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Advertising / Public Relations | | English term or phrase: sophisticated | It is designed to help its clients develop a <>image that is aligned with the international standards, and enabling them to excel in both social and professional activities in the increasingly competitive international marketplace.
翻译成“成熟老练”？哪有什么符合国际标准的？大家有什么好的建议么？ |
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| | (因成熟、世事练达而）优雅/儒雅/高雅 | Explanation:
根据韦氏词典的解释，该词的意思有几种：1 : deprived of native or original simplicity: as a : highly complicated or developed : COMPLEX <sophisticated electronic devices> b : having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience <a sophisticated lady>
2 : devoid of grossness: as a : finely experienced and aware <a sophisticated columnist> b : intellectually appealing <a sophisticated novel>
- so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly adverb
synonyms SOPHISTICATED, WORLDLY-WISE, BLASé mean experienced in the ways of the world. SOPHISTICATED often implies refinement, urbanity, cleverness, and cultivation <guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated>. WORLDLY-WISE suggests a close and practical knowledge of the affairs and manners of society and an inclination toward materialism <a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence>. BLASé implies a lack of responsiveness to common joys as a result of a real or affected surfeit of experience and cultivation <blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere>.
从中可以看出，sophisticated说到人的时候，主要是指世事练达、知书达礼而又温文尔雅，不妨组合一下将"sophisticated image"译为“练达高雅的形象”。
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或者说“成熟优雅的形象”、“成熟儒雅的形象”，或者干脆说“高雅形象”也无不可，与词典中的英文解释也能对应起来。 |
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Explanation:
达到国际水平的体面/专业形象
sophisticated 字典解释为老练、久于世故。无论做什么事熟练了就会显得专业，对于企业来说，最重要的无非就是专业形象吧？
其实很难翻得准确，需要再琢磨琢磨
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-06-14 08:29:56 GMT)
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与国际接轨的专业（？？）形象
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Asker: 这里好像主要是对人，如果是对企业，我也觉得应该翻译成专业形象
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 (因成熟、世事练达而）优雅/儒雅/高雅
Explanation:
根据韦氏词典的解释，该词的意思有几种：1 : deprived of native or original simplicity: as a : highly complicated or developed : COMPLEX <sophisticated electronic devices> b : having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience <a sophisticated lady>
2 : devoid of grossness: as a : finely experienced and aware <a sophisticated columnist> b : intellectually appealing <a sophisticated novel>
- so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly adverb
synonyms SOPHISTICATED, WORLDLY-WISE, BLASé mean experienced in the ways of the world. SOPHISTICATED often implies refinement, urbanity, cleverness, and cultivation <guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated>. WORLDLY-WISE suggests a close and practical knowledge of the affairs and manners of society and an inclination toward materialism <a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence>. BLASé implies a lack of responsiveness to common joys as a result of a real or affected surfeit of experience and cultivation <blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere>.
从中可以看出，sophisticated说到人的时候，主要是指世事练达、知书达礼而又温文尔雅，不妨组合一下将"sophisticated image"译为“练达高雅的形象”。
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-14 09:23:40 GMT) Post-grading
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或者说“成熟优雅的形象”、“成熟儒雅的形象”，或者干脆说“高雅形象”也无不可，与词典中的英文解释也能对应起来。
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