<专业英语>预习:在线企业和电子商务(2)
来源:货运代理考试网发布时间:2011-09-27
二、在线企业与电子商务对企业的影响
英文原文:E-business and e-commerce have increased the speed and ease of business transactions and, as a result, competition is intense. Business must adjust constantly to new technologies, integrate newer and faster systems and meet the needs of people around the world. Inventories are no longer kept in preparation for orders; rather, products are prepared specifically for consumers.
注释:ease: 容易,轻松 business transaction: 商业交易 as a result: 结果 intense: 强烈的, 剧烈的, 激烈的 adjust to: 适应,调节 constantly: 经常地,不断地 technology: 技术,科技 integrate: 结合,整合,使成整体 around the world: 全世界 inventory: 库存 no longer: 不再 preparation: 准备,预备 rather: 宁愿,宁可 consumer: 消费者,用户
中文意思:在线企业和电子商务加速并简化了商业交易,从而使竞争变得更为激烈。企业必须不断适应新的技术,整合更新更快的系统以满足全世界人民的需要。企业不再保留库存以备订货,而是生产相应产品以满足顾客特定需求。
英文原文:Good employees are hard to find and even harder to keep. Competing entities must now collaborate to survive, and must realize that customers do not have far to go to buy from the next available vendor.
注释:employee: 雇员,员工 competing: 竞争的 entity: 实体,企业 collaborate: 合作,协作 survive: 幸免于, 幸存, 生还 realize: 认识到,了解,实现 available:可用到的, 可利用的, 有用的
中文意思:企业能找到好的员工很难但是能留住他们就更难。竞争企业必须通过合作才能幸存,他们必须认识到客户不用走多远就可以在下一个卖主那里买到东西。
三、在线企业和电子商务的特点
英文原文:As more people begin using the Web, all companies, whether they are currently established or planning to conduct some of their business transactions online, must consider the impact that Web-enabled business will have on them.
注释:Web: 互联网,环球网 whether: 无论, 是否,不管 currently: 现时,当前 establish: 设立,建立 conduct: 操作,管理 consider:考虑 impact:(常与to连用) 对…发生影响
中文意思:由于更多的人开始使用互联网,所有的公司,无论他们现下是否建立或者计划在线控制他们的一些商业交易,都必须考虑到通过网络激活的交易将会对他们的影响。
英文原文:Setting up and running an e-business, especially one that processes a large number of transactions, requires technical, marketing and advertising expertise. Customers want access to products and services on a 24-by-7 basis (24 hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week) and the easiest way to provide that is to move operations online.
注释:set up: 建立 run: 经营 especially: 尤其,特别 process: 处理,加工 a large number of: 大量的 transaction: 交易,业务 require: 要求,需求 technical: 技术的, 技术上的 marketing: 营销 advertising: (名词)广告;(形容词)广告的 expertise: 专长技能, 专门技术 access to: 有权使用,获得
中文意思:建立并经营在线企业,尤其是一家拥有大量业务的在线企业,要求具备技术、营销及广专长。顾客想要在一周7天,每天24小时的任何时候购买商品和获得服务,能够满足这一需求最简单的方法就是在线运营。
英文原文:The businesses that provide the most reliable, most functional, most user-friendly and fastest services will be the ones that succeed.
注释:reliable: 可靠的,可信赖的 functional: 实用的 user-friendly: 〈计〉用户界面友好的,用户容易掌握使用的 succeed: (动词)成功,取得成功
中文意思:能够提供最可靠的,最实用的,用户界面最友好,最快的服务的企业就能够取得成功。
