www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

English 中文網 漫畫網 愛新聞iNews 翻譯論壇
中國網站品牌欄目(頻道)
當前位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> 新聞播報> Special Speed News VOA慢速

One group's fight for understandable language

[ 2010-04-30 13:47]     字號 [] [] []  
免費訂閱30天China Daily雙語新聞手機報:移動用戶編輯短信CD至106580009009

One group's fight for understandable language

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

Sometimes, financial news can be hard to understand. Here, a former official of Goldman Sachs investment bank explains what his group did before the financial crisis.

JOSH BIRNBAUM: "Our desk began to accumulate short positions, purchasing protection on individual securities through credit default swaps, largely from external C.D.O. managers who asked us to bid for these positions."

Josh Birnbaum was involved in synthetic C.D.O.s. These are really financial bets on whether some asset will gain or lose value. They are at the heart of the government's case against Goldman Sachs for misleading investors. Senator Claire McCaskill described synthetic C.D.O.s during a Senate subcommittee hearing.

CLAIRE MCCASKILL: "We've spent a lot of time going through these documents. Let me just explain in very simple terms what synthetic C.D.O.s are. They are instruments that are created so that people can bet on them."

The purpose of language is to communicate information. But it can often hide meaning. Have you ever agreed to the "terms of use" for a service without reading it all?

Annetta Cheek heads the Center for Plain Language in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her non-profit group has been working for more understandable language in government and business since 2004.

She offers one piece of advice for people who receive long, unclear documents.

ANNETTA CHEEK: "If you don't understand something, don't sign it."

This year, the Center for Plain Language is holding its first contest for best and worst language use. The best entry receives a ClearMark award. Confusing language gets a WonderMark award.

One of the WonderMark entries comes from the communications company, Blackberry. Annetta Cheek says the terms of use for a Blackberry are impossible to understand.

Miz Cheek says the health care and finance industries are known for using language that is hard to understand. Health care has made progress. Several industries are competing for this year's ClearMark award. But the financial industry remains a problem.

ANNETTA CHEEK: "Part of the issue with the finance stuff, I think, is if people really understood it, they wouldn't buy it."

Miz Cheek says, since the 1990s, the Securities and Exchange Commission has tried to get financial companies to give clearer product descriptions. This has helped sales.

ANNETTA CHEEK: "As they move more and more of their product descriptions into a plainer format, the ones with the plainer and easier to understand description sold better."

She says government has to be involved in requiring clear language because the marketplace has not dealt with the problem.

And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report written by Mario Ritter. Share your thoughts at voaspecialenglish.com or on Facebook at VOA Learning English. You can also find transcripts and MP3s of our programs. I'm Steve Ember.

Related stories:

Adding up the costs of lost travel in Europe

Reform of financial system is Obama's next goal in Congress

'Net neutrality,' gene patents face legal setbacks in US

More than 5 billion promised to rebuild Haiti

(來源:VOA 編輯:陳丹妮)

 
中國日報網英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“中國日報網英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
 

關注和訂閱

人氣排行

翻譯服務

中國日報網翻譯工作室

我們提供:媒體、文化、財經法律等專業領域的中英互譯服務
電話:010-84883468
郵件:translate@chinadaily.com.cn
 
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产精品手机视频一区二区 | 午夜性爽爽爽 | 欧美人成在线观看ccc36 | 91精品国产综合久久久久久 | 波多野结衣一区二区三区88 | 成人性生片全套 | 久久精品视频8 | 国产精品大全国产精品 | 国产页| 99爱在线视频这里只有精品 | 日本久久久久久久 | 成人亚洲欧美日韩中文字幕 | 性猛交毛片 | 操出白浆视频 | 欧美毛片a级毛片免费观 | 久久er热这里只有精品免费 | 亚洲日本高清影院毛片 | 久9精品视频 | 日本一级看片免费播放 | 国产α片 | 日本亚洲综合 | 亚洲乱人伦在线 | 国产成人免费影片在线观看 | 欧美日韩另类视频 | 国产亚洲人成a在线v网站 | 国产欧美日韩图片一区二区 | 亚洲国产日韩在线 | 国产精品免费一级在线观看 | 日韩a级毛片免费视频 | 欧美成人精品高清在线播放 | 久久视频国产 | 成人韩免费网站 | 91国内视频| 久久午夜网 | 色视频一区二区三区 | 97在线观看成人免费视频 | 国产成人毛片视频不卡在线 | 一区二区三区四区在线播放 | 中国国产一级毛片视频 | 精品一区二区三区免费站 | 成人在线免费小视频 |