Warning over new flexi-time rights: Employers talk of resentment among staff as rules allowing all workers to request adaptable hours come into force

原文:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674489/Warning-new-flexi-time-rights-Employers-talk-resentment-staff-rules-allowing-workers-request-adaptable-hours-come-force.html

底下這句話看不太懂

"Employers talk of resentment among staff as rules allowing all workers to request adaptable hours come into force."

我的理解:

"Employers talk of resentment among staff "

資方們討論員工的不滿

 "rules allowing all workers to request adaptable hours come into force."

規範將強制允許所有的勞工有彈性工時

但兩段話加上"as"我就一直不知道要怎麼翻譯.

have

原文: http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022091754_amazonfashionxml.html

Many companies are drawn by the opportunity to put their shirts, coats and scarves in front of those millions of Amazon shoppers. But some are hesitant to have their exclusive items sold in a store where consumers can pick up batteries, DVD players and tube socks.

後半段"but"之後我得理解為
"但有些(品牌)對於將他們特有的商品在amazon(可以買到dvd, tube socks,,,等物品的商店)上架持保留態度"

看不太動"have"在這邊的意義
如果是我,可能寫成這樣
But some are hesitant to sell their exclusive items in a store where consumers can pick up batteries, DVD players and tube socks.

refrain of

原文:http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/fashion-and-style/debra-bass/campaign-aims-to-make-retail-careers-trendy/article_50d19ffb-64b3-578d-ac15-89b481fb09ff.html

"Retail is detail. I say it all the time,” said Natalie Woods of Project Retail, a consulting firm that helps boutiques analyze sales data to work more efficiently. She, too, knows the refrain of would-be store owners who want to go into “fashion … and they don’t even really know what that means. "

看不懂 refrain of那段.
我猜的意思是
"他聽過不少有意願投入時尚界的人其實根本不懂他們要做的事"

如果意思是我猜得這樣,那可以寫成?
" She, too, knows many would-be store owners who want to go into “fashion … and they don’t even really know what that means. "

would

"The hardest part was conquering my fear of speaking in front of people. At first, I would just go blank because I  was so nervous."

這邊的"would"因該不是當"will"的過去式用,因該是"表示過去的習慣"(類似used to)

不過要注意,"would"用的時機是指"過去常發生",而並非"過去一段時間"

參考:http://blog.cybertranslator.idv.tw/archives/3911
I used to live in Taipei, but I moved to Kaohsiung last year   此時就不能用"would"代替"used to"

you are? you will?

"Please make sure that you're here by 2:00."
這句話中文照我的理解因該是"請確定兩點前你會出現在這裡"
那能否寫
"Please make sure that you will be here by 2:00"
???

Nvidia CEO sees future in cars and gaming

"Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang didn't want to talk about Surface with CNET as much as the company's new strategy, which he believes will pay off for the chipmaker. The following is an edited transcript of our conversation, which took place Wednesday here at the company's headquarters."

原文:http://www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-ceo-sees-future-in-cars-and-gaming-q-a/


個人猜測這句話意思因該是
"Nvidia CEO 並不想和CNET談論Surface,而是(他認為這間晶片公司有幫助的)未來的策略"

without which

在Cambridge文法書讀到"uint93 關係子句補述用法"時, 
看到了這個句子:
Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have gotten lost. -----------s1

雖然類似的句子s5改成s6,我就是念得很順
"I forgot my passport, without which I cannot board the plane."-----------s5

"I forgot my passport, which I cannot board the plane without." ----------s6

但s1改成s2我就是怎麼念怎麼怪
"Fortunately we had a map, which we would have gotten lost without ." -------s2


首先第一件我要確定的事是
 "without"的用法是否可以如s3這樣用?

 "we would have gotten lost without a map"----------------------s3
結果在網路上找到類似的句子s4
 I'm sure we would have gotten lost without this helpful sign-------------s4

所以因該可以再繼續找其他可以佐證的範例
很幸運的,有人問了幾乎跟我99%一樣的問題
s7是否能寫成s8

Fortunately we got a map, without which we would have gotten lost.----------s7


Fortunately we got a map, which we would have gotten lost without.---------s8

答案是可以,但大家似乎比較喜歡用s7的寫法,所以我這邊的結論就是s1可以寫成s2,但建議寫s1!!!





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