回复 florajang:In a modern supermarket the problem is often an excess of choice, not a shortage. In China, the consumer is spoilt for choice among retailers themselves. The promise of a $640bn grocery market, which Euromonitor thinks will grow by a quarter over the next five years, has vendors lining up.
词汇整理
1.选择太多:an excess of choice; 2.零售商:retailer; 3.宠爱,溺爱:spoil—spoiled/spoilt—spoiled/spoilt; 4.食品市场:grocery market; 5.增长四分之一:grow by a quarter; 6.今后五年:over the next five years 7.排起了长队:line up
点评
汉英很容易出现的问题就是,看着汉语很容易不自觉的想要把每个文字词汇都译出来,其实汉语中不怕重复,所以有很多细枝末节或是说废话,译者要有选择性的剔除。比如上文商品短缺,只是shortage而不是commodity shortage,因为上文已经提到了supermarket;诱人的前景只是promise;排起了长队line up