铁路英文一天一句
与人民铁道网联合发布
2013 年 10 月 16 日
"C2271 次一站塘沽，天津不停车。去天津的旅客请您转乘其它城际列车。"
"Train C2271 is a direct service to Tanggu. This train does not stop at Tianjin Railway Station. Please choose other trains if you are bound for Tianjin."
对于较长的标牌我们最好还是分行写好。
第一，我们在第一行即可告知车次，及运行情况（此为英文文本的第二行）。具体的运行情况我们可以逐行再告知。
第二，外籍旅客看到标牌的英文标方式时，即可获取以下信息：
· 第一行：车次
· 第二行：运行情况
· 第三行："本车不停靠…"
· 第四行：列车不停靠的车站站名
· 第五行：建议采取行动
· 第六行：对应的受影响行为
这样，外籍旅客对于标牌即可一目了然，避免购票或刷卡时上错车。
还有两句话：
第一，"列车"、"车次"等的翻译，很多人会认为是 train。其实，有时候使用 service 也可以。
第二，中文提示标牌提到"转乘"，而英文提到的则是"choose"（选择），这两者意思没有太大的区别，所以不会形成表达方式的问题。当然，我们也可以选择"转乘"的英文翻译即：transfer，但是还是"choose"更加"正宗"一些。
来源：人民铁道网
So some station is running both direct and local trains? Do you know which trains will not call at which stops? In the event of the Beijing-Tianjin intercity trains, there are just a handful of trains that won't call at this station. This can be a big deal if, for example, you want to alight at Tianjin to go to the city centre by metro!
This is why signage is very important. If we look at this sign, passengers are simply reminded of the fact that some trains are direct trains through six very simple lines:-
· 1st line: train number (or train code, as you wish)
· 2nd line: what kind of service to where
· 3rd line: "what's up" (as in: this train won't stop at one or more stops)
· 4th line: which stations are affected
· 5th line: what do we do about this
· 6th line: which destinations are impacted
It's crucial to split lines as needed. There have been cases where, for example, signs in toilets and other places were split into different lines in the wrong places - conveying, as a result, totally different meanings than those as intended in the first place!
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发表于 2013-10-16 18:49:19
