斯获诺贝尔奖的盛会，我对米尔顿说世界将会见到十到二十亿的廉价劳动人口加入国际贸易，二十年后地球的经济结构会有很大的转变。这竞争来临了，而我关心的是虽然中国的工资低廉，比起印度与越南等地还是高出相当多。这些国家也发展得强劲，我当然高兴，理由简单：他们愈富有，跟他们贸易中国赚的钱会愈多。然而，把人民币的国际汇值提升是让赛。很多农民到今天还没有见过真的飞机在天空飞行，人民币升值怎可以改善他们的生活呢？

　　There are numerous factories in China which I have called order-takers. They hold no patent rights and no brand names, but only execute orders to produce to given samples or designs. Whenever a purchaser wants a certain product, he would send out requests for samples and pricing, sometimes to several countries. My view, supported by hard fact, is that Chinese peasants trying industrial work generally begin in order-taking factories, and then move up the ladder with acquired skills and knowledge. I am grateful to Bob Mundell who, too, has spoken out loud on many occasions against significant appreciation of the RMB.

　　目前中国有无数的我称为接单厂家的工厂。他们既没有发明专利也没有注册商标，只靠客户交来样板与设计，有单就接。当一个订购者要求复制样板及开价，这要求通常寄到多处，到几个国家也是常有的。我的观点，有大量的事实支持，是农民尝试工业一般由接单工厂做起，学得点技术与知识然后向上爬。感谢蒙代尔，他也曾多次大声疾呼地反对人民币升值。